ARCH 423/523

university of oregon - school of architecture and allied arts - department of architecture
media for design development - arch 423/523 fall 2004 - prof. nancy cheng
 

The Thinking Eye

Syllabus

UNIT 1: DRAWING: 141 LAWRENCE HALL

Week 1. Line: Seeing and Drawing
    Sept 28: Introduction, Pre-test, Mnemonic name cards, Gesture and Contour drawing
    Sept 30: Guidelines, landmarks and proportioning marks
    HWK: Contour Drawing, Project choice

Week 2. Representing Space
    Oct 5: Perspective views from life
    Oct 7: Visual Notes
    HWK: Visual Notes

Week 3. Design Drawing
    Oct. 12: Space Planning with the digital pen
    Oct. 14: Overlay rendering: Jim Liggett's methods
    HWK: Overlay rendering from photocopies

UNIT 2: LIGHT AND COLOR

Week 4. Light and Shadow
    Oct. 19: Value studies
    Oct. 21: Watercolor basics
    HWK: Lighting transformations

Week5. Watercolors
    Oct. 26: Color studies in watercolor
    Oct. 28: Watercolor
    HWK: Watercolor of local and reflected color

Week 6. Digital Color B026 KLAMATH LAB
    Nov. 2: Rendering Light (FormZ)
    Nov. 4: Rendering Materials (FormZ & Photoshop)
    HWK: Storefront display

UNIT 3: HYBRID METHODS: B026 KLAMATH LAB

Week 7. Designing with Transformations (Sketchup or FormZ)
    Nov. 9: Modeling variations
    Nov. 11: Modeling work time (CHENG OUT)
    HWK: Transformation: hybrid digital and tactile

Week 8. Presentation (Illustrator, Photoshop)
    Nov. 16: Graphic principles
    Nov. 18: Composition
    HWK: Poster

Week 9. Portfolios (Illustrator, Photoshop PDF, GoLive)
    Nov. 23:Digital Portfolios
    HWK: CD of best work

Week 10. Portfolio help session tentatively Thurs. Dec. 2

Week 11. Final pinup Thurs Dec. 9 at 8am or to be negotiated: Revised Poster & CD Portfolio