Hosted by the Washington Mid Atlantic Chapter | 4 Credits toward the Certificate in Classical Architecture
This course introduces the techniques of Beaux-Arts wash rendering. Students will begin by learning the basic skills needed to produce a traditional ink wash rendering of a classical elevation. They will then develop an understanding of the qualities and characteristics of light, shade, shadow, and reflected light, as well as a sensibility for how architectural geometries, forms, planes, and profiles modulate light and shade and subsequently render form apparent. This course is designed to increase students’ command of the formal possibilities of space, mass, form, and profile.
Participants will be creating their own renderings of the Doric column capital of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery to take home! There will be light brunch bites and beverages provided, as well as all of the necessary materials for the rendering.
This event is hosted by an ICAA Chapter. Please check the Chapter website, or contact the Chapter directly, for the most up-to-date details including dates, times, and pricing.
1) The basic skills to produce a wash rendering of a design project
2) A more developed understanding of the qualities and characteristics of light, shade, shadow, and reflected light
3) A sensibility for how architectural geometries, forms, planes, and profiles - individually and in combination - modulate light and shade and subsequently render form apparent
4) An increased command of the formal possibilities of space, mass, form, and profile - and skill at using these design elements economically and to good effect
Hannah Myers