Sketch Crawl

                The sketch crawl was my second favorite activity we got to be a part of during the Seattle trip. I learned that quickly and efficiently sketching out the basic layout of a space then filling that space with the details is actually quite a bit better then starting with the details and drawing out from them. I started drawing things that were directly in front of me but by the time I had moved back to the backdrop of the drawing everything was slightly out of proportion. I asked one of the field sketchers for a tip on how to show relative size and get a better sense of proportion in my sketches and he told me to add people to my drawings, which surprisingly I never thought of! He pushed me to fill the space with things that people easily identify and can mentally image automatically to be a certain size and make them pop to show a better, more proportionate view of a landscape or interior. I will apply the tips and lessons learned on the sketch crawl to the next batch of sketches we do in class and see if they improve!