1. SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING AND DESIGN
FOUNDATION IN NATURAL BUILD ENVIRONMENT
NAME: TAN WEN HAO
STUDENT ID NO: 0319923
WORD COUNT: 604
ENGLISH 1 (ELG 30505)
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT 1: PROCESS ESSAY
LECTURER: CASSANDRA WIJESURIA
SUBMISSIONDATE:2ND
MAY2014
2. Every construction begins with a sketch, so what is the purpose of
sketching? Architects use sketches to convey the ideas and concepts they want
to express to their clients or to the publics. In order to let people understand the
content of the sketch, it must be clean, tidy and most importantly,
understandable. You don't need to be an architect to be able to draw building
sketches - world famous landmarks, castles or even buildings in your
neighborhood. With this few simple steps, you can produce your own attractive
sketch too!
First, make sure you have prepared all the materials. Choose an art paper
that you want your sketch to be on but to be a reminder, some cheap papers
have sheen on the surface, that is too smooth to grab the leads off the pencil, be
cautious to the texture of the papers. Drawing pencil comes with different shade.
You may want to use the types of pencil that you preferred of. H's pencils are
much harder and much lighter, whereas B's pencils are much softer and can be
much darker. Also, get a good eraser and a pencil sharpener. In order to gain a
thorough understanding the process of sketching, the most important thing is to
see what these materials can do, draw lines with each type of pencil and you can
see the differences of darkness and hardness you can make with these pencils.
Now, get your hand coordination correct, make sure they are in a clean condition,
get yourself in a comfortable position and start sketching!
3. Draw a horizon line, which would be the ground, remember not to draw
too heavily. Next, draw out the rough shape of the building considering it's
elevation and position. Drawing buildings is a great way to learn perspective, at
this point you will have to use one, two or three point perspective, which means
one, two or three dimensional drawing to decide what type of building sketch you
want. One point perspective is the easiest to learn as a beginner. After this,
shape out the building using darker pencil such as 4B or 6B, avoid using ruler
because you want your building to be "real" and "alive". When you have done
with the figure of the building, add further details to it such as windows and gates
using 2B pencil, making sure that all windows are having the same size with
each other.
After you have done with the sketching, shade the building. Often when
shading, the shadows don't go past dark grey, don't be afraid to go dark, really
dark. At this point you may use a 2B or 4B pencil to shade. Use a finger to blend
the areas of shading, creating depth to the building. Decide the source of light so
that you know where to shade and where not to. Do not shade the whole
building, as this would mess up your sketch. It is optional to add lamp poles,
trees and plants to the surrounding, or even human! You can add some soft light
to the building by using 5H to 9H pencil to make the look more perfect. When you
have finished your sketch, you may apply fixative to seal your sketch.
4. Now you have created your own attractive sketch! Feel free to add your
signature, usually at the bottom right corner of the sketch. Sketching kick-starts
creativity which helps in brainstorming. It also helps to train your patience and
sensitivity towards perspective. Do more sketching, try different types of sketch
to hone your sketching skills. Sometimes ideas are born from reckless sketching,
so start to sketch today!
