Interior Design Coloring Book - Project 1
Assignment
The terms “coloring” and “rendering” are often used interchangeably when referring to design drawings. Although both involve the act of coloring inside lines, the two terms have very different meanings. To color is to apply in a simple form. But, to render is to elevate the application of color using value, texture, and light to give surfaces and spaces a three-dimensional appearance.
For this project, we are going to take the concept of coloring versus rendering further to allow you to study new media and color theory and how it applies to communication methods within the design industry.
In the field of Interior Design creating quickly executed color renderings that help convey your design ideas is a vital skill whether you’re communicating with your boss, a client, or a builder or craftsman. Using hand-generated color renderings helps illustrate your talents as a designer, your ability to put materials together, and conveys to clients a fluidity in the design process that allows for collaboration.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the project students will be able to:
-Apply the design principles and elements to solutions.
-Practice Interior Design graphics using symbols, and material representation and relate how these methods act as two dimensional communication tools within the Interior Design industry.
-Utilize design markers and colored pencils for creating renderings that are produced quickly with high impact.
-Understand marker and colored pencil techniques for applying color theory.
-Draw and apply a pattern to a piece of furniture.
-Temper frustration and work through difficult design and craft problems.
Process
Create small renderings and in-class drawing exercises to familiarize yourself with marker and colored pencil techniques. The drawings will be neatly compiled into a small notebook (3 ring binder or portfolio). Each page must include a neatly typed and applied label, or hand lettered with guidelines. The label must include a brief description of the project and the media used.
Materials
-Paper. You can use the sketchbook paper you purchased first semester, or use marker paper.
-Final size must be no smaller than 8 1/2” x 11”.
-Notebook or small portfolio. If you get a portfolio, your drawing pages must match the size of the interior pages. If you use a three ring binder, use page protectors for your drawings. Be sure to trim your pages precisely so they fit neatly inside the page protectors.
Exercises/Assignments
-Title page
-Page with seven (7) gray scales done in a variety of techniques and media. Specifics will be discussed in class.
-Page with three (3) shaded cubes. Shading methods and techniques to be outlined in class.
-Page with a rendering of a chair (no pattern).One (1) rendering in marker and colored pencil of an upholstered piece of furniture shown with chosen fabric. Fabric must have a pattern.
-Rendering of a wooden piece of furniture.
-Page with a variety of renderings of plants (5 minimum).
-Page (or pages) including four renderings of an interior vignette with prescribed color combinations.
Deliverables
-Three-Ring Binder or Portfolio with pages no smaller than 8 1/2” x 11.”
-Renderings and exercises neatly placed inside page protectors.
-All drawings to have labels briefly describing the project or exercise and the media used.
-Include a cover design and title page with your name, the course name and number and the University of Central Oklahoma.
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