Traditional Drawing - Week 7 Activity

Week 7 – Orthographic Drawing

·         This weeks task was creating both a symmetrical and asymmetrical object in orthographic drawing – focussing on accuracy and keeping the forms straight.

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Symmetrical Piece:

·         This week was a bit of a downhill attempt to last week – I am much less happy with the outcome of the drawing sessions as I really struggled with symmetry and keeping my lines clean. I also didn’t have a ruler again for this week – which was a crucial mistake.

·         The drawings do however show the form of the object I was trying to convey – the bottle is proportioned between all 3 views even if some of the shapes are not symmetrical or vertically straight like in the front vie and side view.

·         If I were to do this again, I would certainly use a ruler and a sharper pencil, and draw a line of symmetry to obey in the centre of the bottle so I could compare each side and correct the form. I will likely come back to this week with a revamped version of the drawings, hopefully sharper, more confident and attempting to show the form more accurately than this.

Symmetrical Piece – Lung tonic bottle

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Asymmetrical Piece:

·         I believe that my asymmetrical piece is more understandable where it is wonky or inaccurate -I chose a very complex shape and so this one took a lot longer than the first lung tonic bottle.

·         For this one I used a lot more measurement lines however, so the overall shape transfers between all three views successfully. The shape of the bottle is very readable, and the proportions for all the sections are accurate to the bottle that was in front of me.

·         If I were to do this again, I would also use a sharper pencil and a ruler, along with a vertical line to use as a guide instead of doing the whole thing free hand. I also would use a grid behind the object instead of just singular measurement lines, potentially using a section of the object as a unit of measurement to allow me to measure the object in front of me and then transfer that measurement to the grid.  

Asymmetrical piece – spray cleaner bottle

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UPDATES:

·         After receiving criticism and acting on my previously posted self-criticism, I used a ruler and a sharper pencil to straighten up the drawing and to convey the proportions of the bottles more accurately. I found this much easier to do after having a break from the work prior – as it let me see the mistakes a lot clearer. I believe some of the drawings are a bit wonky, however they are at least straight lines instead of hand drawn fuzzy lines like before.

 

Asymmetrical piece – spray cleaner bottle (fixed) Symmetrical Piece - Lung tonic bottle (fixed)