National Certificate in Building, Construction and Allied Trades Skills (BCATS) Extra Resources Demonstrate knowledge of and create sketches and drawings for BCATS projects Unit Standard – 24353 Level 2, Credit 6 National Certificate in Building, Construction, and Allied Trades Skills (BCATS) 24353 Practical Skills Activity 1. Sketch and render a pictorial view of the bowl shown below. © BETA January 2010 v2.0 1 24353 2 National Certificate in Building, Construction, and Allied Trades Skills (BCATS) 2. Produce a pictorial sketch of the blanket box, shown to the right. Modify the design to show a solid plinth (base). The box is 750mm long x 400mm wide x 450mm high. Add these dimensions to the sketch. 3. The box has dovetail joints. Sketch a corner joint in exploded view and include at least two dovetails. January 2010 v2.0 © BETA National Certificate in Building, Construction, and Allied Trades Skills (BCATS) 24353 Skill Development Activity Sheets The following 17 sheets are intended for use as a series of skill development activities for freehand sketching. They are designed to be used as a series but individual sheets can be used depending on your own classroom processes and procedures. Use them as you will. The skill addressed by each sheet is listed. Sheet 1 Skill/Activity Equipment for sketching 2 Sketching 3 Sketching 2 dimensional shapes 4 Sketching 2 dimensional shapes 5 Third angle orthographic projection 6 Third angle orthographic projection 7 Converting 2D to 3D – the basic principles 8 Adding detail – proportion, shapes and curves 9 One and two point perspective 10 Circles and curves 11 Pencil shading 12 Improving clarity of line drawing 13 Exploded views 14 Freehand sketching 15 One point perspective exercise 16 Two point perspective exercise 17 Freehand sketching exercise The sheets are A4 sized but you may wish to enlarge them to A3. © BETA January 2010 v2.0 3