ARPL 560 Classical Architecture Illustrated
The pedagogy of this course is to learn from some of the best examples of classical traditional architecture, through the process of documentation, analysis, and hand drawing, with the culminating result being beautifully executed architectural presentation drawings. This course is both field-based and studio-based, as students will be assigned exemplary buildings in Washington DC and other Regional cities, to visit and gather information on site, through sketching, physical measurements, digital documentation, and historical research. That information will then be taken to the studio, to produce accurate and beautiful representations of the subject through drafting and a variety of rendering techniques, such as: ink-line drawings, pencil & Pen rendering, ink washes, watercolor washes & analytique compositions.