![]() In the next workshop we went outside and applied these principles to a more complex scene. It was great to see how different everyone’s response was and to see some creative responses to the exercises. We then did some shape based exercises all working from the same photo that was specifically designed to highlight some important concepts. These exercises introduced a number of important strategies for creating depth when drawing a collection of objects and we all learnt so much sharing the challenges created by drawing various compositions. Here is a quick overview of the different lessons…Īn indoor workshop working through a few ‘feeling edges’ and ‘constructing volumes’ exercises with a selection of objects on the table. Doing these workshops has been a great way to still feel connected – talking about BIM, design processes, fast tracked projects, crazy deadlines and testing out VR! I decided that I wanted to be an architect at age 10, so there is a little bit of ‘guilt’ in leaving the industry as it was so much a part of my identity. ![]() I absolutely love what I am doing these days (supporting myself with my art and teaching) but I do miss being an architect at times. It was also wonderful for me to be hanging out with a bunch of architects again. This made it very rich for me as an instructor and is one of the reasons why I love teaching urban sketching workshops so much – every location is unique so the responses are varied. As a result the Sydney and Brisbane workshops had a slightly different emphasis. You can read a little more about this in my report on the first workshop.Īnother really interesting aspect of these workshops was teaching the same content over consecutive weeks but in different cities. As architect’s, their mind-hand coordination was strong (drawing designs of imaginary buildings and spaces) but not so much their eye-hand coordination (just as I was pre-sketching). ![]() They were very strong on constructing volumes, but not so much on feeling edges and abstracting shapes. (Note: everything comes back to these skills!) To make a generalisation of the group, they had a confidence with lines, good drawing skills, a strong aesthetic and an analytical way of looking at the world, but needed to learn how to see edges, relationshipp and shapes. One of the most exciting parts of teaching these two groups was that I felt as if I was teaching my former self (10 years ago before sketching). The core of the workshops was my three way of visual thinking: feeling edges, abstracting shapes and constructing volumes. I taught the fundamental concepts from that course however because they were an ‘advanced beginner’ group, I was able to apply the basics to complex scenes straight away. I have just finished 6 private workshops specially designed for architects and it was a most rewarding experience! I took two groups from BVN Architecture’s Sydney and Brisbane offices through a 3-workshop programme based on the first half of my Foundations course.
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