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Classical Design 1: Creative Drawing & Jewellery Essentials – 2: Drafting Major Forms

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This course is part of the Creative Jewellery Design Foundation Series. Learners are recommended to complete all 5 courses in the series to obtain JDMIS’s Professional Certificate (JD100)
This course can be purchased as a standalone or with the full online course
Learners may be able to opt in for the Remote Live Learning option at any time to have real-time access to instructors for customized assignments and feedback

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Drafting Major Forms

Accurate drawing in different views 3 Topics

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Understanding the relationship between top, side and end views

Why the need for different views

What are major forms and how they will help us to draw?

Introducing the Major Forms

Drawing Major Forms in top, side and end views 14 Topics

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Oval Sphere (5x)

½ Cylinder (5x)

Tetrahedron (5x)

Worksheet – Practice your Major Forms

How are you doing? Self-checks to keep you on track!

Drawing basic objects using Major Form principles 7 Topics

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Identify basic items composed of Major Forms (worksheet)

Major Form sketch challenge:

Identifying everyday Major Forms

Identifying major forms found in jewellery

Online Exercise – identify major forms from jewellery photos

Exercise Review – the importance of side and end views

How are you doing? Self-checks to keep you on track!

Combining Major Forms

Critical lines which define shape 4 Topics

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The importance of plane changes

Practice using the plane-change worksheet

Worksheet – plane changes

How are you doing? Self-checks to keep you on track!

Drawing more complex objects in various views 2 Topics

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Handling complex Major Forms

Observe typical and common mistakes

Sketching imagined objects in top, side and end view 4 Topics

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Introducing the Sketch challenge

Worksheet – Sketch challenge:

Sketch challenge demonstration

How are you doing? Self-checks to keep you on track!

Accurately interpret a given end view 4 Topics

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Introducing the End view challenge

Worksheet – End view challenge:

End View challenge demonstration

How are you doing? Self-checks to keep you on track!

Improve your drawing skills by combining Major Forms 10 Topics

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Additional practice to improve drawing in different views.

Introducing the Major form combination worksheets

Worksheet – Major Forms in various positions, exercise 1

Major Forms exercise 1 – Demonstration

Worksheet – Major Forms in various positions, exercise 2

Major Forms exercise 2 – Demonstration

Worksheet – Major Forms in various positions, exercise 3

Major Forms exercise 3 – Demonstration

Major Forms in various positions, exercise 4

How are you doing? Self-checks to keep you on track!

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Course & topics

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Drafting Major Forms

Accurate drawing in different views

3 Topics

Understanding the relationship between top, side and end views

Why the need for different views

What are major forms and how they will help us to draw?

Introducing the Major Forms

Drawing Major Forms in top, side and end views

14 Topics

Oval Sphere (5x)

½ Cylinder (5x)

Tetrahedron (5x)

Worksheet – Practice your Major Forms

How are you doing? Self-checks to keep you on track!

Drawing basic objects using Major Form principles

7 Topics

Identify basic items composed of Major Forms (worksheet)

Major Form sketch challenge:

Identifying everyday Major Forms

Identifying major forms found in jewellery

Online Exercise – identify major forms from jewellery photos

Exercise Review – the importance of side and end views

How are you doing? Self-checks to keep you on track!

Combining Major Forms

Critical lines which define shape

4 Topics

The importance of plane changes

Practice using the plane-change worksheet

Worksheet – plane changes

How are you doing? Self-checks to keep you on track!

Drawing more complex objects in various views

2 Topics

Handling complex Major Forms

Observe typical and common mistakes

Sketching imagined objects in top, side and end view

4 Topics

Introducing the Sketch challenge

Worksheet – Sketch challenge:

Sketch challenge demonstration

How are you doing? Self-checks to keep you on track!

Accurately interpret a given end view

4 Topics

Introducing the End view challenge

Worksheet – End view challenge:

End View challenge demonstration

How are you doing? Self-checks to keep you on track!

Improve your drawing skills by combining Major Forms

10 Topics

Additional practice to improve drawing in different views.

Introducing the Major form combination worksheets

Worksheet – Major Forms in various positions, exercise 1

Major Forms exercise 1 – Demonstration

Worksheet – Major Forms in various positions, exercise 2

Major Forms exercise 2 – Demonstration

Worksheet – Major Forms in various positions, exercise 3

Major Forms exercise 3 – Demonstration

Major Forms in various positions, exercise 4

How are you doing? Self-checks to keep you on track!

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