Opus Week 3

SCALE

In both Stoel’s and Suzanne’s classes, we have been learning about scale drawings. I have been making scale models of Pat’s furniture as well as a scale figure of Pat. In my sketchbook this week, I have drawn 50 gesture scale figures. We practiced drawing people to scale in class as well.

UNITY

Everything that we do in design revolves around unity. In order to keep things understandable and organized, everything needs to relate back to each other. This has already seen this semester with drawings and such. In Suzanne's class we have learned about scale, vignette's, water colors, etc. and are using these techniques to enhance our work in drafting and studio.

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SECTION

We have drawn several images of sections this week. We did one in small groups and another by ourselves. The group section was of a type of wall, ours in particular being a log cabin wall. Individually, I made two sections of Pat’s furniture. The section view is the view if you were to slice your object in half. This allows you to see the unseen that is inside or between the object.

BOUNDARIES

Buildings, objects, humans, etc. are some of the boundaries that we see in ancient times. In history and theory, we have been learning about the pyramids. There are different types, but they all serve a similar purpose. They let the outside know their boundaries of where they can cross and where they cannot. For example, Khufu is a pyramid that is mostly closed with no openings unlike Hatshepsut. There are more statues and guards to let the public know its boundaries. Temples are also similar to this. The Temple of Amon at Karnak serves this purpose as a boundary as well.


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VIGNETTE

A vignette is a drawing of a certain area. It is not the whole image; it leaves stray lines letting the viewer know there is more within the area. Lately, we have been drawing many vignettes. This week we have concentrated more on the scale within our vignettes with Suzanne.

Scale, unity, section, boundary, and vignette all tie together to serve as a whole. Within each class we have, we see each one of these words being used. Some ways are similar to one another, but some are also used differently in the classes. Every day, we hear these words being used. So far in every project we have had, we have made use of these five words.