|Thinking Through Drawing
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Jocelyn Martos Castillo
Task 1
“Draw your breakfast in plan, section and elevation” Convention
I found it interesting how three-dimensional elements were broken down into two-dimensional representations of them. Furthermore, cutting through the irregular shapes like the round plate, the spoon and the angled sandwich was
particularly challenging and made me realize the layered shapes forming a singular object. As a result of this exercise, I gained a better understanding of how even everyday objects have complex physical properties.
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Task 2
“Make 6 copies of the Latina library facade with your own alterations & carefully copy a Moodle drawing”
Redrawing
Tried playing with curved shapes, extending them from the balcony to the platform.
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Redrawing 3
Redrawing 4
Experimenting with different curves and contrasting them with straight lines forming sharp points.
Redrawing 5
Redrawing 6
Figure 1: N. 79/100 Axonometric, 19301983 (Source: Collection Centre Canadien dÁrchitecture, no date.: Online)
Used fineliners of different widths, square ruler and french curves. I struggled slightly with the finer details like the hand railings and stairs. Some parts were overlined and still felt a bit awkward using the french curves.
Task 3
Sequences & Layering
“Draw a series of perspectives describing a route”
At the circuit for environmental interaction of the Grau seawall, Magdalena del Mar, Lima, Peru
Even when walking through a small portion of the circuit the textured surroundings of the plants and trees was eye-catching and exciting. The drawings move from the outside of the circuit to the inside and arrive at a prominent resting point. I used cross-hatching to highlight the natural textures of the space and show the hierarchy of the elements in the landscape as seen by the eye. In the last panel, despite arriving at a “destination“, the composition allows seeing that there is more path to explore.
Task 4
Translation
“Copy a drawing from any of the slideshows using the ´wrong´ instruments”
Copy of Theoriginofpainting by David Allan (1775) 23 cm x 16 cm - School tempera on sketchbook paper
The painting reflects on what one would understand as ´wrong´ instruments. As a result of thinking about how brushes are extensions of our bodies, I decided to apply the school tempera with my fingers, a medium that may
: The origin of painting (Source: Lucas, 2022)
seem unsophisticated or inadequate. It was hard to paint details and lines precisely, which caused the scene´s elements to become synthesized into their basic shapes. Nonetheless, I like the expressive quality of imperfection.
Copy of Trackprintsasnarrativedevices in “Walibri graphic art and sand drawing” by Nancy Munn (1960)
23 cm x 20 cm - School tempera on plastic cellophane bag
Emu and eggs (Source: Lucas, 2022)
Continuing on the idea of ´wrong´ instruments I used cellophane as support for the school tempera. Using a platic surface allowed light to
Figure4: Emu and snake (Source: Lucas, 2022)
Painting with my fingers did not only made lines less crisp and precise (as seen with the previous painting) but doesn´t allow a uniform application of the medium. This particular
come through the paint and made evident the different densities of tempera created by the strokes made by my fingers.
property of finger painting made it difficult to create longer, continous strokes. For example, in the snake the outline had to be painted in shorter strokes.
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Skills task 1
Field drawings
“Present 8 pages of your sketchbook recording your field trip”
Diagrams, plans, elevations, and axonometries were helpful tools in dissecting how space composition, design, and circulation contributed to the user’s experience. Additionally, I also got to understand elements like structure in relation to shape.
Skills task 2
Drawing with lenses
“Compose a series of carefully taken photographs exploring a theme.”
Textures of Cajamarca
At Cajamarca, Peru
Banos del Inca hot springs Former men´s hospital
Cathedral
Bethelem church
As the first conquered city of the Spanish invasion, Cajamarca has colonial architecture preserved in its baroque churches. The intricate concrete designs that adorn these historic buildings contrast with the rough stone walls that support their imponent vaulted ceilings.
In the street, colourful indigenous art decorates the urban landscape of white adobe houses and stone walls on which terracotta tiles lay. In Cajamarca the natural and man-made textures of its buildings speak for its history and culture, combining Spanish and vernacular motifs and materials.
Women´s former hospital
Wild chamomile
Cane roof Cumbemayo
Bibliography
Collection Centre Canadien d´Architecture (no date) N. 79/100 Axonometric.[Online] [Accessed on 12th December 2022] https://www.cca.qc.ca/en/search/details/collection/object/334408
Lucas, R. (2022) 4:Thinkingingesture. 207-page lecture notes, in lecture 4 for module ´Thinking through drawing´.
