Hi welcome to my channel
So today I thought it'd be quite a cool idea to film and upload a video showcasing my undergraduate architecture
portfolio for applying to study architecture at university in the UK
When I was looking around sort of to apply to do architecture
I was looking for videos of portfolios from other people just to sort of get inspiration and see how other people sort of did their
Portfolios and there's not really many videos online
So I thought it's quite a cool idea if I shared mine as well
Hopefully to give some inspiration and help some people out who potentially wanting to study architecture
so the first piece of work that I'm going to be showing you is actually one of my favorite pieces that I submitted in my
portfolio
It was to feel like it's one of the stronger pieces that I submitted
so I did put it first and
a bit of advice that I can give is try and do a strong piece first and a strong piece last just because it sort
Of helps tie up your portfolio
They leave a lasting impression and just they've seen something good to begin with and something good to endless sort of
Make sure put for a little bit more memorable. So this is the first piece I
Uploaded it's a colored pencil drawing. It's actually me and my boyfriend
It's just a silly picture that we took
but I thought it'd be quite good to draw because it shows I can draw a range of expressions and
Even though it's not sort of like an architectural building
It does showcase sort of my artistic ability and I really enjoyed doing this one as well
So this is the first piece that I included the second piece I included is my GCSE final art piece
So this is from like two or three years ago
But I quite like the piece when I did it it's massive
It was done done like a 60 by 60 inch canvas and I did it across my 10 our art exam
And I thought you'd quite cool to include as well because doing this one in comparison to say the last piece or shows
The progression that I've had in my artistic ability saying drawing people, so this is secondly so I submitted in my portfolio
So the third piece that I've got here is actually a self-portrait. I did this one on canvas and it's done in oil and
It's all sort of people drawings to begin with the way that I've structured
most of my portfolio is doing my people studies and then I do like photography or architecture and
Just making sure that my portfolio floats random pictures
I say drawing people and then like a building and then back to people or photography
so yeah one piece of advice I can give is make sure your architectural portfolio flows and
even if not all the pieces sort of mesh together just make sure they're you've kind of
Shown that you're trying to make it cohesive just because it shows that you've actually put a bit more sort of care and effort into
that portfolio
Yeah for this piece is just a self portrait
I just took a picture of me looking completely deadpan and I painted it in oil. I'm not too confident with oil
It's probably one of my weakest mediums
But I thought I would at least try it and put it in to show that I can
Kind of use that not as good as my other ones
But yeah
I think it's really important to showcase a broad use of mediums just to show that you've
You're not just like a one-trick pony. You don't just draw and buy or something. You're quite happy to try anything
so the next piece of well that I submitted is a
Drawing of ocean waves on canvas it's done in acrylic and actually really enjoyed doing this one. I've never really painted water before and
It's quite hard to do to make it look realistic, obviously
This is not the most realistic painting ever
But sort of all those small bits of details like the water splashes and the light and dark
I find it really fun to do and I've actually got it on display just on my birthday table because I quite like the way
It looks so this is another one I submitted. So the next piece in my portfolio is Mormon architectural piece
We're sort of moving in to the more sort of architecture pieces are moving away from people studies
And this is I labeled it rooftop carpark because essentially that sort of is it's a car park just a random one
It was a pitch of my boyfriend turf and looking back at the picture
I really liked the way it looked kind of the simplicity of it
so I decided to paint it and it sort of shows some I
Hope skill in like depth then sort of depth of field
I'm not sure what I quite like doing it, so I included this one as well
And then the next piece I have included is a virus study. Yes
It was actually taken on the same day as my last one
It was another photograph that my boyfriend took and it was a random little market that we found a little look quite cool
So we took a few pictures
And I really like this one as well because you've sort of got the perspective your main sort of frontal which is the person
And then moving back. You've got you depth all the buildings and little market stores. So I did this one as well
I did it in biro and it took so long
I'm not very good at bio these clothes of all the detail you kind of need to get in with just one medium
But I did enjoy doing it. It just took a very long time. So moving on. This is another piece I submitted
It's actually the album cover of spiderland. It's my boyfriend's favorite album. So I drew it for him ages and ages ago
So I didn't even draw this sort of looking into studying architecture at the time
I thought it was quite good at showcased abilities and bio as well and
And I just really quite liked it. So I thought I'd include that one as well
So then the next piece is this pencil drawing some washing machines in a laundry, really?
I quite enjoyed them in this one as well, but I'm not the best at pencil drawings
So I kept accidentally smudging it and all this sort of stuff. So it was quite frustrating one to do and
Once again it shown a vast range of mediums. So I decided I had to do at least one in pencil
So I submitted this one as well. So then the next piece of my portfolio is this watercolor piece. It's called my desk space. I
Got the idea from cat creatures
Architecture, all right. Oh, yeah, and I
Pictures look completely different she did hers in a very different style, but I really liked the idea of doing bare space
Just kind of mix you're not just a regular drawing of your desk
It's probably the weakest sort of a piece of artwork in my portfolio
but I really enjoyed doing it and I sort of really enjoyed the sort of playing around with the
Watercolors as well and creating different sort of backgrounds with the space. So that is this one. We then have 3d models. So I submitted
two 3d models, they're both really really basic and
They're not very good
But I thought they'd be quite a good idea to include them especially for knotting and that
You know quiet that you had some sort of 3d model
Like stages of how you made it in your portfolio
So I've got a prototype that I did
So I was just messing around with the materials just to see how they worked. And so I used
Like lollipop sticks wood dowel and foam board to make my model
So it wasn't anything see and then after I still have got a feel for how the materials worked
I sketched out an idea for like a final piece and then I made that one as well
which is the marbled kind of marble it's a weird paint job, but is the
Marble one that you're seeing as well
so I must submitted both of those and
I put them together sort of stages and called it like prototype and then final piece just to sort of show development in my ideas
Also submitted this fine line a piece of the stairwell. I just found an image on Pinterest that I really liked
I'd recommend taking your own images and drawing them
but it was a last minute piece and I thought that my portfolio didn't have enough sort of architectural drawings in so I frantically
Did another one and yeah, I quite liked how this turned out it took a long time with the fine liner
And I couldn't always get sort of the depth and shade that I wanted
So in some places I did use a very light wash of gray watercolor as well just to add in a bit more depth
But lighter debts because sometimes if you're doing it with fine liner
It's black so you can't really get a light shading it can look a bit funny so I get this one as well
So I also included quite a basic drawing of life drawing a figure drawing of
A lady that I did in graphite. I actually just found this picture online
I wish I could have drew it from real life, but I didn't I don't have the accessibility
Unfortunately, you got to go to like a still life drawing class or be able to draw my doors
So I just found this one online
it's called quite far down just to make sure I was accidentally choosing a picture that absolutely everybody draws and
That's one thing I can recommend dissolve try and make your portfolio unique
so I remember I was watching the video and
Guides of what to do and what not to do and it's like don't wear shoes because everyone's shoes and stuff
So trying to make it a little bit unique so I did this one as well
it's the only graphite drawing that I did because that's definitely
My weakest medium. I'm really bad with graphite
I thought that I would showcase it a little bit just to show that I can use it for rough sketches
And I I can sort of learn over time if I do need to use it how to use it more effectively
So I also included a little bit of photography in my portfolio. I'm not very good at photography
It's not something I've really done before but nothing wanted to see a photograph series, so I tried my best
I had a day out and they just took some pictures of some
Architecture that I thought it looked quite cool and I claimed them together in a theory
So they all sort of linked together that it was about curves and architecture and stuff like that
And so I did add a little bit. But once again, it's not something that I think I'm very good at
So these are very weak pieces in my portfolio
But if the Uni asks or something at least try to include it to the best of your ability
So that's what this was as well
We then have what I feel is my strongest piece of work in the port for anyone which relates mostly to architecture
So this one I actually did specifically for Liverpool, but I then decided to add into all portfolios because I liked it so much
Liverpool asked to do a
Representational drawing of your favorite architectural space I wasn't too sure what to do
So I just did home outside of my backyard and looking up at my bedroom windows
And then I did the description as to why I liked it as well
But just for the artwork I drew it out in fine liner first
Which is the one picture and then took a photo of that and then I filled it in with
Watercolour and then took a picture of that
So it's just the same piece of artwork just to sort of stages and piecing them together
I think it looks really cool showing the color and then the non colour
So yeah
I really do like this piece of work and I included this at the end of all my
Portfolios just because I felt that it was quite a strong piece to end on and tied the portfolio back to be in architecture
So yeah, they're all the pieces that I have included in my architecture portfolios. I
Made all of them by one just on PowerPoint
I just made the number of slides that I was either allowed or needed and then just
Sort of slotted in the pictures and where I thought they'd fit
The only or the one that was made differently was for Oxford Brookes
they required the
portfolio to be made on the website called carbon made I can link mine below actually if you wanted to look at the portfolio on
That but it's just I think you just remember how I submitted it
I think you just send them the link and then they can be the portfolio from there, but it's quite cool
it's just an online website and
You just made your portfolio on that. But other than that, I just used PowerPoint. So nothing too fancy for my portfolio
So yeah
I hope that you enjoyed this video and it's somewhat gave some insight in what you could include in your architecture portfolio
It may be very different for the universities and maybe the top universities for architecture so such as back in Cambridge
I didn't apply to any of them. So I'm not too sure what the requirements for the portfolio would be for that
So like I said take this video in the pinch of salt
It's not everything that you would need to do, but it's just my take on the architecture
Portfolios the University. So yeah. I hope you enjoyed and thank you very much for watching
