drafting title

Part of the curriculum of the Foundation Unit was to learn and practice hand drawing techniques. Therefore we had one rendering based project each semester.

Rendered/Drafted Wasp
Prismacolor Pencil on Arches 140 Hotpress
22″ x 30″
Rendered Interior of Schindler House by R.M. Schindler
Pencil on Arches 140 Hotpress
22″ x 30″

First semester, we were each instructed to find a bug and then study it in great detail. We then drafted a representation of the bug on Arches 140 Hotpress and then rendered half of the bug with Prismacolor pencils. Second semester, each student was assigned an architect. I was assigned RM Schindler. After researching the architect, each student chose an image of a significant work that showed a dynamic interior space and then rendered it in pencil on Arches 140 Hotpress.


Drafted Cube
Pencil on Arches 140 Hotpress
22″ x 30″
Drafted Cube
Pencil on Arches 140 Hotpress
22″ x 30″

Drafting was also emphasized in this studio so all of our projects involved hand drafting in some way. A second semester project to design a language of joints had us draft two different bass wood cubes in axon view.


Drafted Perspective in Progress
Pencil on Arches 140 Hotpress
22″ x 30″
Drafted Perspective
Pencil on Arches 140 Hotpress
22″ x 30″

The final project of the studio was to draft a perspective of a designed space based on all of our previous works, specifically taking elements from the Schindler House and the joinery project.