Day 4 Senior Project Blog

 Blog #4

Oscar Bush, May 12th


We woke up bright and early at 7:00 am to an enormous Sochaczevski breakfast this Wednesday morning. We hitched a ride with David to work and started at the office at 8:00 am. From 8:00 am to 12:30 pm we sketched and sketched and sketched. We started with our normal “Draw on the right side of the brain” practice. Then we moved on to a new concept of drawing the negative space in and around an object and letting the object appear. To work on laying out spaces we then sketched the four story Soltron Atrium and Davids office if sliced in half. We then headed to the Montreal Airport to pickup Elijah’s brother Noah’s Girlfriend who was coming to visit. David decided to take us an hour before she arrived because the airport was full of lessons in architecture and things to sketch. We started with the overhang that people wait under or cabs. What about it creates the space? How does it hold up? Questions we would find the answers to by sketching it in detail. We then picked up some Tim Hortons and meandered our way through the building finding ourself at a hotel restaurant at the far end. We then received a lesson on ceiling lighting and took some time to sketch. At around 2:20 pm Noah’s girlfriend arrived and we returned to the office where she joined us in our first lesson on gesture drawings. David sketched a wooden human figure aggressively and quickly and although it looked messy at first he explained to us that the point was to communicate the idea of the figure as simply as possible, which he had done. We practiced and practiced gesture drawings my biggest holdback was refusing to let go of the literal shape of the model rather than the idea it was letting off. At about 3:30 we finished up and headed home.


7 hours 30 minutes

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  1. RazMay 14, 2022 at 6:13 AM

    Oscar!!! Wow....it sounds like in just four days you have already accomplished so much! I loved reading your posts...you write so very much like the way you speak. I can just hear your voice so filled with enthusiasm and gratitude for this amazing experience. Keep up the good work! I will be back soon to read more!!

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  2. MLMMay 15, 2022 at 6:19 PM

    I love your growth mindset, Oscar!

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