Holiday Homework

Senior Visual Communication Design

An observational drawing is a drawing taken from life, not copied from a photograph or taken from your imagination

Select 3 everyday objects/products, small in size and easily found around the home. Ensure they are of different surface textures.
Place the 3 objects together as a group and draw the objects from observation. Try to draw the objects as realistically as possible (you may use colour pencil, grey lead pencil or fine liner) include a light source and any shadows.
Show the form and texture of each object.

Help with observational drawing

Introduction to sketching for beginners

An observational drawing is a drawing taken from life, not copied from a photograph or taken from your imagination

To understand the task, look at:

The list below to find out which element and principle you have been assigned for Communication Design and Industrial Design.
The student example PowerPoint for Environmental design.
The webpage to see definitions and examples of all the design elements and principles.

To complete the task:

Open the Class PowerPoint and find your 2 slides (You name is at the top of the slides - The slides are in order of the list below)
Copy the definition of your assigned element and principle onto your slide.
Collect 2 images of Communication Design (Poster, Logo, Package Design etc.) and Industrial Design (Fitbit, Furniture, iphone, perfume bottle, costumes) and paste them onto your slide. Start here for examples of designs: Communication Design and Industrial Design or Google searches "Examples of industrial Design" or "Examples of Communication Design"
Under the image describe how and where this element or principle appears in your example images.

Elements and Principles in Environmental Design.pdf

Finish your two A3 pages of perfume bottles with annotations
See the task sheet for details.

Task Sheet for Media and Meterials.pdf

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