Term1 Week3

Visual Communication is developing your visual literacy so you can communicate and present your design ideas effectively. The tool that differentiates humans from other animals is language; without language we cannot think, talk, draw or write. Language allows us to communicate ideas. In this course you will be developing your drawing skills to better enable you to communicate ideas. It is not about the quality, type or method of drawing, but about whether the drawing is effective in meeting the needs of the drawer. Freehand drawing, sketching, visual roughs, and thumbnails are all names for drawings that share the common purpose of explaining or representing ideas. Drawing can also be used as a thinking tool by drawing thoughts and ideas on paper to solve problems or to generate more ideas.

Success Criteria:

I have gained knowledge and skills in fundamental visual communication techniques and graphic design principles

I can free hand draw 2D shapes

I can freehand draw 3D shapes

I can render my drawing

Activities:

1. Free Hand Drawing Techniques - 2D @ 3D

Further Learning:
Practice at home how to draw straight lines, parallel lines and cubes.