Lecture02 Sketch

UEBA1413 ARCHITECTURAL
STUDIO DRAWING I
Lecture 02-
SKETCH
P RE P A RED B Y M S RA H M A W A T Y , I A I .
WHY YOU NEED TO
SKETCH
• To be a writer, you have to read extensively…
• To be a musician, you have to listen to musical
composition extensively…
• So, for visual artists, painters, sculptors, and

Architects, you have to draw… Extensive visual
exposure leading to acute visual perception and
imagination helps in successful artistic creativity.
WHY YOU NEED TO SKETCH
Despite rapid advances in digital imaging
technology, drawing with a free hand
holding a pen or pencil remains the most
intuitive means to architects and designers.
1.To record observations, thoughts, and

experiences… it sharpens our awareness in
the present and enables us to collect visual
memories of the past… inspirations for
design
2. To investigate and understand existing

and potential solutions to problems.
3. For a productive dialogue among designers and the clients and
users of environments; such dialogues are greatly enhanced by the
ability to communicate well both visually and verbally. The
immediacy and informality of freehand
• sketching supports a relaxed and fluid conversation and contributes to
the client’s
• confidence in a successful outcome for a project.
4. Increase the degree of accuracy, as the result of continual attempts to

reproduce what you see. Improvement on lines, perspective, shade
& shadows, scale & proportion, etc.
5. Train your patience, concentration, relaxation, and hand-eye

coordination
6. Seeing and thinking is an integral parts of sketching. The
relationship between sight and thought provides each of us with
unique ways of drawing and thinking creatively.
3. For a productive dialogue among
designers and the clients and users of
environments; such dialogues are
greatly enhanced by the ability to
communicate well both visually and
verbally. The immediacy and
informality of freehand
• sketching supports a relaxed and fluid
conversation and contributes to the
client’s
• confidence in a successfuloutcome for

a project.
4. Increase the degree of accuracy, as the

result of continual attempts to reproduce
what you see. Improvement on lines,
perspective, shade & shadows, scale &
proportion, etc.
5. Train your patience, concentration,

relaxation, and hand-eye coordination
6. Seeing and thinking is an integral

parts of sketching. The
relationship between sight and
thought provides each of us with
unique ways of drawing and thinking
creatively.
PURPOSE OF SKETCH
Sketches are divided into two categories:
• Those simply register the world around us; PERSONAL

RECORD of visual experience.
• Entirely from imaginations; FINDING IDEAS as much

as expressing them.
VISUAL RECORD
• Hand sketch photography
VISUAL RECORD
• Hand sketch photography
FINDING IDEAS
• From analysis, and design ideas, we sketch
FINDING IDEAS
• From analysis, and design ideas, we sketch
Sample of sketches:
showing details/ construction joints/
furniture; by Takeshi Hirobe
FINDING IDEAS
From analysis, and design ideas,
we sketch
Sample of sketches:
showing details/ construction joints/
furniture; by Takeshi Hirobe
HOW TO SKETCH
• Select the technique: media and tool: pencils, pen, watercolors, etc,
papers
• Framing the story or the idea: objects, buildings, people, composition
• Identify foreground, middle ground, background
• To get the best angle
• To arrange the layout on paper
• Develop the drawings: from structure, construction line, thin lines,
tone the object, render the texture, shadow, line-weight & highlight
HOW TO SKETCH:
select the technique
• Select the techniques, it can be
pencils, pens, watercolors, etc.
• Select a suitable paper for the
selected techniques.
HOW TO SKETCH:
select the technique
• Select the techniques, it can be
pencils, pens, watercolors, etc.
• Select a suitable paper for the
selected techniques.
HOW TO SKETCH:
Framing & composition
• Lay the frame out on the paper
• To select the objects to sketch within the frame
• It is to frame the story or idea to tell
• Decide the best angle of view
• Making the composition include objects, buildings, people,
surrounding nature, etc.
• Rules of third
• Identify the background, middle, and foreground
• Identify the focal point
HOW TO SKETCH:
• Lay the frame out on
the paper
• To select the objects
to sketch within the
frame or boundary
• It is to frame the
story or idea to tell
• Decide the best
angle of view
• Making the
composition include
objects, buildings,
people, surrounding
nature, etc.
• Rules of third
• Identify the
background, middle,
and foreground
• Identify the focal
point
Sketch Source: Kek Hoon Pin, Penang Urban Sketcher

HOW TO SKETCH:
Framing &
composition
•
• Making the composition
include objects, buildings,
people, surrounding nature,
etc.
• Rules of third
• Identify the background,
middle, and foreground
TIPS: Use foreground

objects, such as trees to
frame the main objects
HOW TO SKETCH:
• Lay the frame out on the paper
• To select the objects to sketch within the frame
• It is to frame the story or idea to tell
• Decide the best angle of view
• Making the composition include objects, buildings, people,
surrounding nature, etc.
• Rules of third
• Identify the background, middle, and foreground
• Identify the focal point
HOW TO SKETCH:
building the drawings
1. Start with the structure using thin and soft lines:
2. The structure lines to identify the composition: perspective vanishing
point, horizon lines
3. The structure lines to arrange the composition: rule of the third, focal
point, background, middle, and foreground objects.
4. Draw the object with a thin line first
5. Apply the line weight for object profiles
6. Apply texture & render
7. Add tone shadow for lighting and darkness
8. Final touch: add thick line weight to highlight the depth of view and
details.
HOW TO SKETCH:
building the drawings
TIPS:
1. Pay careful attention to the subject.
2. Respond not simply to optical images but also to your thoughts and impressions.
3. Select a point of view
4. Reminder: do not be overly concerned with the technique, each person can
inevitably develop a personal style of drawing.
5. Reminder: do not worry about mistakes; sketching doesn’t require accuracy.
6. In drawing an environmental setting, an outdoor space, or an interior room, the
structure must be regulated by the principles of linear perspective.
7. Avoid too-dark tones, dominating tones, and thick lines. Always play with a variety of
tones and line weights.
8. Control well your hand stroke.
Freehand sketches may consist purely of lines or a combination of lines and tones. The
lines can portray hard as well as soft materials; they can be light or heavy, limp or taut,
bold or tentative.
SKETCH TONE AND DETAIL
1. Tone conveys the three-dimensionality of environments by representing the

interaction of form and light. Tones created by the density of texture, color , shade
& shadow.
2. Details reveal qualities of materials and methods of fabrication or construction.
3. Consider the impact of tone and detail applied to this sketch of a village.
TEXTURE
COLOR
SHADE & SHADOW
Exercise:
CONTOUR DRAWINGS
- Please choose objects with complex curves, view the objects from unfamiliar angles and
place the objects in strong light, and tracing the edges of their shadow and reflections.
- Please allow yourself the luxury of

looking very carefully and don’t worry about the amount of time it
takes to complete the drawings.
- BELIEVE WHAT YOU SEE AND DRAW OUT! Due to the familiarity with
these objects, you would think that they would be easier to sketch.
Assumptions you tend to make of familiar objects can distract you from
looking carefully.
Exercise:
TONE & DETAILS
- Based on the given 2 no.s of samples,
build your sketches by three basic
steps:
• Constructing the sketches, remember
to start with contour lines.
• Modeling space and form with tone.
• Indicating details and patterns.
- Apply tone and detail to your sketches
by using a repetition of parallel lines.
The lines are drawn diagonally to avoid
confusion with the objects’ forms and
edges.
- Study your subject to discern at least five
levels of darkness, including white
and black.
Exercise:
Spaces, buildings, places,
and people
- You are to produce sketches of buildings, spaces,
places, and people to tell a story, ideas, or activities.
Exercise:
Trees, Shrubs,
Human figure
- Sketch a few types of trees and shrubs including floor plan and
elevation.
- And draw a few architectural human figures

Exercise:
Trees, Shrubs,
Human figure
- Sketch a few types of trees and shrubs including floor plan
and elevation.
- And draw a few architectural human figures

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT
Sketching is like dancing your hands on paper,
and making beautiful movements. So, keep
dancing (Wawa, 2023).
References:
1.Ching, Francis D.K. (2002). Architectural graphic. (4th ed.). New York: Van Nostrand
Reinhold. ITP International Thompson Publishing Company.
2.Thomas C. Wang. (2002). Pencil Sketching. (2nd ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
3.Paul Laseau. (2004). Freehand Sketching: An Introduction. (2nd ed.). New York: W.W. Norton
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UEBA1413 ARCHITECTURAL

• So, for visual artists, painters, sculptors, and

1.To record observations, thoughts, and

2. To investigate and understand existing

4. Increase the degree of accuracy, as the result of continual attempts to

5. Train your patience, concentration, relaxation, and hand-eye

• confidence in a successfuloutcome for

4. Increase the degree of accuracy, as the

5. Train your patience, concentration,

6. Seeing and thinking is an integral

• Those simply register the world around us; PERSONAL

• Entirely from imaginations; FINDING IDEAS as much

Sketch Source: Kek Hoon Pin, Penang Urban Sketcher

TIPS: Use foreground

1. Tone conveys the three-dimensionality of environments by representing the

- Please allow yourself the luxury of

- And draw a few architectural human figures

- And draw a few architectural human figures

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