Covers various digital presentation techniques, freehand architectural sketching, combined use of various manual and electronic drawing media, and color. Coursework explores multiple software applications including, but not limited to, AutoCAD, Google® SketchUp, Photoshop, and PowerPoint. Also discusses 3-dimensional (3-D) modeling, how to control lighting, shade and shadow, scene creation, rendering, the use of digital images for presentation displays, and the use of presentation software.
Goals, Topics, and Objectives
- Introduction to visual communications
- Basic terminology
- Freehand sketching techniques
- Basic modeling concepts
- Basic scene creation and composition
- Focus
- Balance
- Proportion / perspective
- Depth
- Shade and shadow
- Contrast
- Texture
- Tone
- AutoCAD
- Google® SketchUp
- Photoshop
- PowerPoint
- Creating and organizing a physical display
- Creating and organizing a digital display
- Rendering with felt-tipped pens and art markers
- Rendering with colored pencils and pastels
- Multimedia rendering (i.e., combining several media including manual and electronic).
- Create and manipulate 3-D objects.
- Create, apply, and manipulate materials to objects.
- Create multiple views of a 3-D model including site plans, floor plans, elevations, sections, and perspective.
- Create a basic scene composition.
- Create and manipulate lights in a scene.
- Create and manipulate cameras in a scene.
- Manipulate the impact of shadows on a scene.
- Create and manipulate a scene based on the use of textural and tonal contrast.
- Create and manipulate entourage in a scene.
- Create color renderings of various views using digital techniques.
- Create color renderings using a combination of digital and manual techniques.
- Develop materials for a client presentation.*
- Sketch architectural objects, forms, and scenes.
This course is being deactivated as part of the catalog cleanup project in 23/WI. It is not part of any active program and has not been offered in 3 or more years.
Assessment and Requirements
Assessment is based on performance of periodic lab projects. All assessment of student achievement is left to the discretion of the individual instructor.
Outcomes
Credit for Prior College-Level Learning
- Provide, in writing, a request to the department indicating the proposed rationale for requesting credit and describing the type of college-level learning upon which the request is based.
- Submit a portfolio of work and documentation to substantiate the request.
- Schedule an interview with the appropriate instructor(s) to discuss the request and portfolio.