At the initial stages of a design, the idea can move quickly, so the drawings need to keep pace with it. At these points is can be useful and appropriate to draw quick, intuitive lines, a spontaneous type of drawing, to get the idea down on paper. Exploratory sketches need to be more considered; these sort of crafted drawings are used to work through a particular problem, or develop a drawn presentation to explain a scheme.
Sketches don’t always have to fall into one of these three neat ‘types’, though. For example, sketching what we see can be juxtaposed with more abstract drawings. This can be achieved using diagrams and annotated drawings that explore an imagined idea. Sketches can also be moved from one drawing environment to another. A sketch can be scanned into a computer, and further developed with CAD software (see page134-139) to become a hybrid drawing that is both freehand and computer generated. Moving between different drawing platforms like this creates diversity in the sketch and personalises it even more.
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Project: Experimental sketch Designer: Edward Steed Date: 2007 |
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This sketch represents a space as a series of lines that describe movements or journeys across and through the space; one sketch is white chalk lines on black paper, the other contrasts, using black ink on white paper. These two images are an impression of the same space, the different use of paper and line create different impressions of the space that can be read simultaneously. |
Project: Experimental sketch Designer: Edward Steed Date: 2007
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Sketchbooks > Experimental techniques > Exercise 1: sketch |
This series of investigations of a space uses photo images that are traced over. Paper is laid on top of images to create a collage effect, tracing lines of movement through a room.