Drawing I

Our first drawing class revolved around an introduction to drawing tools and general methods. I found the lecture slides on this very interesting, especially those that looked at the different types of drawing boards, as I consider myself much more of a detailed, precise drawer than one who uses freehand to communicate their ideas. The huge drawings boards just look as cool, I'd love to end up owning one where i can draw for hours without getting a sore back and having to rotate the paper to fill the drawing area on the small A3 drawing board I currently own.

Our first exercise was to draw a cup and saucer. I enjoyed some aspects of this task, like taking measurements and sketching up drawing spaces, but I wasn't happy when told I had to draw the circles free-hand instead of using my compass which I was used to. I guess free-hand drawing is a skill I should develop, but I've spent so long doing engineering drawings that are so structured and specific that I feel I can't produce a quality drawing without all my tools available to me. Nonetheless, I got a draft done (see below, along with technical drawing of measurements) which will hopefully help me when I produce a final one for marking.