Throughout the course of Interior Design 205, perspective
drawings played a major role. Although I started with a strong knowledge of how
perspectives worked and how to draw them, my understanding was on a more
artistic level, in which more guesswork was involved. With the first project, I
was introduced to the idea of creating a grid to build a more accurate
perspective drawing. Fortunately, my existing knowledge of perspectives
assisted me while learning this new technique.
Since the first project, I have become more familiar with
the process of making a perspective grid, and as a result, can draw one more
accurately and within a shorter amount of time. My ability to do this quickly
has definitely been a strength of mine throughout the class, as it leaves me
with more time to focus on the quality of the drawing itself.
In this course, I have also learned how to render drawings.
My artistic background was once again proven helpful, as I was able to identify
how and where colors needed to be applied to achieve the desired effect.
Working with the Chartpak markers, however, was completely new and a bit of a
challenge, and I still struggle with some effects of the markers, such as
bleeding edges.
My sketching abilities have also improved over this semester.
I am able to draw a free-handed straight line with ease, and have developed a
quick, loose style for field sketching. One difficulty that I encountered
frequently was my tendency to shade in my dark values right away, as opposed to
building them as I worked.
Overall, I would say that this semester, I learned a lot
about my own style and abilities in visual expression—whether it’s a simple
couch or an in-depth perspective of a room.
Perhaps even more importantly, I have developed techniques that will
carry me through this major and this field.
