Childrens Architecture Drawing Workshop; Research Outcomes

Some Archimakers comments during a drawing workshop comprised of 1 task and 3 advanced challenges:

“I like that we had to draw and trace the picture and then after we draw the town.” -Milan, 8

“I liked the tracing and I think the cross hatching helped me.” -Theo, 11

“I enjoyed tracing the room. The workshop helped me improvising [and] helped me to understand about hatching and shadows” -Sebastian, 8

“I like when we learn about #hatching [and] Light and #architecture” -Keira, 8

I liked “Drawing 3D objects and shading a room” -Kai, 11

I liked the shadows and drawing. What helped me was the cross hatching. What I learnt was the shadows.” – Lucas, 9

“I enjoyed the cross hatching part and drawing 3D shapes.” -Anton, 11

Interestingly a key part of the drawing component that was found enjoyable was the fact that it focussed on the 3D quality of the drawing being developed. This indicates a frustration children have in not being able to communicate their ideas in their minds effectively through drawing as what they see on the page falls short of their minds eye view.

We help children overcome this inconsistency head on and provide tools of the trade to enable them to see how to tackle the challenge set in the workshop and apply these techniques to other instances outside of the workshop. The pride children have in acquiring this skill is clearly shown in the enjoyment factor shown in these feedback summaries.

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