Perspective Drawing

 I have found drawing proportionately very difficult.

Here is a quick sketch of my classroom.

Drawing Plants

 I took my sketchbook out to practice sketching plants.

I used pen over pencil for the cosmos but decided to be brave and go straight in for pen with the tree.

See my attempt below:

Different Media

 Our task was to create a postcard image in 4 different media.

I chose to use:

• Ball Point Pen
• Watercolour Pen
• Pencil
• Felt Tip Pen

After drawing I scanned my images and blended them into a single image in Photoshop.

See my attempt below:

Planting Plan Arrangements

In class today we used dots and simple shapes to help create a planting plan.

3 dots with 2 simple shapes

5 dots with 2 simple shapes

7 dots with 3 simple shapes

6 dots with 1 simple shape

After completing this exercise is became evident that planting in odd numbers create a more dynamic space.

Nolli Map

 To create a nolli map I was required to grasp the basics of two programs: Edina Digimap and Adobe Photoshop. I chose to map the buildings around North Place car park in Cheltenham.

I found this to be a super simple method for editing maps. See my attempt below:

Creativity Test

 Through my journey into design, I've realised the most important thing is learning the difference between looking and seeing.

Being able to understand how you see the world helps you to understand why you design in the way you do. This is why our lecture encouraged us to take a creativity test. See my results below:

Rendering and Annotating with Adobe

This was a quick skills workshop to help improve my Photoshop ability. Once rendered I exported the image and used InDesign to add the annotation.

The more I use the programs the easier they are to navigate. After getting into the task I found it quite simple to complete, however, I must remember to keep an eye on which layer I am working on.

Photoshop Rendering

 Our skills task this week was to render an image in Photoshop, see my attempt below.

This task made me appreciate the use of different layers. It is much easier to go back and amend mistakes when on its own layer.