Graphite Drawings
Graphite architectural drawings are produced using pencil as media on a diversity of supports, such as trace, paper, or vellum, where graphite or lead enables the drafting of a line. Although it is mainly used for line drawings, hatching, and annotations, it can also be used in renderings if the draftsperson uses pencils with a wide range of softness and hardness of the lead or graphite core.
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elevations
Porta Meridionale di Palermo; [Exterior elevation, Scale 1:50] (black ink with graphite pencil on mylar (matte double sided); 28 1/2″ x 36″)
exterior perspectives
Taberna Ancipitis Formae Machadus Siletusque Mirabile Inventio; [Exterior shaded perspective] (graphite pencil on bristol board; 14″ x 11″)
Taberna Ancipitis Formae Machadus Siletusque Mirabile Inventio; [Exterior shaded perspective] (graphite pencil on bristol board; 14″ x 11″)
INTERIOR perspectives
Country House; Interior perspective (graphite pencil on strathmore; 29″ x 30″)
Country House; Library [Interior perspective] (graphite pencil on strathmore; 15″ x 15″)
Country House; Dining Room [Interior perspective] (graphite pencil on strathmore; 15″ x 15″)
Country House; Kitchen [Interior perspective] (graphite pencil on strathmore; 15″ x 16″)
miscellaneous
House in Pergusa; [1 elevation, 1 section, 1 plan, 1 perspective, graphic scale [3/4″ = 1″]] (graphite on cardstock paper with stain in bottom left corner; 30″ x 16″)
House in Pergusa; 1 elevation, 1 section, 1 plan, 1 perspective of fireplace [1 elevation, 1 section, 1 plan, 1 perspective] (graphite on cardstock paper; 30″ x 22″)
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