FNBE MARCH 2015

1. SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING AND DESIGN
FOUNDATION IN NATURAL BUILD ENVIRONMENT
NAME: Kimberley Fay Bernard Lo
STUDENT ID NO: 0324237
WORD COUNT: 796 words
ENGLISH 1 (ELG 30505)
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT 1: PROCESS ESSAY
LECTURER: CASSANDRA WIJESURIA
SUBMISSIONDATE:11th
MAY2015

2. Process Essay (Draft)
Sketching is an action where you are doing a rough or unfinished drawing,
often made in the help of making a more finished picture. In my case, as a student
thriving towards Quantity Surveying the word sketch can be similarly defined as a
rough drawing of what a building or structure should be. Sketching will most probably
be one of the most frequent and useful action I may experience in the future. This is
because in my future work industry, sketching is used as a communicating tool
between one parties to the other. My lecturer once said if you cannot explain it,
sketch it out. This can be portrayed where if one would want to give a suggestion to
the others, they would just sketch what they wanted to say to avoid any
misunderstandings. Anyway, the process essay that I am about to write is how I
experienced producing an attractive sketch of the kitchen utensil that I have chosen.
Out of all various kitchen utensils, the utensil that I have chosen to sketch and
elaborate about is a kitchen whisk. Observing my metal whisk, the thin handle had a
semi-thick wire coiled around it. The bottom part had a small metal hook and the thin
wired head of the whisk was shaped like a wide teardrop. Tasting my whisk was like
tasting metal with a hint of lemon to it most probably from the dishwashing soap. The
term, tasting what you can smell was done when I took a whiff of my whisk and it
really had a metallic-lemon smell to it. The handle felt bumpy from the coiled wire
and the strips of thin wire was like touching uncooked angel hair pasta. Dropping the
whisk on the kitchen counter made me hear a sharp metallic clink sound. The reason
I chose a whisk is because of its unique shape and its use in both the baking and
cooking area.

3. As I did my sketch, I had already prepared my simple set of pencils. After I had
drawn the shape of my whisk, I started to get deeper into it by using the regular 2B
pencil to start on my shading. The only part that I shaded were the handle, where I
used the 2B pencil to give a dark shaded area. I then continued to switch to a B
pencil for a lighter shade. As I incorporate the light shade on to the handle, it mixed a
little with the darker shade giving the handle a good range of tone going from dark to
light. Throughout my sketch, I did not use any type of tools to balance it out other
than following my instincts on how the sketch would eventually balance out in the
end. Before doing all this, I had cleared my workplace as it keeps my mind in peace,
enabling me to start my sketch.
The sketch that I had done was not a quick drawing that would be done without any
practice. Before getting on my final sketch I started off with a few drafts, all of which
had different angles and positions. Coming up with a conclusion I chose to sketch
my whisk in a way that it was vertical yet a little slanted to the left. Taking out a piece
of A4 paper and a 2B pencil I started my sketch from the handle, sketching out a thin
cylinder. I added details of the coiled wire then continued on to the head. For the
head I first drew the outermost wire and continued going inwards as it gets smaller
and shorter. I then finished the components with the hook at the bottom and thus
went to the shading process. Looking at my sketch I realised I had made a couple of
mistakes but all were corrected by using a mechanical pencil to ensure the lines I
drew were not as close to each other making them more visible.

4. As a person who does sketching as a rare activity it would obviously make sense
that it took time for me to complete my sketch. Doing art related activities is not a
part of me, my hands does not naturally move to make a perfect drawing and this
was completely portrayed during the process of my sketch where I had a lot
mistakes. The mistakes I did were the ones that took a long time to be corrected
hence, making the process longer. Relieved was what I felt as I finally completed the
sketch I was doing. Although coming from a less artistic person that I am, I was quite
happy with myself for developing a sketch of this kind. Incorporating the shading was
something I would be proud of coming from a person of my level. Even after
countless frustrating mistakes, I would want to do this again because although
sketching is a challenge for me, I realised that the process of it is interesting and I
might take this up as a new part time activity.

5. Process Essay (Final)
Sketching is an action where you are doing a rough or unfinished drawing,
often made in the help of making a more finished picture. In my case, as a student
thriving towards Quantity Surveying the word sketch can be similarly defined as a
rough drawing of what a building or structure should be. Sketching will most probably
be one of the most frequent and useful action I may experience in the future. This is
because in my future work industry, it is used as a communicating tool between one
parties to the other. My lecturer once said if you cannot explain it, sketch it out. This
can be portrayed where if one would want to give a suggestion to the others, they
would just sketch what they wanted to say to avoid any misunderstandings. Anyway,
the process essay that I am about to write is how I experienced producing an
attractive sketch of the kitchen utensil that I have chosen.
Out of all various kitchen utensils, the utensil that I have chosen to sketch and
elaborate about is a kitchen whisk. Observing my metal whisk, the thin handle had a
semi-thick wire coiled around it. The bottom part had a small metal hook and the thin
wired head of the whisk was shaped like a wide teardrop. Tasting my whisk was like
tasting metal with a hint of lemon to it most probably from the dishwashing soap. The
term, tasting what you can smell was done when I took a whiff of my whisk and it
really had a metallic-lemon smell to it. The handle felt bumpy from the coiled wire
and the strips of thin wire was like touching uncooked angel hair pasta. Dropping the
whisk on the kitchen counter made me hear a sharp metallic clink sound. The reason
I chose a whisk is because of its unique shape and its use in both the baking and
cooking area.

6. As I did my sketch, I had already prepared my simple set of pencils. After I
had drawn the shape of my whisk, I started to get deeper into it by using the regular
2B pencil to start on my shading. The only part that I shaded were the handle, where
I used the 2B pencil to give a dark shaded area. I then continued to switch to a B
pencil for a lighter shade. As I incorporate the light shade on to the handle, it mixed a
little with the darker shade giving the handle a good range of tone going from dark to
light. Throughout my sketch, I did not use any type of tools to balance it out other
than following my instincts on how the sketch would eventually balance out in the
end. Before doing all this, I had cleared my workplace as it keeps my mind in peace,
enabling me to start my sketch.
The sketch that I had done was not a drawing that would be done without any
practice. Before achieving my final sketch I started off with a few drafts, all of which
had different angles and positions. As a conclusion I chose to sketch my whisk in a
way that it was vertical yet a little slanted to the left. Taking out a piece of A4 paper
and a 2B pencil I started my sketch with a thin cylinder handle. I added details of the
coiled wire then continued on to the head drawing the outermost wire and continued
going inwards as it gets smaller and shorter. I then finished the components with the
hook at the bottom and thus went to the shading process. Looking at my sketch I
realised I had made a couple of mistakes but all were corrected by using a
mechanical pencil ensuring the lines I drew were not as close to each other.

7. As a person who rarely does sketching it would obviously make sense that it
took time for me to complete my sketch. Doing art related activities is not a part of
me and this was completely portrayed during the process of my sketch where I had a
lot mistakes. The mistakes I did were the ones that took a long time to be corrected
hence, making the process longer. Relieved was what I felt as I finally completed the
sketch I was doing. Although coming from the less artistic person that I am, I was
quite happy with myself for developing a sketch of this kind. Incorporating the
shading was something I was proud of developing. Even after countless frustrating
mistakes, I would want to do this again because although sketching is a challenge
for me, I realised that the process of it is interesting and I might take this up as a new
part time activity.

8. My Sketch