ARCHITECTURAL VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS – 5:
Course Name
VISUAL TECHNIQUES 3
Course Number AR 021
Covers exercises on advanced techniques of presentation using mixed media.
Course Description Includes the study of multi- media composition / digital presentation, photography
and computer generation.
Lecture – 1 unit
Number of Units
Studio – 1 unit
Number of Contact Hours Lecture – 1 hour
per week Studio – 3 hours
Prerequisite Architectural Visual Communications 4: Visual Techniques 2
Co requisite None
At the end of the course, the students should be able to:
1. Prepare presentations in different media using advanced techniques.
Course Objectives
2. Prepare simple architectural models
3. Complete a portfolio of works.
Course Outline
PRELIM
1. Advanced presentable techniques using:
Markers
Colored Pencils
Air- brush
Mixed media
MIDTERM
2. Model- making principles and techniques
SEMI-FINAL
3. Architectural Photography
Photographing buildings and landscapes
Photographing table models
Photo- montage techniques
FINAL
4. Introduction to computer- generated presentation.
1. Drafting Tables and Chairs
2. Studio Lights
3. At Least one (1) set Airbrush set with compressor per class
Laboratory Equipment
4. At least one (1) computer set
5. One (1) scanner
6. One (1) Printer
7. Audio- visual equipment
Suggested
Suggested References:
References/Textbooks
An Introduction to Airbrushing and Photo Retouching: Breckon, Brett 1987
Barron’s Art Handbooks Mixing Colors – 3. Dry Techniques.
Basic Drawing. Gallagher, Jean
Complete Guide in Drawing and Painting
Reader’s Digest, 1997
Drawing ( Step-by-step guide to Drawing Techniques)
Gair, Angela, 1994
Dynamic Airbrush
Miller David and James M. Effler, 1997
Entourage
How to Draw
Hill, Adrian
Light in Watercolor
Barrass, Jackie
2000
Watercolor Basics: Light
Morris, Judy, 2000
Watercolor Mixing: The 12-Hue Method
Willard, Christopher, 2000
Books in Photography
Books in Computer Presentations