Research of methodological tools for improving the graphic abilities of future designers and architects

Abstract

At the current stage, higher education is moving to a new qualitative level,
reflecting innovations in the professions of "Designer" or "Architect". Hence, the need for training
highly qualified specialists in these fields is growing. Given modern concepts and innovative
technologies that are evident in all spheres of human life, the requirements for the level of
professional training of graduates of higher educational institutions, their self-education, the ability
to think independently, optimize their activities, and make unconventional, non-trivial decisions
have increased. The development of relevant high-quality graphic competencies and sustainable
practical skills in the process of training future creative specialists is a pressing issue. For junior
students, especially in design and architecture, freehand drawing remains a fundamental skill that
requires systematic development through special techniques and exercises. The main goal is to
"train the hand", develop an eye, a sense of proportion and confidence in line. The development of
hand graphics is inextricably linked with classical graphic disciplines, primarily the following:
"Sketchy Geometry", "Geometry of Images", "Font Graphics" or "Art of Font", "Accidental Font",
"Typographyk", etc. The main results of the study of methodological tools for improving the
graphic capabilities of future designers and architects are reviewed by the authors using extensive
research in the process of teaching first-year or second-year students graphic disciplines at the
Department of Descriptive Geometry and Engineering Graphics of Odesa State Academy of Civil
Engineering and Architecture (OSACEA). The research used analytical methods to summarize
expert assessments of graphic and individual, in particular competitive, student works, the results of
hourly observations of the performance of tasks in classroom classes provided for by the
curriculum, and conclusions from a critical comparative analysis of modern publications on the
methodology of teaching graphic disciplines to students with a creative profile, etc. The research
results were tested in the educational process, which provides for the improvement and
development of this topic in the future.