Joanna Liu
1011 Exit Reflection
Part One
Looking back through all the previous reflections I feel that I learned more and more throughout the different exercises. I feel that I gained lots of drawing experience. Things that strike me worth commenting upon would be how much time that is actually put into all of the work that is completed. I feel that every exercise required you to really study the object you were told to. The reflections themselves are important because it allows you to see your successes and failures as well as what you learned from them. The patterns that I can conclude from the learning that occurred in each exercise I feel were fairly consistent. I feel that I was the most confident in Exercise 3; there was definitely a cumulative growth in learning. I faintly remember re-drawing contours because I thought they were drawn the wrong way. I also feel that the skill of my drawings grew throughout the course of the year. At the beginning of the year I did not have a good understanding of what we were exactly suppose to accomplish, but now I feel that I can do it fairly well. There is definitely a change from pre 1011 to post 1011; the way I thought before 1011 was thinking of object the way I know them, but not as what I see can them as. Drawings and modeling are definitely more thought out. The process of formulating and exploring ideas is more open to your imagination I would say; you think about things in a different non-conventional way rather than just thinking what you know. Analyzing things on a smaller scale, like minuscule details rather than just looking at the major characteristics. When designing I learned to step back and look at your drawings as a whole, I definitely would not have done this pre 1011.
Part Two
The learning in 1011 that I will carry forward to 1012 would include not just looking at something as the way you know but trying to search deeper meaning or understanding of it. I want to pay special attention to organize my ideas and time in 1012 as well as the focusing on the drawings themselves.
Part Three
The role of the instructor is to help the students carry out the assignments as well as offering advice for improvement as well as offering constructive criticism. The role of the handout is to inform the student of the assignment at hand, as well telling the student how to go about doing the assignment. The role of the review process allows the student to know how well they did over the exercise as well as things they could improve next time. The role of the inquiry book is almost a summation of all the work that is done by the student; it allows to student to know what they were thinking when they completed the drawings. The role of the fellow students is to give constructive criticisms as well as to bounce ideas off of each other. I feel that my fellow students gave me several good ideas throughout the semester. They are also helpful when the instructor isn’t around to answer questions about the assignment. The role the studio pace itself plays is very big. It is the actual atmosphere the work is constructed. This is where most of the student’s time is spent completing the before mentioned assignments and projects.
The studio learning experience compared to other learning situation such as a classroom or lab is very different. It allows you to think on a completely different level allowing your imagination to spread. The learning situation from a classroom does not allow the freedom of thinking the studio provides.
Part Four
The pedagogical goals for exercise 1 were incorporating different drawing types such as contour, gesture, perspective and tone; as well as looking carefully and studying what you are drawing. Exercise 2 taught studying the different functions as well as assembly and uses of an object. It allowed you to incorporate all the drawings types from exercise 1 in your studies. It brought the question of why the designers made the object the way they did, how did they make it, as well as why did they make it. Exercise 3 taught you how to incorporate characteristics of exercise 2 in a different way. It posed a new way of looking at things as incorporating them with different things. I feel that the exercises drew from one another. Exercise 3 was by far the one I found most interesting as well as enjoyable to carry out.
Katy McCants
1011 Exit Reflection
One: The most important thing that I need to comment on is the importance of class time. I took it for granted, and I think that if I would have used class time constructively to consult my teacher and draw, then I would have done much better. Patterns that I noticed among all the exercises were the instructors habits of introducing the new ideas and letting the student explore them on their own. This was particularly hard because it took me a while to grasp ideas that weren’t “spoon-fed” but once I grasped them, the next exercises weren’t as hard. This cumulative learning was present throughout my time in studio. The sections suggested a cumulative type of learning, and everything built upon itself.
There is a definite change in me since I first entered the 1011 doors. I have not only become more confident in myself as a student, but I know what my learning style is, and I know what kind of work I produce. a) My drawings have improved greatly since I learned that if I put enough time into it, I can achieve notable work (for me at least). b) I think that my way of formulating ideas has become much more advanced because I have had to get out of my comfort zone and independently figure things out and present my ideas. c) My analysis and inquiry still needs some improvement because I feel like although I have come a long way in constantly questioning, I need to lead more advanced discussions with my instructor and class to understand the real intent of some of the exercises and works. d) I have definitely had to become more “artistic” in my thoughts, and I have had to work and design things that are also helpful and understandable to other people (or an audience)
Two: I have learned many things in 1011 that will carry on to 1012. First I learned that I may start many ideas and drawings that are simply not useful, and that’s okay. It takes mistakes to get to a holistic and complete project, and I may have to work three times as hard to produce one drawing that is successful. I also learned that class time is important and to use it wisely. Last I learned to plan my time better. I need more than 2 hours of sleep the night before class, so I should come into studio a couple of times before class to finish work and reevaluate my work before class. I plan to pay extra attention to the objectives for the sections in 1012. It is very important to not go blindly into an assignment, because then your work will come off as unorganized and without a point.
Three: The role of the instructor is not to hold your hand and tell you exactly what to do. I think the role of the instructor is to guide the student by answering questions and offering advice to help the student achieve success. The role of the handouts is to be another type of guide. The students should at least meet all of the requirements of the handout and then some more. If the student completely understands the basic requirements then they can move on to greater achievements. The role of the review is to be exactly that, a review. The student and instructor should both be able to tell the student’s effort and objective. Without the reviews, students would not be working for one final pin-up and would therefore have no overall goal to work towards. The role of the inquiry book is to be a scrapbook of the student’s past work along with comments that let him/her remember their challenges and successes in the assignments. The role of fellow students should be to compare work to and see if you are on the right track. Fellow students should also be there to help, offer advice, and offer feedback to you on your assignments. The studio space should be an open, honest space for students to learn and explore without feeling like they are in a classroom all of the time. It should be respected as a classroom, but it should also be a space for individual creativity that doesn’t come from a structured “learning” environment.
The learning experience with 1011 has been unique because for the first time, I have been able to sit down and do my own work at my own pace. This is both good and bad—I can get so much done when I sit on my own time, but then again, I am easily distracted. I feel like I have matured so much with the responsibilities that we are required to have in learning in the studio environment, and it has definitely helped me.
Four: Section 1 was implemented to serve as an introduction to studio environment, enhance and teach drawing abilities, and encourage students to begin to think abstractly without step by step instruction. It was the first step in not seeing and drawing the world around us as what it is. We had to learn to draw it as what it could be or what parts play into the whole or how things came about, etc.
Section 2 was a transition between sections one and three, but it was also a way for us to learn how to look at the world (objects) round us and see and draw them in a different way. We had to learn to take apart objects and understand relationships between things and how they operated. These tasks set us up for the final section.
Section 3 was the last part of the sequence of how to look at the world differently. We had to expand on section 2 while still using techniques from section 1. We abstracted the ideas from the previous two sections to develop some simple idea/drawing into something completely different, unrelated, and complex.
My favorite section was section one because I was the most enthusiastic about it, and I learned the basics that I then applied to everything else I did. I was new at the drawing things, and I learned after my final review that I had begun to look/draw the world differently.
Jae Gu
[One]
I think 1011 was all about the communication skills among the people around me. In my opinion, in order to work in professional design work field, communication skill is the most important skill. Drawing skill brings out ideas or perceptions into paper or other medium. Analysis and inquiry skills are to organize some kind of data to facilitate people to understand or to allow the designer to apply result into actual products. (or buildings)
However, I noticed very similar patterns during past exercises and every time each exercise began. I struggled with myself to figure out the reasons to how and why? I kept asking myself and found some kind of solution for each time. That really helped me to bring out my thoughts and ideas into real world, which can communicate with other people to express or propose my idea more effectively.
[Two]
I don’t know what kind of problems I’m going to face, but I will carry several phrases to the next semester. That will be “putting more effort” and “thinking not in an ordinary way” and “analyzing carefully.” These will enrich my depth of study deeper and successfully.
[Three]
The instructor is our guide. He helps us in our work and points us in the right direction. Also he’s the one that we sometimes hated the most, but also the one that we loved when the instructor told us “good job”, or “I like where this is heading.” The handouts were also our guide. I looked back on it frequently whenever I was lost and I didn’t have access to ask the instructor next to me. I use them as my guide. It was the one that I read to make sure I was doing the right job. I love the review process because sometimes it disappointed me however, since I can hear right judgment without any influence. The studio was the place where I spent most of my time. Unfortunately, I hated some students’ attitudes toward other students. Work area was too messy. I felt as if I was in a dumpster can. What if school cleaned every month no matter what, in order to improve our learning environment.
[Four]
Like I mentioned about part [One], my understanding, this class was about “communication” skill. How do you communicate with others? In order to communicate, you need to be able to describe my idea or thought, and can investigate and develop from anything… I like that sequence. Exercise itself was challenged to me but, the order of three exercises was well organized. Personally, I loved Ex 2. because investigation and analysis process were very logical. It was not abstract at all. I can always clearly communicate my concrete ideas to people.
Zaki Ullah
ONE
There is a significant difference in the way one views an exercise after understanding it versus being fresh out of it. Even after completing certain exercises, the experience of the succeeding excercises builds on that earlier experience to give it a greater understanding. Once the emotion of an exercise is detached, we can get a different viewpoint of how it has affected us and how we were strengthened by it.
I can see a pattern of confusion, understanding, and procedural use, which turns into an integration into the skillset during the following exercise. This is paired with a cumulative growth in learning, while not necessarily in my reflections I can see a cumulative application of technique towards learning new materials. These are seen in things like line weight, observation, measurement, perspective, etc. I found that the product sketching class has a lot to offer as far as communicating visually.
There is a definite change in the way I think about drawing, modeling, exploring ideas, analysis and inquiry, and designing. With drawing and modeling, I now view it more thoroughly as a procedure instead of a start and a finish. This ties in with the exploration as it is now a well thought out process and journey instead of just waking up one day and knowing what to draw. The level of thought that goes into drawing and modeling can be non-existant or very significant. Analysis and inquiry is similar to when I started, which is not a bad thing. I have noticed that the visual analysis has increased and I make more inquiries in such a way that I can communicate them visually. These all culminate in the design process.
TWO
I think that the learning to communicate visually is the most significant aspect of studio and that will carry over to 1012 regardless of the exercises.
THREE
The instructor for us was primarily a communicator of assignment. I feltl that an instructor should also critique more, but I found that criticism from an instructor is very vague and unclear, but the crticism from classmates is highly significant. Also, an instructor carries only one perspective and I found that generally if I did not listen to my instruction I would end up doing well.
The project is critical to understand what is to be done. it is not an end-all specification, and generally ends up getting changed before it has been completed. Regardless it is critical for providing the lessons that need to be learned and critical elements of education.
The review process was not very useful for me as a student. I generally found that the instructors would tell me things I already realized in my conclusions. Most issues that reviewers had I also had already recognized in retrospect, but there was no way to change them now that the exercise was over. Reviews generally were a little helpful to solidify the points of the exercises.
Inquiry books did not provide much help for me due to the level of thought I put into the actual process.
Fellow students were critical to the learning experience and there is no way my material would have been as good as it was without them. I found that the three major ways I learned in studio were practice, fellow students, and assignments. The studio space itself is also integral to the environment and my fellow students.
I think the studio learning experience is good compared to other learning situations. It’s a lot more social than a lab, and less strict than a job. I feel it is more rigorous than both as well. I think the tutorial is a lot clearer than studio work and as such studio relies more on an individual’s mind and imagination.
FOUR
The first exercise was to get us acquainted with basic tools and the environment and process of being in a studio. The second was highly restrictive as it was meant to teach us how to see, think, and communicate visually. As such, strict requirements were necessary. The third exercise was more free in that it wanted us to have fun and relax from the intense exercises preceeding it. It also wanted us to be aware of our students as learning tools and competition (measurements) and wanted to give us some creative flexibility so that we weren’t turned off from studio. I think with some fine tuning the third exercise could achieve this.
Lindsey Gunter
1011 Exit Reflection
Part 1: I think distance, experience and hindsight gives you an advantage for future drawings. Being able to learn from failed and successful drawings, helps create richer projects in the future. I think it’s worth noting the reflections, because these help us to realize our mistakes, and successes. Also worth commenting on, would be the amount of work we had to do. I think the multiple thumbnails, and the several hours of drawing, helps create character in the students. We learn not only the technique we’re studying but also how to manage our time. I did not notice any patterns in learning over the semester. I have always been a confident drawer, but of real life objects. Riffing, and mechanical drawings have never been my forte, but after this semester I feel much more confident about my skills. Pre-1011 I thought of drawings, and models as artistic and abstract. Post-1011 I now see them as ways to express knowledge of an object. I did not learn much about forming my ideas this semester. My art teacher in highschool taught the design process very well, and getting started in 1011 was not really a problem. Sticking to my projects was a little harder. I’ve learned in 1011 that going back and adding/fixing drawings (analysis and inquiry of drawings) is just as important as drawing them in the first place.
Part 2: I will carry on the drawing techniques, and process of looking at objects into 1012. I plan to pay more attention to my craftsmanship and organization in 1012.
Part 3: The instructor’s role is to guide us to follow the project. To make sure we meet certain requirements by certain dates. The exercise/brief paper given to us is to give us in writing a standard that is constant through all the studios, because with different instructors, the projects could become so diverse, that the studio wouldn’t be preparing each student in the same way. The review is to give us a chance to stand back, and analyze our own work, and get feedback from our instructors and peers. The inquiry book is just another way of documenting our work and getting a deeper analysis of our work. The fellow students are there to bounce ideas off of and to interact with so that when we get to the real world, we will know how to constructively work with our co-workers. The studio space serves as a work area where all of the previous items take their place. Studio is a completely different experience than other academic classes. You get to know your instructor, where as other teachers would not recognize you in the first place. Also grading is different. It’s pretty much subjective. Other than meeting the requirements on the brief, everything else is left up to the instructor.
Part 4: Exercise 1 was to teach us the drawing techniques that we would need to know for the rest of our years in studio. Exercise 2 was to teach us how to subtract our beliefs about an object and look intently at every aspect of the object. Also, to be able to represent the object to get across a point about a specific part of the object. Exercise 3 was to build off of exercise 2, but learn how to make great leaps in our work. To take an inspiration, and by the end of your work with it, have no one be able to tell where you got it from, but if explained would be able to understand the process. They were in this order because you wouldn’t be able to draw ex. 2 or 3 without having been taught how in ex. 1. And you could not have riffed off of ex. 2, without having had ex. 2 before you started riffing. I honestly liked them all. Studio was my favorite class this semester, despite all the work. I enjoyed Ex.1 because it was a lot of freehand drawing. Ex. 2 was also fun, but Ex. 3 was probably my favorite. Just because I liked not knowing what I was doing, but still being good at it.
Megan Mullininx
1011 Exit Reflection
Part One
Looking back on my previous exercise reflections I can really see how much I struggled with the concepts and learning even the basics of how to draw. I know that my thoughts were jumbled and I didn’t understand what was going on during the first few weeks of studio. A pattern of learning that I have noted in each exercise is that I think I know what I am doing during the exercise, come to a point where I realize I don’t know what I am doing usually because I hear and see what others in my studio are doing and I can see that they are thinking much more carefully about all the little details than I am. This usually doesn’t happen till the end of the exercise so I do my best to fix what I need to fix to make my either my drawings or thought process clearer. I do think that I have learned a lot during this first semester. I can clearly see great improvement on my drawings from the first exercise and with each passing exercise I understand more what is expected of me and what I need to do. I also know how to more clearly represent my ideas and to pay attention to every detail of drawing and presentation because all aspects of these are important. I can’t just think about how it looks right in front of me but also how it looks pinned up next to other drawings, on the sheet as a whole and to also pay attention to if I am using the whole space of the page effectively.
Part Two
This careful attention to line weights, presentation, and keeping a clear thought process are some important aspects that I am going be sure to use in 1102. Also while in 1102 I am going to pay closer attention to what exactly is being asked for me to do as a whole and not just think of the assignment right in front of me at the time. I am also going to pay better attention to my other studio mate’s ideas because they may understand something that I don’t realize I don’t understand and I can therefore prevent a future mistake.
Part Three
• The instructor – the instructor seemed to be a sort of guide for our way through studio. They were there to offer advice and help us along but it seemed a lot of understanding and knowing what needed to be done was up to us.
• The exercise – the exercise was there to teach us. The handouts specified what was going on during the exercise and what kind of quality was expected of us.
• The Review Process – this seemed to be so you can learn how to express your thought process over an entire exercise. It also served as a reminder that you are not just doing drawings for yourself but for readers to try to understand and see your thoughts. I think it also served a great purpose of putting the exercise in perspective so instead of just focusing on my own work I can see the good and bad in other’s work and learn from it. Also having an outside opinion telling you what is good and where you need to improve was beneficial to learning what was expected of me and where I need to improve on drawings or presentation or thought process.
• The Inquiry Book – This served so we could have all our work digitally documented so that when we refer back to it we can see what we were thinking at the time and remember what the goal of that drawing or exercise was about when we refer back to it later.
• Fellow Students – they helped with developing thought process because when you are actively working on your drawing there is usually at least one of them around that can offer advice on what you need to do to improve your drawing. They also give you a new way to look at the project or drawing that you might not have thought of.
• The Studio Space – served as an area for all studio students to get together and work. It had a productive environment so that you got your work done and it was not horrible to do for many long hours because you are surrounded by friends the whole time that can not only give you advice but also keep you motivated. It was also a nice large space where you could spread out and work with all the materials you need right on hand.
The studio experience is definitely a unique learning experience. It’s much more hands on than going to class or listening to lecture and generally the homework is much more fun than what other classes give. Also in studio it is a lot of doing your best without knowing for sure how well your instructor is going to like it where in a regular classroom or job you know exactly what is expected and what you need to do in order to succeed.
Part Four
Exercise one seemed to be a basic how to draw to get us warmed up for what was expected of us later in studio. It taught us a lot of the basics and was a big learning experience of not only learning how to draw but to learn also how to think behind what we do.
Exercise two was dependant on what we learned in exercise one. We had to rely on the drawing techniques that we had learned to know what material was best for the type of drawing that was needed. This exercise also taught us how to think very carefully about the drawing as a whole and how to incorporate ideas and observations made onto paper clearly. Careful analyzing and process were also important lesson learned.
Exercise three was a culmination of the previous two exercises. It also taught us how to think creatively and have fun with design. We had a lot of freedom to decide what we wanted to do and therefore had to learn how to be careful to display our entire thought process with jumps so that it could easily be read. We learned how to be careful about our thought process as well so that we don’t get too abstract or stay too analytical of the object but to have a careful balance between the two.
My favorite exercise was probably exercise three. I understood more what I needed to do than in the previous exercises and it was fun to have the freedom to explore and do what I wanted.
ariel wu
ONE
After reading my reflections for exercise 1 and 2, I feel that both of these exercises focus on “micro” aspect while exercise focus on “macro” aspect. In the first two exercises, we study the physical details of the objects while in exercise three we ended up looking at the characteristics of the drawings.
Although the first two exercises and the third exercise focus from different scales, they all required attentive looking. Only with carefully looking allow us to interpret the information correctly.
Coming to the end of the semester, I do feel I have learned a lot, both in skills and in understanding. We were exposed to several computer programs as the semester goes on and I found them to be extremely helpful especially when doing exercise three.
• Can you characterize the change, from pre 1011 to post-1011, that has occurred in the way you think/thought about:
a) drawings, modelling and other types of representations;
pre-1011: I thought drawings were only about “aesthetic”. If a drawing was pretty, it was a good drawing.
post-1011: Drawings are not merely about “aesthetic” but they also have to have “content” or “depth” presented within the drawings.
b) the process of formulating and exploring ideas;
pre-1011: I thought we have to know exactly what we are going to do when started one assignment.
post-1011: I realized that most of the ideas come from the process. When you don’t know what you were doing but still doing something, the amazing idea strike out without you noticing them.
c) analysis and inquiry;
pre-1011: examine one object in the way it presented directly (ie. The physical characteristics)
post-1011: examine the object both physically and the characteristics that can’t be seen.
d) designing.
pre-1011: design something without taking other objects into the account.
post-1011: I realized that when designing an object, it can actually be related to almost everything in our lives.
TWO
In 1011, I learned to observe and analysis one object in a different way, a more attentive way. I would like to carry this skill to 1012.
To be honest, since I don’t have any idea what kind of exercises will be assigned in 1012, I don’t know to what I should pay special attention for the class, yet.
THREE
The instructor doesn’t and can’t tell us exactly what to do for the assignments. We are the ones to figure out. She can tell you what she is expecting but you have to have something presented to her first.
I don’t find the project or exercise brief/handout to be very helpful because they are always consisted with long sentences with vocabularies that don’t make sense to me.
The reviews were pretty helpful because we would get feedbacks from not only the reviewers but also our peers.
Inquiry book is like story book with our finalized exercises with the progress in it.
The fellow students were like the reviewers that give me suggestions and advices both before I started and after I finished my work.
The studio space itself is where most of the interaction described previously take place. It gave us the space we needed to do our work and the opportunity to received feedback from others.
The studio learning experience is less strict than usually classroom. In the studio, there is no gap between the instructor and the students. This allows us to communicate better with each other. It is also different from the lab because instead of following rigid guidelines, it gives us to opportunity to be creative.
FOUR
We would like you to reflect back over the semester and see if you can make sense of the three exercises and the sequence in which they unfolded. Briefly characterize what you think were the pedagogical goals for each and why they played out in the sequence that they did. Then tell us which was your favorite and why.
The first exercise introduced us to some basic tools, the studio environments and different drawing techniques. Exercise two focused on the way we perceive one object and how we analyze it while building upon the drawing techniques we learned from exercise one. Exercise three allows us to expand the drawings in a more creative way compared to Ex1 and Ex2. With the skills we learned from Ex1 and Ex2, we were able to “distill” the drawings and get more information out of them turns them into something unexpected. I personally like Ex3 most because there was less restrictions in the exercise and the result was unexpectedly amazing. I enjoyed the process of doing something that I didn’t know what I was doing even though it was hard at the beginning. I was happy with the result I got eventually.
1011 Reflections
Wade Cotton
Part One:
As I reread the postings now, I can’t help but notice the learning curve for each exercise. For each exercise, we are given an object, a drape, a shoe, a drawing, and we analyze and interpret them in ways I never could have, at least not as densely, if I were to try it with no instruction. As just stated, the discernable pattern is that we were assisted in finding our sighting techniques and our thinking techniques. All of the exercises highlighted a new investigation tool and developed our propensity for that tool throughout the exercise. The most obvious change in myself, I find, is my confidence in my work. Very little in CFY goes by without criticism, which helps the student realize that nothing is perfect. From pre to post-1011, I see a change in a few things: drawings in the sense that I never knew what investigative or explanatory art was before; ideas because I now have gotten to re-tap my imagination a little bit, which is very refreshing; analysis in that I can openly and constructively criticize a fellow classmate’s work now and know that they will not take it personally; and designing in that I can see purpose before I begin a design now.
Part 2:
The learning I fell will be carried forward is the investigative and understanding tools we have been accustomed to these past months. The careful eye, the careful hand, and the focused mind will all stay together in 1012. Personally, I plan to pay special attention to my depth of drawing and the care at which I do them. In some areas, I feel that these were lacking in my 1011 studio.
Part 3:
Instructor- I feel that the instructors are more like coaches than teachers. Never did they really shove the information down our throats. They instead would make us keep up our work ethic while planting a goal in our heads.
Handout- The handouts were fallbacks in our studio. When the instructors were vague or inconsistent, which was plenty of the time, we would fall back on our handouts for some concrete examples of what to do next.
Reviews- Reviews helped us realize that nobody was perfect while at the same time helped us see what worked well and what looked incomplete when pinned up. The best part of the review is the conclusive, finished nature to the morning after it is all done.
Inquiry Book- I know it will be used for next year, but for us it was an organizational tool. It helped us stay up on our documentation and make sure everything was recoverable.
Fellow students- FRIENDS, teachers, critics, worshippers, devil’s advocates
Studio Space- It is such a great escape. It is so comforting knowing that whenever I need to do my work, I am going to go somewhere lively, but focused, friendly, and banded together. Apparently it is our trashcan as well.
Compared to other learning situations, the studio is nothing like a job or a class. You get the sense that you are developing, unlike other courses. Also, the camaraderie is extraordinary, and is probably also what keeps the students sane.
Part 4:
The sequence of the exercises went from seeing to investigating to expanding. The first exercise was all basic drawing and learning how to communicate what you see into a new medium. The second exercise was about investigating something so as to understand it in a new or more detailed way. The final exercise was about freely developing on one’s own ideas, and being confident enough in your investigations to expand upon them further. I think the second exercise was my favorite in that it was divided in a way that made everything have a clear goal.
1011 Reflections
Ieva Mikolaviciute
ONE
• I think that back then I had a basic idea of what I was expected to do in my drawings/work. I believe that now my knowledge has grown and I understand those concepts much better.
• I did notice that in Exercise 1 we were told what to draw and how to do it. In Exercise 2 we were given more freedom in the way we drew and studied our object. And in Exercise 3 we were given almost complete freedom in what we did, only basic guidelines to follow. So as we progressed in our work, our teachers were slowly allowing us to work and think on our own.
• Remembering where I was when I first started drawing and looking at how far I have gotten, I feel pretty confident that my skills and understanding are maturing…I hope that this will continue so that my work may improve and my confidence grow even more.
• I have noticed that I question my actions a lot more. It is no longer simply drawing, but putting a reason behind every mark making sure that the meaning is significant enough to be understood. I have begun to explore more, so as to allow myself to understand what I want to represent in my work. Analysis has always been critical to me, sort of like reading a poem and comprehending it, it’s important to be able to look at work and understand the process and reason.
TWO
• The ‘learning’ that I will carry forward to 1012 is an understanding of the overall process of presentation. I learned much about representing my ideas, drawing what I see, feel, think. I learned that a viewer must be able to understand how to get form point A to point Z without your explanation. I learned that taking the time to observe, think, and question your work is critical when critiquing yourself. I hope to push myself to not only create work that is strong in its presentation, but work that is creative and intriguing in its study.
• Strong representation. A great idea can be ruined by a weak representation, great ideas are hard to come by so when they do come around, you ought to make them look even better.
THREE
• the instructor – someone to answer any question, give you a critique, or teach you something new
• the project or exercise brief/handout – a quick reference for what is expected of you
• the review process (pinup, final jury) - a chance to find your mistakes and what needs to be improved
• the inquiry book – reference for ideas and a timeline of how much you have progresses
• Your fellow students - those who suffer with you through the hard times and laughs with the weird and fun moments.
• the studio space itself - a work environment allowing you to focus on your work
I really enjoyed my studio experience this semester. I ‘lived’ studio throughout every week, and I saw my studio family enough to make my experience all the more exciting. It is because of spending so much time in the same place with the same people that I enjoyed studio, it helped me build a connection with the environment and the people in it.
FOUR
I probably enjoyed the last exercise; out of all of them we were given the most freedom in this one. Of course that was a disadvantage for me because I had so many ideas that in the end I did not quite reach the ending I wished to get to. So with all this freedom I had created so many ideas that I was unable to play with them all. But in all, the assignment was quite intriguing and interesting.
Sungtaek Kim
1. I don’t think there is any unworthy exercise from what we did this year; there were some exercises that I didn’t like, but still taught me something... Anyhow, from every exercise I learned many things that I need to learn and know to become an architect, most on drawing. Before I take studio, I had no idea how to draw with charcoals, and also I didn’t know how to rift or think of some creative ideas to make patterns and all... All three exercises were tough, but if I do them again, I think I could do better and with more efforts...
2. I think this 1011 tried to teach us how to think and then put them down in the paper, ability to present them to other. I think this idea will carry out in next several classes that I'll take in Georgia Tech. The first plan will be NOT BEING LATE TO CLASS... I learned a lesson in hard way, but at least, I learned manage myself to be early and on time. The other thing will be time management, which I still didn’t learn yet... I'll try to manage my times so that I spend as much as I need in works and also get some sleep. In academically, I'll try to improve my drawing and presenting skills, which I was lacking compare to other...
3. I think all those took a big role in studio class. Instructor taught, but did not point out where to go. Also brief hand- out helped us to gather ideas on works that we had to do. Review process helped us to learn how to present our works and also learn my mistake by comments of third person's point of view on our works. Inquiry book made us to question about what we did, and see the progress that we took in that exercise. My fellow students helped a lot when I got lost in that section, and pushed each other to achieve more. But I got to tell you this... Studio isn't the place that I want to stay up for night... it gets too cold at night, and there are trashes EVERYWHERE.... If we are going to use that room again, may be we need to find a way to keep it clean...seriously...
4. Ex. 1 was about gaining drawing skills on what I see in front of me and how to use materials that I will use for next3 or 4 years of my life. Ex. 2 was applying our skills that we learned in Ex. 1 into real life designs and drawings. Also we had to think like designers and really learn more about what really overlays in designs. In EX. 3, we are told to go further in the designs of the object, and coming up with a pattern and designs that you can think of. Especially in ex. 3, I had used all the skills that I learned and practiced in previous two exercises. My favorite was 1.4 perspective, and 2.2 use and operation. I just liked drawing the structures in studio buildings and really enjoyed it. Also in 2.2, since I researched about my favorite hobby, tennis, I had fun investigating and see what actually works in simple forehand, backhand, and service moves.
Alex Symonds
1. I think all of the exercises are worth commenting on, but the one that sticks out was the first exercise because it taught me the most important things to know when you are doing a drawing whether it is a gesture drawing or a perspective drawing. The only pattern that I really saw was actually in all three exercises. It was no matter how much time you put in, or how many times you changed something, it’s never perfect and something can always be done differently to make it better. I think this class has truly benefited me because of the techniques I have discovered and learned, and by the progress I have made from the first day to now. Before this class, I didn’t think much about drawings and now if I see a drawing I might look for some armature lines or think of the steps the artist took to get the picture.
2. I will carry most of the stuff I learned in 1011 to 1012 including everything from the techniques I learned for perspective drawings to the way one would analyze an object to further their knowledge on it. I really don’t know what 1012 has in store for me, but I plan on pay attention to everything.
3. The instructor was there to guide the class and give ideas to the students; after all they are the ones grading our work. The exercise handouts are to give the students specific guidelines so that all students are on the same page, then through their instructor, they receive more advice. The pin-ups were there to give you a perspective on your work from eleven other people, which was the most help. The inquiry books were there to help you keep documentation of all your work, so you don’t lose anything. Your fellow students were there to learn and give you advice so you get a universal perspective. The studio space was there so we could have a place to learn about drawing, design, and building. The studio learning experience is the best way to teach this class because of the environment of the classroom. Studio is a successful experience that helps the student gather knowledge on a particular aspect.
4. As I look back on the semester, exercise one taught me the major and minor aspects of drawing. Whether it was armature, texture, shape, or shadow, exercise one was the bases for the next two exercises. Exercise two had us take a shoe, and using the things we learned in the first exercise, discover qualities about the shoe such as geometry or proportions and these qualities are the shoes DNA. And finally in exercise three, we take one DNA and unpack it even more through riffing. I liked the first exercise because it probably taught me the most.
Collin Woodard
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One thing I noticed was a desire people expressed to go back to their previous work and do it better. I believe that as we progressed through the semester we gained new skills and insights that we saw lacking in our earlier work. We knew if we could take what we knew now and go back we would do a much better job. I think the pattern seen through the exercises is a steady evolution. Exercise 1 was teaching us how to draw and how to see. Exercise 2 then built on that and forced us to apply those skills to an investigation of an object. Through our drawings we were supposed to learn about our object. Finally in exercise 3 we had to take our drawing and investigation skills and put them to work branching off of our original drawings. Over this semester I saw a lot of growth in myself. If I had been shown my work at the end of the year, or even the end of exercise 1 before I got to Tech, I wouldn't have believed it was mine. I have improved a lot, but I still see so much room for improvement when I look at the work of others around me, I can't get too cocky about it. From the beginning to the end of 1011, I see a remarkable improvement in drawing and modeling skill. As far as the process of ideas goes, I have improved but not enough to keep me satisfied. I have a lot further to go before I will be satisfied fully with my work. The same goes for my analysis and inquiry, as well as design. I have improved, just not as much as I would have liked. I'll probably always have room for improvement though.
II
Going into 1012 I plan on taking not only my drawing and investigation skills, but the rudimentary presentations skills I have accrued over the semester. When I get to 1012 I will be paying special attention to anything that I believe will help my presentation. I know I have good ideas, I just lack the skills to present them effectively. If I can learn good presentation in 1012, I will be content.
III
Every aspect of 1011 played a different role. The project briefs served as Ann and Sabir's messengers to both the students and the instructors to convey their ideas for the project. The instructor then interpreted what he or she had been told or read. Those interpretations were given to the students who did their own interpreting themselves. The studio space served as a way to encourage community and collaboration between students. The students helped each other out with ideas and constructive criticism. Inquiry books served as a way to document your progress and the review process served as a way to not only compare your work to everybody else's but to also obtain feedback about your work specifically.
IV
The goal of the first exercise was to teach us how to see. Once we learned how to see we could translate that into drawing skills. The second exercise was about investigation. We had to take our object and use the drawings we did to learn as much as we could about the object. The third exercise was about separating the drawings from the object and branching out from the originals to create new drawings that in turn taught us more about our originals. I really enjoyed the second exercise because of the investigation involved and because Jae has a lot more experience than men. I learned a lot from him.
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