ARC Drawing

Now that my first semester has ended, I have the time to post a compilation on my drawings I did through-out the semester in my Architectural Drawing class.

I am not posting all the work I did for the class but some of my favorites, some are done on vellum with pencils and others are on millar using ink, the images are pictures of papers 36''x24''

Everything was done by hand using a drafting table and triangles, I used no stencils.

I had a lot of fun and got to know my pencils and their line weights, I also learned 1 & 2 perspective drawings using a measuring grid that consists of a horizon line and a vanishing point, and of course I learned how to use the architectural lettering. 

Here is the result:

(not the final draft) used ink and wax to create the marble 

Experimenting Line Weights

Now in my architecture drawing class we’ve been experimenting different line weight meaning we had to get a vellum size 24x36 and sketch straight lines horizontally (36’) which had to be separated by 1/8 of an inch EACH!    I used my pencil leads 4H, 2H, F, H, HB, and 3B; the assignment was to sketch 5 straight continuous lines horizontally and do the sixth (with the same lead) a dotted line until you filled your page. Then when all the class was relieved that we were almost done fessor said we had to do the same thing but now vertically using our triangles.

It was tedious.  The worst part is that I heard the professor say we were going to finish the assignment in class… turned out we had to finish during the weekend… I was doomed.

I hurried and tried to finish during class, and the professor was already giving another assignment which was our first floor plan EVER that we were going to sketch. J

I didn’t finish I got a B-  in the line weight assignment… Sucks, because it means my work was good and deserved better but because it was incomplete he took down a letter grade. 

Architecture Drawing Class #2

The classes have been great :)

The second class we did another free handed sketch focusing on space. The professor had us push back our chairs and focus on the space under our desks. The product of the sketch would be black spaces between the solid objects. It was very interesting because I wasn’t supposed to draw any lines that would define the object as a whole, no details, just the space. The type of sketch is called a “negative space sketch.”

For my surprise the professor got my sketch and used it as an example of how to do the project correctly! I was so happy and proud. J

But I hadn’t finished the sketch completely (like I found some pictures online), but still it was good, the problem was that for the 9 sketches that the professor assigned for  the weekend I did the same as my successful sketch in class… I’ll take pictures and post them…

By the way we had to use India Ink for the sketches! Using a tiny brush!

But for now I’ll leave the pictures of the good negative space sketches I found online: