Week 3 Studio Exercise - Section and Auxiliary Views
I found this lesson was definitely a step-up in terms of difficulty and challenging the way I envisioned the forms and dimensions of an object. It tied together everything we had been learning for the past 3 weeks quite well, including section and auxiliary views, orthographic projection, and continuing to apply AS1100 drawing standards.
Again, I found the initial rough sketch to be very useful. Especially in this week's exercise, where the front, section and top views weren't all apparent from first glance, the draft was very effective in helping me to grasp how the form would look from each angle.
Next time, I definitely need to also take into account the layout of the page in my rough sketch, or even do multiple rough sketches to really plan out my page before starting my final drawing.
Projecting a partial auxiliary view of the tapered surface was difficult for me to wrap my head around at first, however, with help from tutors and peers, I understood what was to be represented on the page. I hope that these unfamiliar skills become somewhat second-nature to me by the end of the term.
My final drawing definitely didn't turn out as well as it could've. Using 1:1 scale automatically is definitely something I need to reconsider next time (I would use 1:2 if I were to redo the exercise). There was not enough space on the page for me to create a neat and pleasing layout using this scale. Further, the lack of space and planning resulted in me diverging from drawing standards and putting my title block in the top left corner instead of the bottom. I think I can also improve on the neatness of my handwriting, and again, the line weights aren't as dramatically different and effective in emphasising the views themselves as I would like.
I think my biggest take-away from this week's exercise is to spend longer planning, including thinking about scale, positioning, line weights etc. in order to generate a considered, well-balanced drawing.














