First Day of Art School: AVOCADOS!

Who Doesn't love some yummy guacamole!?!

So, when I arrived to the first day of class for interior design they fed us all guacamole. Just kidding! This was actually my chosen "well-designed" object for our first assignment. We were asked to bring in a well-designed object that could be taken apart and would later serve as inspriation for a room designed for repose, thinking and daydreaming.

I chose the avocado for many reasons, most of all its multi-faceted functions. Here's a little breakdown:

1. Knowledge. The seed inside an avocado is FULL of knowledge. It contains enough knowledge to construct an entire tree!

2. Fruit. The fruit is one of the more genius inventions by the creator. It serves so many purposes, its functionality amazes me. It protects the most important thing: the seed, the plant's only way of passing on its genes in the crazy world! It also acts as an attractor for animals to spread its seed. On top of that- it provides nutrients!

3. Locale. Avocados reign from the great Carribean and what better place to inspire daydreaming and thinking?

So, one of our first assignments today was to really study our object and learn a little about sketching. It brought back great memories of Art in high school. The first sketch we did was one from memory. We couldn't look at our object, just sketch it (this is the one I'm the worst at...)

The second sketch is one of my favorites- it's like in Cranium where it's a "sensosketch" and you have to close your eyes and try and draw it, but in this case you could look at the object, just not your paper!

The next type of sketch was a gesture sketch, which is basically a quick, 3 second sketch of your item. The last sketches we did were sketches called diagrammatic, meaning each sketch had to highlight or focus on one aspect (as if it were a field guide, pointing out major features.) Here are some of mine:

So that's all! Day one over! Whew!