Jay Murthy

CFP001

UBD20065

The Monsoon Semester of the CEPT Foundation Programme inculcates foundational design skills through sequential exercises focused on perfecting freehand and perspective drawing, visualizing and drawing complex compositions. Students learn to make technical drawings using orthographic projections, surface development and exploded views of complex objects; develop the skill of estimating sizes and begin to engage with anthropometrics. Ordering principles, colour theory, imaginative drawing and deciphering and interpreting styles help them develop more complex skills. Alongside, parallel exercises focus on describing objects and presenting their own work in writing, while guest speaker lectures offer exposure to other disciplines.

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This exercise involved dismantling a product, understanding the mechanics behind its functioning and drafting an exploded view, highlighting the function of each component. I learnt how to use various tools not only to open, but to rebuild the product. Representing it in an exploded view improved my visualisation skills.

This work was created digitally. It depicts a scene from an imaginative, post-apocalyptic world where non-renewable sources have completely depleted. This exercise allowed me to make connections and create logic in a completely fictitious world - e.g creating a motorhome equipped with technologies which solely run on renewable energy.

Technical Drawing helped me learn how to use hand drafting tools efficiently and accurately. It was an introduction to how plans and sections function, as well as the correlation between isometric and axonometric views.

This exercised comprised of deciphering visual styles seen in the door above. Aspects such as shape, proportion, material and colour were analysed and translated into another product - a motorboat.

After learning about various organisation principles, the knowledge was applied in deciphering various principles used in already existing buildings. In this exercise, ordering principles were identified on the campus and building level of Fallingwater.

Done initially, this was a challenging exercise. Perspective had to be maintained in every shape and cut, which trained my mind to focus on the vanishing point. The drawings are coloured using analogous, complimentary and triadic colour schemes.

Our hands and feet are one of the most challenging forms to sketch. Sketching these live improved how I translate my 3D view to paper, while maintaining correct shapes, proportions and perspectives. It also improved my rendering skills as I replicated light and shadows from real life.

The image on the left is a collage created to study the works of Ettore Scotsass. The combinations, placement and proportions of commonly used colours were identified. Based on this, a graphic was created — intended to capture the artist’s usage of colours.

This activity was very important as it helped identify and portray various scales and sizes correctly on paper. It also trained me to accurately gauge dimensions using my body. 4 different scales were explored — hand-held products, furniture, rooms and urban spaces.

Surface development familiarised me with AutoCAD. The exercise required me to use all essential tools and made me function better with the software. My visualisation skills improved, as 3D forms had to accurately be made 2D.