Draw-it: The Rose Seidler House

Essentially I wanted my drawings overall to be crisp and accurate yet have a certain edge about them, allowing them to stand out. As an avid fan of Frank Lloyd Wright I spotted in one of his own drawings a rendering technique that involved using horizontal lines behind the building as a way of presenting the sky and adding a strong sense of unity to the entire drawing. I realised this would work well with my composition, and so after much thought and experimentation, I presented the elevations along the same ground line spread across the two A2 pages, then with much patience ruled the lines, using different shades of blue, for above and below the datum. The drawings themselves were all simply and neatly presented, and rendered with different shades of graphite. By the drawings I included two quotes from the architect, in order the the viewer might gain an understanding of the architects approach. The only experience I have of drawing before this course was what I managed to do in highschool in my spare time. I did art for my HSC but my body of work did not involve drawing. Overall I was surprised at how happy I was at the result and greatly enjoyed the process of drawing this! Here are the individual final drawings that were presented at the conclusion of the Draw-it Course.



This poster is a summation of the work in the Draw-it module for ARCH1142.