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Boston Architectural College

VS151 Design Media 1- INTEGRATED FREEHAND DRAWING
Prototype schedule

Segment one: 3.0 credits

Required for BArch, BID, MArch, MID, BLA, BDS
No prerequisites

Varying approaches to freehand drawing are offered to enhance awareness of the world and gain visual
confidence. The course includes exercises in still life. figure drawing, and perspective sketching to expose
the students to various ways of seeing. Students learn to draw form, objects, and objects in space. The
course explores positi ve and negative space, edges and contours , and the effects of light and shadow.
Students are expected to maintain and develop a sketchbook by drawing at least once a day. The cou rse
integrates analog and digital media through computer exercises.
Media used include: pencil, pen and ink, charcoal, and conte crayon, pastels, colored pencil.

Grading will be based on the following percentages:

Homework Drawings: 40%
Sketchbook: 40%
In-dass drawing and verbal participation: 20%

Attendance:
Absence from three classes may be the grounds for dropping the grade by a letter, absence from
Four leads to failing the class. Please attend and be present for each class.
DMI Freehand Drawing

Materials List

-SOfl vine charcoal (box of 12 at least)

-18 x 24 inches pad (spiral is fine) of paper (Drawing, Sketch or Bristol)

at least 50 sheets
-kneaded eraser
-white vinyl eraser
-chamois cloth
-stumps varied

-sketchbook of preference
5 x 7 inches, spiral bound, hardcover is recommended -at least 100 pages
pencils with sharpening tool, and pens ...

-4 sheets of 18 x 24 inches grey paper

-white and black conte crayon or pastel (oil or water based)

-20 x 26 inches folder/ envelope as a portfolio to keep drawings

-fixatif spray (krylon, for example)

Boston Architectural Center

VS151 Design Media 1- INTEGRA TED FREEHAND DRA WING I

Prototype schedule

WEEK TOPIC HOMEWORK

I "Introductory class Acquire supplies
II x 17 COntour drawing and studies of a
Upside-down drawing pair of shoes.

Still Life

Section Line sensitivity Skelchbook: A d[awin2 a day

1!3 ,
Blind contours automatic drawing Try at least one drawing of your own hand
or foot. Contour sketches of everyday
Slide reference # I objects.
2 Pin-Up and review homework from week 1 18 x 24 drawing and studies. Still-life of
fruits andl or vegetables using various
Still Life weights of pencil.
Simple objects. gesture, weight, proportions
Section and scaling, transparent construction. Di2ital exercise # 1
113 FigureJGround-Positive/negative space. Moster drawing study: line (De Gheyn) and
brush (Van Gogh) I Emulate freehand.
Sketchbook: A drawing 0 day

.3 Pin-Up and review homework from.week i 18 x 24 drawing and studies. Still-life of

platonicl simple objects in perspective.
Introduction to visual perspective, visual
I perception of depth. eye-level. horizon line. line I

Section convergence, vanishing points. Foreground I Sketchbook: A drawing a day

Jl3 middle ground I background.

Still-Life

Shape & Sighting

Use of a viewfinder for composition and

grouping; Thumbnails for studies.
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Begin discussion of values by introducing a

light source.

4 Pin-Up and review homework from week 3 18 x 24 drawing and studies. Still-life of3
to 5 s imple form object on contrasting
Still-Life surface with single light source.
Tones, textures & values: study of light and
Section how it reveals form. Gradation! tonal bar. Digital exercise #2
1/3 Rendering. Values -Match the tones.

-Skelchbook review (21 drawings) Sketchbook: A drawing a day

S I ide reference #2 -
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5 Pin-Up an~ revie.~ homework from week 4 ,18 x 24 drnwing nnd studies, Still-life with
. :etlections and transparencies.
Still-Life advanced
Light, shade and shadow. Sketchbook: A dr<lwing a day
Section Reflective' & transparent surfaces, Glass! met.aJ
1/3

6 Pin-Up and review homework from week 5 Record motion. Draw people walking,
dancing of doing sports, pets .. ,preferably
Figure Drawing
from real life,
Gesture and rapid contour (newsprint paper)

Section 5 minute burns '

2/3 Many 2 minute poses. Various 5 minute poses SkeLchbook: A drawing a day
and at least one 15 minute pose.

Slide reference #3

7 Pin-Up and review homework from week 6 18 x 24 drawing and studies of a sculpture
with pen n.nd ink.
Figure Drawing
M.my 15 minute foreshortened poses , Digital exercise #3
Seetion One 30 minute pose .Master drawing study: Foreshortened:
2/3 pen and ink introduction Fore!middle! background. Emulate
freehand , Measurements, plumb and level.
Slide reference '#4
Sketchbook: A drawing a day

8 PinpUp and review homework from week 7 . One 18 x 24 grey paper drawing and studies
Could be a still-life or figure drawing.
Figure Drawing
Grey paper. Push and puJl, White and Black
Section conte crayon, colored penciJ andlor pastel
2/3
Slide reference #5
Sketchbook: A drawing a day
·Sketchbook review (49 drawings)

9 Pin-Up and review homework from week 8 One 18 x 24 drawing and srudies of a chair
-draped with a blanket.
Figure Drawing
Drapery, Longer poses: 45 and 45 minutes Sketchbook: A drawing a day
Section ending with one 60 minutes.
2/3 Include sense of room,

Slide reference #6
10 Pin-Up and review homework from week 9 One 18 x 24 drawing and studies- Self
Discussion of portrait dimensions portrait.

Figure Drawing
Section Portraits of fellow students, Profile/'!. angle! pigitaI exercise #4
2/3 frontal. Circle of four or five to begin, then Master drawing Study values son tones
three at a time, then one on one. and crisp edges (Kollwitz). Emulate
freehand,
Slide reference #7
Sketchbook: A drawin.e: a day
 11 Pin-up a:n~ revie~ homework from week 10 ··One 18 x 24 drawing and studies. ODe­
,point study of the inside of your living
Sketching
space. Building studies.
One-point of room with tables squared'

Section
3/3 Slide reference ~8
Skelchbook: A drawing a day
12
Pin-up and review homework from wee~ 1j One 18 x 24 drawing and studies. Two-
point study of the inside of your living
Sketching space. 'Building studies. .
Boston Public Library: One and two-point
Seclion perspectives Digital exercise #5

313 Perspective line drawing studies from BP~

-Sketchbook re.view (77 drawings) pictures.

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Sketchbook: A drawing a day
13 Pin,-up and review homework from week 12 One 18 x 24 drawing and studies. Two-
point perspective with alternate vanishing
Sketching points, [Olles and values, Building studies.
Alternate vanishing points horizontal.
Section Two point of room with complex still-life with Draw views out of windows.
313 tables rotated including value and tonal detail. ,
Outside if weather permits. Sketchbook: A drawing a day
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14 Pin·up and review homework from week 13 Finish and collect drawings to be presented.

Skelching Di.2:ital exercise #6

Alternate Vanishing Points verlical-
Document and burn
Section
Stairway.
313 Outside if weather permits. Sketchbook: A dr<lwing <I d<lY

Final long drawings and discussion of final

review
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15 Final pin-up review

2 drawings from each sections 1 and 2.

3 drawings from seclion 3.
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-Sketchbook final review (98 drawings)
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