Integrating engineering drawing into sketching to assist and improve severe sketching skills deficits and to support the creative process
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This study investigates a prevailing problem observed among a very high number of undergraduate design students during the foundation year – mainly the severe lack of essential sketching skills compared to technical drawing and low creativity during the sketching phase. The differences and connections between sketching, technical drawing, and creativity were examined in the study. In addition, the working of the human mind as related to sketching and the creative process, and factors that negatively affect the novice design student, directly and indirectly influencing student performance, was investigated. The study aims to establish a practical solution that can assist and help students alleviate challenges in the realm of sketching and creativity. As a result, a tool is proposed, that integrates this experience, investigation, and observation into a simple, straightforward, usable, easy-to-apply, practical solution that can fit and blend in with the current curriculum and time constraints of the design foundation year and be of benefit students in the design or engineering fields who struggle with basic sketching skills and the creative process during the sketching phase of projects.
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