Assignment 4 Reflection
This has been my favourite part of the journey so far, and I really feel I have adapted and learnt a lot when it comes to drawing, in particular the perspective drawing. I really feel this is a pivotal skill that I will continue to use throughout my career in interior design…what an amazing secret weapon! I have also become a fan of watching tutorials online consisting of tips on how to improve all mixed media drawing skills, I found this vital for this part of the course.
Simone Ridyard an architectural artists takes perspective drawings to another level, I have been following her closely and this has also helped massively with my sketches. I love the way she adds watercolour paints to some of her sketches to express the atmosphere and enviroment, its very inspiring.
I may have spent too long on the Contextual Study point on movement but I just found this captivating. I enjoy exploring other designers work especially one of my idols Kelly Wearstler.
I can at times be some what of a perfectionist, however I feel I have been a lot more free and experimental with my work whilst trying not to over complicate designs and outcomes and this has really paid off at times. Trying to draw what resembles a leather cube seemed impossible at the start but I had a real sense of achievement with the end result. I really worked hard on this and I watched a view tutorials and it really paid off.
I do personally find drawing and sketching in comparison to computer aided tools a lot easier to work with as for me the connection with a sketch is physical and I like to to be able to move with my designs by smudging, blending colours etc which I feel helps me express an atmosphere of a space. I find expressing an atmosphere of a space via computer tools difficult, however I am always reminding myself this is the future and tools are only getting better and more accurate, in fact far more accurate then my sketches/drawings amount to, therefore no excuses going forward. I need to put my technophobia behind me and practice!!
Assignment 4 I found quite hard due to the complexity of the structure and form of my model. Reason being my model I imagine as a structure as opposed to a building perhaps. However, I broke down the structure (as if building from scratch) in order to sketch and this seemed to work well. Although I feel I could add more on the assignment itself time is against me and I need to start working towards deadlines just like in real life. A client will not wait for a designer to make the finishing touches when they have finally made their mind up they are done ….could take months!
This section of the course has been vital at improving my skill set for expressing my imagination and thoughts to others via mixed media.
FEEDBACK REFLECTION
I was very pleased with the feedback from my tutor on this assignment as I was pushed for time and I would of love to have spent more time compiling drawings to describe and depict the inside of my structure and design. I totally agree with the comment made on the fact that I seemed to have stopped short of zooming into my structure and not being able to view the inside of the space fully. I understand the sketch provided does not give a sense of an experience when situated within the structure, I have concentrated on the materials in this sketch as opposed to the inside of the structure. I also guess because the structure is fairly big and open I found this challenging to dictate. I simply spent too much time on this section and I rushed the end result which I totally understand is the selling point for a client and equally builders and architects etc. I would of liked to include a 360 degree view of the space from inside and I will try to add a clear interpretation of experiencing the space when stood directly in the middle looking up which I think is the most vital point of the structure, seeing all the entangled triangles and the effects light and shadows have on the space.
My tutor also suggested emphasising on my imaginative ideas in the form of sketch instead of text which will again help to dictate my ideas via plan and sketch.
Laura Woodgate 