Clue Four: Changing Colors

This clue required us to choose no more than 4 colors (neutrals like black do not count) and use them within the space. We were supposed to pay attention to light and shadow. My favorite of these three is the first one. I think the colors work the best here. I think I should get more markers. Mine are slowly starting to fade and I can't use them when that happens.

Clue Three: Weaving it Together

This clue asked us to pick three of our favorite thumbnails and use incorporate them into a reading nook. We could use them as inspiration for arcitectual details, textile patterns, or wall coverings. Can you see how I incorporated each one to the reading nook?

Clue Two: Processing Patterns

Clue number two had us go back to first semester where we did the sticks and cellphone project. We choose and object and drew (at the least) 25 thumbnails from it. Next clue we are expounding on that.

Clue Number One: Storytelling in Perspective

So for our final project in Suzanne's class, we are doing a sketching scavenger hunt! I am excited to do these, especially since she is giving us class time to work and possibly finish them. That gives me time to work on my other project for Studio, which is taking up every second of time I have. But these are the first two sketches for clue one. We were asked to find 2 places on campus that meant something to us in some way and then tell the story, by the picture first and then supplementing that with words. There are some good points of these sketches, but I could probably do better if I could give my full attention to it.....more to come in a few days!

First Design

We were asked to simply design an open space with a dining, living, and kitchen area. The fist drawing above is the first space I designed. Then, the second part of the project was to take someone elses design, receive inspiration from it in some way, and then design their room again, better than before. Of the second two, the first is the beginning of the second one, which is the final design. I had alot of fun working with markers in this drawing. This is my first big attempt at markers, but I am proud of it!

Field Trip!

This past weekend our class went to Thomas Jefferson's Monticello and Frank Lloyd Wright's Falling Water. It was a great trip to learn about these vastly different men, and how they both captured something within their designs that still holds them, to this day, to be proclaimed as two of the greatest architects of all time. You can tell from the photos that the styles are quite different from each other. Jefferson continued to look back to the past, drawing inspiration from classical language, while Wright stood out from the pack and designed something completely new and inovative, focusing on nature.

Inspiration Styles

Continuing with our thumbnails from the previous post, I looked up 5 different artist's work to inspire and imitate within my own sketches. The first 5 here are other artist's work. The second 5 are my own renditions of their work, just manipulated to the sketches of the education building that I was asked to do. I am looking forward to trying out new styles for this assignment. I do not have my own style, persay, and since I am in the beginning stages of drawing, I can continue to work with different styles until I find my own.
The other artist's are as follows...
1. Samantha Zaza
2. Kurt D. Hollomon
3. Keelung
4. Barbara Weeks
5. James Hobbs .............thank you to them!