Category: HOW TO

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THEMATIC DRAWING – HOUSE DRESS

As I have developed and evolved Transparent Drawing, I have generated thousands of drawings. Most of the drawings that I do end up being thematic. One of the themes that I always enjoy is...

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AUTOMATIC FORM 2

Automatic Form was introduced a few pages ago. That page also touched on historical precedents, which include automatic writing, automatic drawing, etc. I now want to break this down by taking a closer look...

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DRAWING OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARY OF FORM

Have you ever tried to visualize what a form looks like before it is resolved? Is there a plasmic, free flowing state of a form before it is a form? What if we draw...

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DRAWING FROM DRAWING – PICASSO’S BULL

The first thing you should do is scroll to the bottom of this page. The drawing sequence is from the bottom to the top. This is a Drawing From Drawing (DFD), in which the...

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AMBIGUITY MODE

Usually, when I put a drawing together with different media, or media in a different order, I have been able to assign a new drawing mode. Some of the modes that have been established...

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ANALYTICAL WATERCOLOR

I hate Pinterest. I’ve said this before.  But now there is a new Pinterest board in which many of my watercolors have been pinned. It is called Analytical Watercolor. And the author saw fit...

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AUTOMATIC FORM

Automation pervades our life. Automation is a mechanical or electrical process where the next action to take is based on data from the previous action with minimal human input. Our cars won’s run and...

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SURFACE TO SKELETON

The Grasshopper algorithmic design software has a feature called ‘surface to skeleton.’  Once you have a form established, this feature allows a generation of what they call a skeleton of the structure.  While I’m...

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QUANTIFIABLE ARCHITECTURE AND HISTORICISM

Buildings in historic districts have to be pretty.  As I have mentioned before, I am a small town architect.  And our entire village is on the National List of Historic Places.  As with any...

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(BRUSH) LINES WITHOUT TONES

Some pages ago, we took a look at Lines Without Tones drawings.  The lines drawn at that time were from a felt tip pen.  And we determined that the basic transparent understanding of forms...

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TRANSPARENT IMPRINT

Draw with Transparent Imprint.  This is easy.  All you have to do is draw on one page of your sketchbook, and keep the sketch completely wet.  Then close your sketchbook and press for 10...

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DRAWING FROM DRAWING – 2

Back in 2016, we introduced the concept of Drawing from Drawing.  I find it difficult to believe that it has been two years without another DFD page.  So here is another. This drawing sequence...

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UNITY OF OPPOSITES 13-18

This is the third and final installment of our look at Unity Of Opposites as they apply to Transparent Drawing.  The first two installments can be found here and here. I hope that you...

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VORONOI DIAGRAMS

I have found a new inspiration source, voronoi diagrams.  A voronoi diagram is a scientific / mathematical graphic which divides a plane into regions based on sets of points on that plane.  The first...

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UNITY OF OPPOSITES 7-12

This is the second installment of our look at Unity Of Opposites as they apply to Transparent Drawing.  The first installment can be found here. Seven TD:  Real Object                                                       RS:  Faithful Vision Drawings that...

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UNITY OF OPPOSITES 1-6

Today, and for the next two Mondays, we will look at a Unity Of Opposites as they apply to Transparent Drawing.  Each page will have 6 Opposites, for a total at the end of...

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TRANSPARENT LANDSCAPE

Can we learn from a Renaissance landscape painting? The drawing above tries to answer that question. The painting in question is titled The Harvesters and it is by Pieter Brugel the Elder, done in...

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READY TO BUILD

The fashion industry has it’s ready to wear collections.  Why don’t architects have their Ready To Build collections as well? For a quick update on tReady To Build in Transparent Drawing, these pages have...

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PRAJÑĀ

I’m not going to be able to describe the Buddhist concept of prajñā  with any adequacy.  Yet I will try, as the fundamental precept speaks to our Transparent Drawing purposes. If I had to...

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REPRESENTATION IS DEAD

Why do we even teach representation as the mode with which to draw to solve problems? Why are we even taught to draw representationally?  Why are we culturally ingrained to draw for emotion, rather...

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FOLDING WINGS

On this Monday morning, I wanted to share what I hope is an inspirational design resource.  At this link, you will find a paper written by Japanese scientists in which they create  holistic and...

ORDINARY BUILDINGS 51-3.5 0

NOTE TAKING

I’ve started to draw in a slightly new way.  And the best way I can describe it is that I am taking notes.  For most of my drawings of existing buildings, I have devoted...