PROJECT A City to Remember-Ellicott City

LOCATION NA 

PROJECT COMPLETION DATE  3/1/2017

PROJECT CATEGORY  Community College / Hand Delineation

PROJECT TYPE  Studio

ENTRANT  Julia Heard
TEAM MEMBERS  

SCHOOL  Anne Arundel Community College

FACULTY SPONSOR  Professor Brandi Shepard, Assistant Professor / Architecture and Interior Design

SUMMARY DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT

Project Statement – GC2 2017

The project exposes the student to iconic cities with notable architecture, the architects whom contributed to the city’s landscape and the context of the city exhibiting its global existence. Using an iconic building or architect as a central influence, students select a city that incorporates a rich architectural presence. Students delve into the city’s history, culture, demographics, and economic center in addition to selecting two buildings and a green space. These noted architectural examples are inked and color rendered to illustrate realism and relational environment. In the last phase of the project, students consider the architectural framework to reflect the attributes, qualities and characteristics of the city by designing a collage poster. This graphic exercise is a culmination of the students’ ink and color rendering reflecting their selected pieces of architecture.

STUDENT'S STATEMENT

Project: A City to Remember…
Location: Ellicott City, Maryland
Category: Community College—Hand Delineation

Quaker brothers Joseph, Andrew, and John Ellicott founded Ellicott's Mills along the Patapsco River in 1772. Ellicott City became one of the largest manufacturing and milling centers on the East Coast when the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad established the first terminus here in 1830. It was named a top place to live by CNN Money (2010) and Money Magazine (2006), and is best known for antique malls, boutiques, restaurants, and a railroad museum.

The town’s Historic District was observed, sketched, and photographed during a walking tour. Additional research revealed the significance of many buildings. Renderings were made with basic ink lines on mylar. Line images were scanned for future use, before textures (hatching, stippling, scrumbling) were added to the black and white ink renderings. Finally, color was added to scanned line drawings using marker base with colored pencils on Bristol paper.

The Kiwani’s Club clock is one of the most familiar landmarks in the city. This rendering was made from a previous visit’s photograph, as the clock was washed away during a flood in July 2016. The battered clock face was discovered two miles downriver and returned to its post, but the housing is still missing. It was selected for this project as a symbol of the “Ellicott City Strong” movement to rebuild from the devastating flood that washed away part of Main Street. Background vegetation was rendered in an impressionistic style to focus attention on the greatly detailed clock and wooden bridge.

The Suze Makeup Studio building shows typical historical stone construction. Stippling techniques give texture to roughly hewn stones.

The bridge represents the B&O Railroad’s role in Ellicott City’s early milling roots. Main Street buildings were drawn with less detail to give perception of depth.

IMAGE CAPTIONS & CREDITS 

IMAGE 1:  A City to Remember_high res image1.jpg, Kiwani's Club Clock & Railroad Bridge, Ellicott City, MD, Julia Heard

IMAGE 2:  A City to Remember_high res image 2.jpg, Ellicott City Railroad Bridge & Main Street, Julia Heard

IMAGE 3:  CC_Drawing_ACitytoRemember-EllicottCity-SuzeB&W, Suze Make Up Studio, Main Street, Ellicott City, MD, Julia Heard

IMAGE 4:  CC_Drawing_ACitytoRemember-EllicottCity-SuzeColor.jpg, Suze Make Up Studio, 8189 Main Street, Ellicott City, MD, Julia Heard

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