Technology Online webinar:

Introducing freehand sketching

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 Technology Online webinar:
Introducing freehand sketching

Introductions
Jamie McAuley: Assistant HOD Technology,
Wellington Girls’ College,
NZGATTA regional representative ,Wellington
Wendy Webb: Technology Online Resource
facilitator
“Draw to explore”
● Freehand sketching is the foundation skill for communicating design thinking.
● We should be encouraging sketching as a lifelong pursuit – a skill to craft over
time
● Sketching is a powerful, tangible way to communicate with and influence people
How do we teach our students to be
effective drawers … and enjoy it?
Observation/analysis skills
Knowledge of techniques
Access to exemplars
Emotional engagement /
empathy
Risk taking
A safe environment
Patience (with themselves)
Desire/enthusiasm/passion
Building confidence with sketching
● Start with the familiar/simple objects and forms.
● Sketching exercises build confidence and coordination.
● These exercises provide a more nonthreatening introduction to sketching
techniques.
These exercises can be scaffolded to
introduce a number of techniques
● Can be used to introduce crating, 2D and 3D views, sequential sketches, thick
and thin line techniques, exploded views, and to help build spatial awareness.
Encourage expression over perfection
● Sketch in pen, on coloured paper. Give time limits for sketching exercises.
● Sketches must be freehand and unguided at level 1. Rulers can only be used for
vanishing rays when constructing perspective sketches.
Sketching with “intent”
● Building knowledge of sketching techniques and conventions can provide students
with a toolbox to use for communication of design thinking.
● What aspect of their design/exploration/thinking are they wishing to communicate?
● Encourage students to select “the right tool for the job.”
Sketching to enhance the narrative
● Sketch to promote engagement with the design – both student and audience
Pause, then press play
● Are the sketches and page composition dynamic and engaging?

Positive/Negative space
Focus point
Visual hierarchy
Layering
Headings/trigger words
Questions and
annotation
Research that informs
design thinking
Communicating aesthetic qualities
● Vary line weights, quick renders to show form and material values,
indicate a light source to enhance form and give the object weight.
● Include user and contextual information to help communicate scale and
proportion.
Communicating functional qualities
in product design sketches
● Communicate using sequential sketches, exploded views, sectional views,
hidden details, ergonomic considerations, context design is used in.
Communicating functional qualities
in spatial design sketches
● Communicate how people inhabit the space, how they move through it, how the
space is intended to be used.
Model making to support sketching
● Model making helps with visualising objects in 3D space.
● Builds knowledge of different views, helpful for complex forms.
Sketching to communicate in
fashion design
2D Sketching
Patterns and construction
details
Prints and textures
Pattern Layout
Working Drawing

3D Sketching
Layering,draping, folds, 3D
disrupt
Prints and textures
Build up sketches-consider your
light source -shadows highlights

Sketching techniques
9 Heads
Tornado technique
Sketching to communicate in
fashion design
Function and Context
How do clasps, buttons fasteners work?
What will go in pockets? What accessories will be worn with garment?
What context will garment be worn in?
Sketching to communicate generation
of design ideas
● Use rapid viz sketches in the early stages of design thinking.
● Divergent thinking – show a range of possibilities explored.
● How might the idea look? How might the idea function?
Sketching for ideation
● Ideate from a starting experience, use a range of ideation strategies
● An emerging train of thought should lead to design ideas/possibilities
● Once an idea emerges undertake a second wave of ideation to extend/develop
Enhancing sketching with digital
tools and techniques
● Utilise online tools and tutorials to enhance sketches and and to compose
presentation pages at senior level – encourage research of techniques.
Question and answer section
● To ask a question, type your question into the chat.
● With many participants, there might be delays so please be patient. Type
your question again if you think it has been missed.
Technology Online resources
technology.tki.org.nz
● Technological modelling and
DVC in years 7–10
● Student showcases: Design and
Visual Communication
● All news tagged "design"
● All news tagged "technological
modelling"
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