1. Prepare

Look for strong examples of geometric patterns and shadows in your everyday environment as well as in books and websites listed below.  Sketch possibilities for your shadow structure, looking at different construction modules.

 Sketchup Skills - Make sure you are comfortable with navigation, creation tools of Push-Pull, Follow-Me, Selection, Transformations (move, rotate, scale) and the Inference tools & construction lines.  

2. Model from an image

Try out the tutorial about placing textures, then try generating a geometric panel from an image.  Download an image, such as a geometric pattern, and import it your model (File menu > Import > Type of file : JPEG Image.  After adjusting the scale of the image, build up 3D forms from the image to create a modular component.

Save Views as you work, when you have navigated to a telling perspective, use the View menu > Tourguide > Add Page.  

Try out Windows > Shadow Settings. 

3. Save an image and Post it on a Blog

In addition to saving  your Sketchup SKP file, save your images with File menu > Export > 2D Graphic > Export Type - JPEG image.  Create a Blogger.com account, and try posting a trial image.  Send your GTF your new Web address.

4.  Develop your model.

Use at least one new component that strongly features a repeating pattern to create a beautiful setting for shadow patterns.  Feel free to adopt historical motifs into contemporary frameworks as if your job is to include reproductions from the museum collection

Move through the model in 3D, adjusting the zoom and pan to find pleasing views. For each view, you can adjust the shadows separately.Sparingly add harmonious color and textures.  When in doubt, keep it simple.  

5. Create, post and EXPLAIN final images.   

Save the file in SKP format and save the image in JPG format.  Post at least 3 images with ~250 words of explanatory text to your Blogger.com site. Make sure your GTF knows where to find it.

FOR THE ADVANCED

- Explain your work in relationship to the artwork that inspired it and include a thumbnail image with a link to more information.
- Try Kerkythea Rendering with your Sketchup model.
- Model a scene from a painting, then make several renderings including alternative views and lighting.

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Geometric design by Frank Lloyd Wright

REFERENCES

Geometry

Pattern in Math & Art by Pippa Drew and Dorothy Wallace, Dartmouth College
Ch. 3 of Geometry of Environment by Philip Steadman and Lionel March, AAA Reserve NA2750 .M26 1974
Geometric Patterns – Frank Tapson
Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Islamic Ornament - Geometric Pattern
Nancy’s Examples of Geometric Patterns
Grammar of Chinese Lattice by Daniel Dye, 1937. AAA NA3583.D9 v.1, KNIGHT 729.38D986 v.1 

Light & Shadow

Jeremy Birn’s Digital Lighting & Rendering, T385 .B557 2000  http://www.3drender.com/light/
George Eastman House Photographic archive (see Laslo Moholy-Nagy & Man Ray
James Carpenter Design – light artist & designer

Integrating Images into Sketchup

Colors & Materials Self-Paced Tutorial
Video Tutorials: Images & Painting, Model from a Photo, Positioning Textures, Painting and Components