Introduction To Drawing - Advanced: Design Course

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Design Course
Introduction to Drawing -
Advanced
Fundamentals of Drawing
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Gayathri Jeaks and Prof. Ravi Poovaiah
IDC, IIT Bombay
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1. Introduction
2. Understanding Forms from Life
3. Studying Organic and Non-geometric
Forms
4. Art and Design Fundamentals
5. Advanced Gesture Studies
6. Contact Details
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Design Course
Introduction
Advanced As we have discussed in Introduction to Drawing - Basics course, drawing is an important tool in the design pro-
cess and a major form of visual expression.
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In this course we will cover advanced exercises, intended to develop the creative and reasoning skills which are
essential for concept development.
The exercises that are covered in this module are:

• Understanding forms from life
• Studying organic and non-geometric forms
• Art and design fundamentals
• Advanced gesture studies
Essential tools required for the exercises:

• A3 drawing sheets
• Soft graded pencils
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Design Course
Understanding Forms from Life
Advanced Understanding forms is essentially recognizing objects as geometrical solids set in an environment. The moment
we start recognizing objects in terms of forms, it simplifies our attempts at understanding the object itself while
Fundamentals of Drawing drawing. It helps us in identifying tones and textures and helps us achieve a look of solidity which can be ren-
by dered according to the tonal contrast.
IDC, IIT Bombay Exercise 1:
Finding forms in nature.
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The exercise is to try and find recognizable forms in nature, like faces and letterforms.
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Design Course Exercise 2:

Introduction to Drawing - Set up a still life study from with a single object from life, eg. a fruit, vegetable, flower vase etc. and identify the
forms and copy them on an A3 sheet.
Advanced
Fundamentals of Drawing There are two parts to this exercise:
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Gayathri Jeaks and Prof. Ravi Poovaiah • Draw the contours or the outline of the objects without rendering. Utilize the silhouette, proportions and the
IDC, IIT Bombay relative positive and negative spaces between the object for an accurate depiction.
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Design Course • Draw a similar composition again, with an understanding of the underlying geometric forms of the object. Iden-
Introduction to Drawing - tify the source of light and try to depict the tonal contrast and texture of the object.
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The above exercise should be done using a soft graded pencil on an A3 sheet for 20 to 30 minutes.
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Studying Organic and Non-geometric Forms
Advanced The exercise on the study of organic and non-geometric forms is a continuation of the previous exercise. In this
exercise we will use different materials to study more intricate forms.
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Gayathri Jeaks and Prof. Ravi Poovaiah Studying a leaf.
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There are three parts to this exercise,
• Draw the leaf using lines with a soft pencil and try to understand its subtle forms and simple shape.
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Design Course • Draw the same leaf again, this time depicting the details and textures along with the subtle form changes
Introduction to Drawing - across the leaf.
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Design Course • Draw the leaf with a light grade pencil and then paint it using a brush and black ink, so as to understand the
Introduction to Drawing - three dimensional form with just two tones.
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Introduction to Drawing - Studying a cloth.
Advanced Set up a still life study with interesting cloth material and compose it in a way that it maximises our understand-
Fundamentals of Drawing ing of folds and the organic nature of the material. Capture a pencil sketch of the study using a soft grade pencil.
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Introduction to Drawing - Composition of objects.
Advanced Create an interesting composition from life and create a pencil sketch of the same.
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Introduction to Drawing - Studying silhouettes.
Advanced Study the silhouette of a posed human figure with an understanding of the negative and positive shapes of the
Fundamentals of Drawing figure. Each sketch is to be done within a minute.
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Each of the above exercises should be done within 30 to 40 minutes.

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Art and Design Fundamentals
Advanced As an introduction to art and design fundamentals, these set of exercises will introduce the concepts of light and
texture as well as improve our perception of points, lines and planes.
by Exercise 1:
Gayathri Jeaks and Prof. Ravi Poovaiah Studying the basic forms.
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Set up a still life study using the basic forms of cube, cylinder and sphere. Set up the lights in different directions
and capture each setup in an A3 sheet. Repeat the exercise with four different lighting setups.
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Introduction to Drawing - Understanding texture.
Advanced Select a repeating texture or pattern of a real life object and depict it inside a square. Repeat the exercise with
Fundamentals of Drawing four different texture patterns, all depicted in a single A3 sheet so as to understand the difference between the
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Introduction to Drawing - Perception of points.
Advanced Render a flat circle by the use of just points.

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Introduction to Drawing - Perception of lines.
Advanced Render a flat circle by using just lines.

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Introduction to Drawing - Perception of planes.
Advanced Render a flat circle by using planar surfaces.

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Each of the above exercises should be done within 30 to 40 minutes.

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Advanced Gesture Studies
Advanced Here we continue our exploration of the human gesture by composing several gestures together in one single
image.
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Gayathri Jeaks and Prof. Ravi Poovaiah Compose an image in with multiple gestures.
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The human figure should be posed for around five minutes. Sketch out the gestures of the figure as well as any
details that you would like to include in the composition. Compose each image inside a square with the details
you have sketched from the figure.
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3. Studying Organic and Non-geometric Spend no more than 20 minutes to compose and draw the pictures from the 5-minute gesture studies done
Forms earlier.
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Advanced This documentation for the course was done by
Gayathri Jeaks at IDC, IIT Bombay.
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Gayathri Jeaks and Prof. Ravi Poovaiah Email: mj.gayathri[at]gmail.com
IDC, IIT Bombay
You could write to the following address regarding
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The exercises that are covered in this module are:

Essential tools required for the exercises:

Design Course Exercise 2:

Design Course Exercise 2:

Design Course Exercise 3:

Design Course Exercise 4:

Each of the above exercises should be done within 30 to 40 minutes.

Design Course Exercise 2:

Design Course Exercise 3:

Advanced Render a flat circle by the use of just points.

Design Course Exercise 4:

Advanced Render a flat circle by using just lines.

Design Course Exercise 5:

Advanced Render a flat circle by using planar surfaces.

Each of the above exercises should be done within 30 to 40 minutes.

Design Course Contact Details

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