Architecture 29A
Freehand Drawing
Assignments

Nestor Regino, Instructor
Architecture Department
City College of San Francisco

CRN 70228     Section 001     Friday 8:00-10:00am      Batmale 245
CRN 70230     Section 002     Friday 10:00-12:00pm      Batmale 245

Drawing Assigments
Pre-instruction Drawing:  Your Home
Draw the front of your house
Four Upside Down Drawings (handouts)   Draw the handouts upside down
 Blind Drawings Draw 80% Blind:
Self Portrait (2)
Your Shoes (2) 
Blind Drawings Draw 100% Blind:
Your Eyes
Your Eyes, Nose, Mouth
Draw 50% Blind:
Your Eyes
Your Eyes, Nose, Mouth
*Turn your head slightly to the side
   
Viewfinder Drawings
All drawings should use the Viewfinder and plastic sheet to trace your hand, object, and flower.  Then transfer your drawings to a paper with middle tone gray applied with pencil.  Erase pencil tone to create highlights and outside shape of hand.		 Draw per classroom instructions in pencil tone and line:
Your Hand (in-class exercise)
Your Hand holding small object (homework)
A Flower
   
Viewfinder Drawings: 
Positive & Negative Space		 Draw with pencil tone and line drawing:
Two Chairs (that have a structure)
Tree with branches
All three drawings should have pencil tone as a background and line as a foreground.  Have the drawing touch the edges of the Viewfinder frame.
 

 

   
Viewfinder Drawings:
One Point Perspective		 Draw two LINE drawings using the viewfinder that are one point perspectives:
One Drawing of your Hallway or Corridor.
One Drawing of your Bedroom (one corner at one point)

***PORTFOLIOS DUE ***
***OCTOBER 10***
One Point Perspective

ALSO:  Read "The Storm"
by Kate Chopin and bring in images
that remind you of the "The Storm".

 Draw two LINE drawings in One Point Perspective:
One Drawing of the front of your home.
One Drawing of the front entry of your home.

LAST DAY TO SUBMIT
PORTFOLIOS
***OCTOBER 17***

   
One Point Perspective

ALSO:  Read "The Storm"
by Kate Chopin and bring in images
that remind you of the "The Storm"

  

Draw two LINE drawings in One Point Perspective:
Two Drawings of two Houses on Marston St.
Draw one LINE and/or TONE drawing from the story "The Storm"

 

 Two Point Perspective

ALSO:  Bring Gray Felt Tip Markers, Light, Medium, Dark, and Black "Sharpie" Markers, and 5 X 8 White Index Cards to next class. 

 Draw a two point perspectcive line drawing of:
Edna Street House 
Draw a two point perspective line drawing of:
A house 
Draw one LINE and/or TONE drawing from the story "The Storm"
One Point Interior Perspective

ALSO:  Bring 5 to 10 images of a house for the Final Drawing Project. 

Draw a one point interior LINE perspective drawing of:
Stairs [complete the drawing]
Bedroom

Click on text above to see images for Stairs and Bedroom.

 

Two Point Interior Perspective

 Draw a two point interior LINE perspective drawing of:
Interior Loft space (third drawing)
Click on text for image.

Start the LINE drawing for the Final Drawing Assignment (see below)

FINAL DRAWING ASSIGNMENT
Draw four drawings of ONE house chosen from the 5 to 10 images.  Images should have strong shades and shadows and various tonal values.  The drawings  should be drawn as:
1.  LINE DRAWING ONLY
2.  LINE AND PENCIL TONE
3.  BLACK and WHITE (felt tip pen)
4.  PENCIL TONE ONLY (no line)
Click on text for image.


DUE DATE: DECEMBER 12 along with Portfolio

Two Point Exterior Perspective Draw at two [three] point perspective PENCIL TONE ONLY drawing of:
Art Deco Building Entry.
   
Two Point Exterior Perspective Draw at two [three] point perspective LINE ONLY drawing of:
Art Deco Building

LAST CLASS MEETING
FRIDAY DEC. 12
Section 001 Room 245, 8-10am
Section 003 Room 246, 10-12pm

Revised 12.08.03

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