Nicholas Day Architecture Drawing Portfolio

DRAWING PORTFOLIO Nicholas Day ARCH 4990

Clemson University

Clemson University + Carbon Pencils + Color Pencils + Pen & Ink + Watercolor + Prismacolor + Sharpie + Oil Pastels + Brush Pen

+ Carbon Pencils

+ To begin the Semester of Architecture 4990, we started with Carbon Pencils.

The normal everyday tool used to make sketches, render drawings, and etc. + Top of this page is simply getting used to an “B” carbon pencil. + Bottom of this page is a sketch of the plaza in front of Fluor Daniel. Quickly we were able to pin point the vanishing point, and draw the vertical and horizontal lines. This sketch mainly was a green middle ground, with Freeman Hall to the right and the back of Hunter Hall to the left. + On the next page at the top are two sketches of the Lee 2 Entrance and the connecting overhead walkway between Lee 1 and Lowry Courtyard. + At the bottom of the next page is a large drawing of the Lee 3 strucutral column. Using only a “HB, B, & 4B” carbon pencil. This drawing involved examining a particular section of the entire structure, in order to focus on the detail, rather then the roof of Lee 3.

Clemson University Fluor Daniel - Facing Intersection

Lee Hall (1, 2, 3)

+ Pen & Ink + Sharpie + Prismacolor Marker + After two weeks of working with carbon pencils, we switched to Pen, Ink & Sharpie. + The drawing on this page contains two drawings, in the top right corner is a detail drawing of the structure. This drawing takes place in Fluor Daniel, looking up through the atrium space. + Then on the next page at the top is the same detail drawing from the first drawing. And below that is a close up of the plan and section of Fluor Daniel that can be seen in the second drawing. + The large drawing on the second page was drawn from the opposite view on the third level. + After completing both drawings, Prismacolor marker was then added to show the materiallity within the space.

Clemson University Fluor Daniel Building

+ Oil Pastels + Brush Pen + Pen & Ink + Four weeks later we started with oil pastels, a very unique medium. Oil Pastels have the ability to be rough, and to be smooth as well. + Often times in order to create an outline as well as a medium that won’t be affected by the oil pastels, many use the brush pen. Which can be seen in the top image on this page, unlike the bottom image where a waterproof pen was used. + The top image is the back of Fluor Daniel, which sits up on the street along the front side. Along the back sits just beyond a large green hill area. + The bottom image contains a very similar drawing to the top, however this drawing was done using a pen and oil pastels. It shows Brook Centers and the bridge that connects the parking to campus. + To the right on the second page is an interior drawing of Fernow Cafe, unlike the two drawings on this page which are exterior drawings.

Clemson University Back of Fluor Daniel + Brooks Center Bridge

Fernow Cafe - Interior

+ Oil Pastels + Brush Pen + Using the same medium, oil pastels, and a brush pen for the three drawings to your right. Each relating to Freeman Hall which is present in another drawing earlier. + The drawing to the right is an exterior drawing with a interesting sky showcasing the unique way that oil pastels can be used. + On the second page are two very similar interior drawings, the first one takes places just inside the entrance.

It shows the transparent curtain wall along the west, and the curved wall on the inside, where the lecture hall sits.

At the bottom you can see the plan, the geometry along the west side, and the curved wall along the east side. + The second image on the the second page is the opposite view of the first drawing. It takes place at the top, looking down towards the glass entrance that can be seen in the exterior drawing on this page.

Clemson University Freeman Hall - Exterior

Freeman Hall - Interior

+ Prismacolor Colored Pencils

+ After completing the oil pastel section, we moved on to the Prismacolor, or known as Colored Pencils. + The drawing at the bottom was created on an early foggy morning, showing the reflection pond and the trees that surround it. + On the second page are four drawings, three along the top that show the journey to the drawing at the bottom.

On the top left of the second page the drawing takes place along the Brooks Center Bridge before heading towards the library which can be seen in the next two drawings along the top.

Clemson University Reflection Pond

Journey to Reflection Pond

+ Watercolor + Carbon Pencils + Shortly after two weeks of Oil Pastels, we moved on to watercolor, a medium really about color, transparency, layers and endless possiblities really. + The four drawings to the right all showcase Lee 3, from the north facade, to the structure to the roof. + The drawing at the top on this page, shows the horizontal aspects of Lee 3 while blending in with nature and its surrounding. It does this by the long horizontal space, which is defined by the roof line. + Below is a drawing of a particular structural column along the exterior of the facade on both the north and south facade. + On the second page at the top rest another drawing of the north facade, but from a balcony space of Lee 2, giving a better angle of the roof. + And lastly at the bottom of the second page is looking back into the campus through one of the many skylights on the roof of Lee 3.

Clemson University Lee 3

+ Carbon Pencils + Pen & Ink, Sharpie + Prismacolor Colored Pencils + Brush Pen + Oil Pastels

+ As the semester went on, we became fairly familiar with these mediums.

On the second page, along the right side you can see a series of drawings.

Each drawing created with a different medium, along a path that led directly to Tillman Hall. + To the right you will see that drawing close up, ligtly sketched. Using a brush pen to define the building, and oil pastels to give a sense of materiality. + And on the left side of the second page you can see the plan of the site.

With the first drawing taking place at Riggs Hall (pencil), second drawing about midway through the large landscape (pen & ink), third drawing barely seeing Tillman Hall (colored pencils), and lastly the Oil Pastel drawing looking directly up the side entrance of Tillman Hall.

Clemson University Journey to Tillman Hall

+ Carbon Pencils + Brush Pen + Lastly our last exercises involved drawing the campus from the roof of Strode Tower. Meaning an aerial view of the campus, and beyond. + The drawing to the right along both pages was created using mainly a brush pen, with pencil work to create rough volumes of the buildings and trees. At the far left of the drawing you begin to see part of Lee 2, a tiny part of Lee 3, and to the far right you see the well known Tillman Hall standing above the campus.

Clemson University Aerial View

+ Carbon Pencils + Prismacolor Colored Pencils + One of the two final drawings, here you can see the bell hanging, with the library and reflection pond off in the distance. + In order to capture the moment of the monument, and the scene behind it, color had to be a vital part of it. And using colored pencils allowed to really create a realistic drawing, and understand the moment in this drawing.

Clemson University Final Drawings

+ Carbon Pencils + Brush Pen + Prismacolor Markers + This drawing being the second of the two drawings, it had to be of black and white tone. After previous sketches and understanding of different sites, it seemed appropriate that a night time drawing of Lee 3 would work. + Using mainly the brush pen, and prismacolor markers, allowed for me to really create the contrast that was present in this moment.