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