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 Sketching Interiors The chapter this week focuses on texture. Being able to represent texture for different materials is an important skill to master. This chapter describes ways that you can represent texture with pencil, pen, and ink. We start this chapter learning how to correctly show ceilings, roofs, skylights and different interior spaces with a change in texture. Different exercises allow us to understand how to draw masonry, windows, shadows, and openings with a mix of values, strokes, and tones. The final exercise puts all of the steps together to be able to draw shadows, openings, and landscape together with both ink and pencil.  These exercises allowed me to try the ideas from the chapter in real life and understand what it means to draw shadows, openings, landscape, windows, and texture!

  Week 5 BLOG: Continued Color Presentation - Color in Culture This week we talked about color in culture . This is defined as the way that culture impacts the color and the habit that they adopt concerning visual design. Color is used as a symbol for different cultures in different ways. It is based on one's background and experience. This has to do with age and gender. There are 7 different aspects of culture that color can be integrated in. These 7 different groups are Culture of Age, Culture of Gender, Culture of Social Economics, Culture of Climate, Culture of Location, Culture of Technology, and Culture of social media.  Culture of Age has four main age groups that this applies to. For example, young children usually begin discerning colors with a lot of contrast. The primary colors of red, yellow, and blue are these initial bright colors that children can begin to recognize. Youth/teens are more influenced by bright and bold colors and hues that attract attention. The ...

Week 4- Color Presentation Sherwin Williams Paint + Pigment  This presentation was very interesting and went into depth about what we covered last week.  We talked about hue, tone, shade, etc.. There were many new terms and concepts that we explored in the slide show. Metamerism is the phenomenon that occurs when color changes under different light sources. We also talked about Light Reflective Value or LRV and Refraction which is when light is refracted differently depending on the surface texture of an object, causing different impressions.  After this we talked about colors and the emotion they invoke, as well as the way they are used in a space. This led into the concept of pigments. We answered questions as a class, such as, what color is the most dynamic and learned that red is the answer. We continued to discuss Durability (restability of paint), Fade Resistance, Glass vs Sheen, Surface Finish Categories, Colorants, Washable Flat Finish, Interior Water Based Acryli...

Principles of Design Pt. 1 The Principles of Design support key concepts that designers must understand. These principles are rules/ guidelines / basics that help us create a functional and aesthetic space. The first three elements we looked at are balance, unity, and harmony.  Balance is critical to feeling a sense of equilibrium in space, even with visual weight. Line, Shape, color, and texture are events that help us see balance in a space. The three main types of balance are symmetrical (formal), asymmetrical (informal), and radial. Symmetry is one of the easiest forms of design. A space can be mirrored, identical, or duplicated to create this effect but could become boring. Asymmetrical balance still has visual weight, but it’s not exactly duplicated. However, it is dynamic and sometimes involves repetition of form + shape to create a spacious environment that makes your eye move around. Radial balance is the arrangement of elements around a central point. It has a sense of ...

  Elements of Interior Design Pt. 2 The second part of the Elements of Interior Design got into Light, Color, Texture, Pattern.  Natural or man-made lighting is a critical aspect of any space. Without it, other elements would not be able to shine to their full potential. There are 4 main types of lighting: ambient lighting, task lighting, accent lighting, and mood lighting. When considering lighting is important to address the activities that will be undertaken in this space, both the quantity and quality should be considered.  Color works with the elements of design to create the desired visual effect. Color and its temperature affect the mood of an interior and has psychological impact. We continued talking about color theory and the way that cool and warm colors create an impact on the space. Then we got into more color theory that explained primary, secondary, and complementary colors. After this we discussed the terminology, we can use to describe colors, such as hue...