HOW TO DRAW A CROISSANT
MODULE ONE OF FOUNDATION OF DESIGN REPRESENTATION
Photos of Elevations, Scanned Plan, and Section Cuts
ORTHOGRAPHIC DRAWINGS
Line-work
Outline - 0.4 fine-liner
Rendering lines - 0.2 and 0.1 fine-liners
Using the technique of lines to render the croissant enabled the croissants shape and form to be represented quickly, highlighting the curves and layers on its visible body. Doing this with black fine-liner enables the lines to stand out and contrast the white ground.
Hatching
Outline - 0.4 fine-liner
Hatching - 0.1 fine-liner
Rendering lines - 0.2 and 0.1 fine-liners
The shading technique of hatching, specifically cross hatching is a quick method to show form and texture. Additionally, using a series of parallel and perpendicular lines is a highly effective way to represent the shape of a croissant, emphasising its peaks and ridges.
Shading
Using the rendering technique of shading with 2B, 4B and 6B pencils represents the form and shape of the croissant emphasising its lighter and darker parts. Shading with pencils creates details of the textures of the croissant and also represents the shadows on the croissant casted by the croissant itself.
Section Cuts
Cutting croissant into sections was necessary illustrate the interior elements of the croissant. This enables the layers and hollow areas to be represented that cannot be represented from a plan or elevation view. As the croissant does not maintain the same shape and form throughout its body multiple sections are necessary to represent different parts of the croissant. In this module section A was cut straight down the vertical center of the croissant, section B was cut through the vertical center of the section A cut and parallel to it, and repeating the process again section C was cut through the vertical center of the section B, parallel to cuts A and B.
Cut lines (outline of the section drawings) are represented with a 0.5 fine-liner
Rendering using a combination of hatching and fine dots represented with a 0.1 fine-liner
AXONOMETRIC DRAWINGS
Section A
Section B
Section C
An axonometric drawing is abstract, unlike a perspective all sides are measurable. To create this drawing, the section cut drawings were placed under a neatly constructed grid with each square 10mm x 10mm. Looking at the outline of the section, each point where the outline touches the grid was marked with a cross. To convert this to an axonometric, a similar grid needs to be set up on a 45-degree angle to the plan, the difficult part of this is then to match the cross points to the new abstract graph. Once this is done three times, using the grid as a guide the dots need to be connected into three separate shapes then the shapes connected to show an outline of the axonometric drawing. This part is difficult, and the croissants form is distorted as it is no longer in perspective.
