Project III: Spaces
March 11: My bedroom
This a drawing based on my imagination and memory of my dorm room. I remember all the furniture in my room and where they are placed exactly. However, the proportion is inaccurate after I compare it to the actual floor plan of the room.
During this drawing process, I think line weight plays a vital role in distinguishing objects and spaces. I used black Prismacolor pencil to make the entire room's boundaries and used a graphite pencil to trace the space's interior. Finally, I also added tone and color to this drawing to further distinguish elements from each other.
Drawing the room in perspective really reminded me of the spacewalk activity that we did in the Fall semester, as both processes involve developing linework on a simple volume. Because I’ve been practicing spacewalk quite frequently as a warm-up exercise, I find building the interior space in perspective quite easily.
March 12: McGill House Semi-Suite Double
To have an accurate proportion of my bedroom, I found a floor plan for a semi-suite double in McGill House, which is the type of housing that I live in. The floor plan that I found was different from my actual room, but the dimensions are similar, and the furniture is the same. Therefore, I decided to work with this more accurate floor plan. For my second iteration, I did a drawing that shows the room's top and side views. I also tried to do a 2-point perspective view, but I don't think it is very descriptive of the interior space; it’s a bit too distorted and dramatic. I also experimented with adding figures into the room drawing.
March 15: drawing in 1-point perspective
I learned about one-point perspective in high school, but I applied it mostly in street view drawings. This is the first time that I applied one-point perspective to an interior space. I find it very useful. After some rules are being established through grids and the vanishing point, you can build freely in the space you have created. I find this experience enjoyable. At the same time, I also saw a lot of problems in my drawings. I lost control of my line weight in my drawings, which deemphasized the space. This is something that I want to improve in the coming drawings, which is to find the right balance between construction lines and concrete lines.
In the future, I plan on improving my line control and continue practicing with establishing proportions. After this unit, I will become more confident with building spaces with perspectives, which is a crucial skill that I hope to acquire.
March 22, 2021: Class
Matt: exploring space is never about one method or technique. Make loose drawings to explore the basic properties of space.
Combining orthographic floor plan, 1-point, and 2-point perspectives.
Use line weight to build the space. Don’t make guidelines the dominant feature.
Simple use of tone and keep it rough.
March 24, 2021: Space, elevations, and figure
I enjoyed doing these drawings and adding tones to them.
The floor plan that I used is 13 ft by 10 ft. This space is a small public lounge on the ground floor of an apartment building in Beijing, which I constructed from memory. By plotting a more accurate ground plane and using accurate perspective lines, I think was able to accurately translate the same space from one elevation to another.
