sketch seriesfor a repurposed interior space

by Jim Leggitt

how to:

this visualization project involved a proposal to renovate the ground floor of the brick agricultural building into artist studios, multi-use events spaces, art galleries and commercial space. I created a total of six illustrations for this studioINSItE project.

•Begin with photographing the existing space

•Develop sketch detail in red pencil

•Illustrate the scene in ink•Color it with markers and

colored pencils

Feed + Fuel Cafe Sketch

•Color directly onto the original linework with Chartpak AD markets and a slight amount of color pencil to highlight texture

•the composition includes nine people to activate the scene, a variety of light fixtures, artwork, three different seating types, graphic signage and lots of counter top activity.

Outdoor Concert Sketch

•Illustrates the potential of converting the loading dock into an outdoor concert venue

•highly populated- a successful concert event•No need to draw individual faces here

Multipurpose Events Space Sketches

Existing warehouse space- shown in two ways 1. wedding party 2. art instruction classroom

Matching the perspective of the existing photograph and two different wedding scene jpgs from the internet- spliced into orginal photo

Contemporary overhead element to add color and a “ceiling”Illustrated people seate at the tables

No reference images to go by hereI imagined what an art class might look like (seated and standing individuals, easels, sketch pads, overhead spot lights and of course, an individual posing an a western outfit. I am very pleased with this sketch, especially how the “mountain man” is depicted from many different angles.)

Arts and Crafts Sale Sketch

this final sketch was easier to draw than the others because I began with a more developed base photograph. this room within the historic building had earlier been used for a holiday crafts show and I was able to download this photograph from the internet.

•Using red pencil mockup process, I added more shop elements to the left, more people and more signage.

•traced the pencil mockup iwht a water based ink pen on second sheet of tracing paper

•Added yellow market highlight to emphasize lighting

•Color pencil to wall and floor•Apply color on front and

back sides to build up certain colors

Review all of the six drawings from this series of sketches and notice how consistent I was with the level of detail, illustrative technique and coloring method. whenever you create a series of drawings for any project, please try to establish a consistent format, illustrative style and color palette.

to see Jim’s blog post of this presentation click here:http://jimleggitt.typepad.com/jim-leggitt-drawing-

shortcuts/2013/12/illustration-series-for-a-repurposed-interior-space.html

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