rendering and shading . . .

This was the 3rd week of this workshop and we began by exploring light and shade and the effectiveness that shadows and darkened patches bring to a drawing. We were told not to draw lines but rather shade or render to build up a perspective. It was an attempt to get us to think about the textual / tonal value of an object. I was thinking more about how to draw an image without lines and my first attempt of a doorway ended badly. Below is my second image of a staircase, in which i have attempted to highlight light and shade in the image as best i could...

 

The second exercise of this week, was the most challenging and time consuming. It involves transferring the Rose Seidler House from the plans, sections and elevations we were provided with onto an image of the lawn opposite the architecture building. This involved obtaining an image of the lawn and by layering tracing paper onto this, furthermore copying the house onto it. The difficulty of this task was reduced by consulting with my classmates etc. It was difficult since the image had to be drawn to scale. I was just beginning to understand the idea of two point perspective, so my attempt was average. In the end i had to look at an actual image of the house however i managed to complete the task eventually...