I am so happy with how my sketchbook has turned out so far. My focus on chairs has been so fun. At first I wasn’t sure that I would enjoy it, but once I realized how many different kinds of chairs there were, it became exciting for me. Pretty much every designer or architect has designed a chair in some point in their life, so there are a lot to draw. We went to two furniture design showrooms, Cassina and B&B Italia. I loved being able to sit in the chairs as well as draw them. Some of them are quite comfy! It was nice to feel the materials the chairs were made of; it gave me nice context for the notes in my notebook. These show rooms gave me a lot of content for my sketchbook!!
One thing I like about drawing chairs is learning about the history behind the designs through analyzing them in my drawings. For the chairs that I don’t know the history of, I can sometimes assume what their story or purpose might be. so chairs were inspired by architecture, others buy objects, and some just because!
