Scenic Design Practice: Sketching Space

For my scenic sketching practice, I chose to draw two different perspectives of my room. I drew them in Groundplan/Birds Eye View and Front Elevation view. Here are the sketches:

Groundplan / Birds Eye View

The Birds Eye View, or Groundplan we call it, provides an overall layout of the given space. Because I had to draw looking directly down from the top, I inserted two-dimensional icons to indicate the furniture in my room. Then, I recorded them as Key for reference. The Key is going to be useful because it will help someone to easily identify what furniture is located where in my room.

Front Elevation View

The Front Elevation View is drawn from my sight-line perspective. The Front Elevation View sketches are often more detailed compared to the Groundplans as the Front Elevation is drawn with three-dimensional objects, not two-dimensional. With this sketch, you are able to visualize the actual space you will see and experience inside your mind.

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