Year 7 - Design and technology
Rendering techniques
Communication
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Unit Summary
Pupils will develop knowledge and skills of communication, including freehand 3D sketching using the crating technique. They will learn how to render to show texture and tone. They will also learn how to draw using more formal techniques, such as one-point perspective and orthographic projection.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to render a 3D sketch to show the light source and effect.
Key Notes
- Adding tone with shading to a drawing can enhance the 3D effect.
- Adding shadow to 3D drawings can enhance the effect.
Vocabulary To Learn
- Rendering: to add details like shading, texture and depth to a sketch to make it appear more realistic
- Tone: the lightness or darkness of an area, which helps create a sense of dimension in the image
- shadow: an unlit area of an object that is blocking light
- highlight: the brightest part of an object lit by a lightsource
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- When rendering the light source, location might not be correctly identified.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Adding tone with shading to a drawing can enhance the 3D effect. Adding shadow to 3D drawings can enhance the effect.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'Rendering'
to add details like shading, texture and depth to a sketch to make it appear more realistic.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: When rendering the light source, location might not be correctly identified. Correction: Start with real objects and a light source to help students visualise where the shadow and highlight would be. Get students to label where the light source is.
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