Sketching
Examples
Sketching is a versatile tool, applicable to designs from the smallest ornament, to the most elaborate display or installation.
It can also be a very useful tool in communicating your ideas and thoughts to other designers, clients, exhibition coordinators or partners in a team project.
Booth Installation
Preliminary sketch for a floral booth installation at the 2017 Sanya International Orchid Show, China.
Sketch - Mark Pampling
Wedding Table Display
Concept drawing (front & plan view + 3D sketch) for a wedding table display at the 2015 Sanya International Orchid Show, China.
Sketch - Mark Pampling
Freestanding Structural Design
Guidance sketch for a Flower Thinking workshop program with designs built around funnel/tornado/volcano forms.
Sketch - Mark Pampling
Freestanding Table Design
Guidance sketch for a Flower Thinking workshop program with designs built around funnel/tornado/volcano forms.
Sketch - Mark Pampling
Planning for Displacement
A sketch used to explore the placement of visual weight in relation to the container, during the creative process of making a displacement design.
Sketch - Mark Pampling
Trailing Goblet Design
Simplified sketch of a design with stretched proportions, indicating the main placements and line directions.
Sketch - Mark Pampling
Festive Design Hay with Sickles
A planning sketch for an example design, presented as part of Flower Thinking's 2023 Festive Thinking program.
Sketch - Mark Pampling
Festive Bound Composition
A composite drawing (over a monochrome picture of the intended container, printed on a page), part of the planning for Flower Thinking's 2022 Festive Thinking program.
Sketch - Mark Pampling
Table Planning Sketch
Initial sketch idea for a table display concept to the theme 'Tea Time over an Exquisite Moment' for the 2014 Asia Cup in Japan.
Sketch - Mark Pampling
Colour Exploration
Adding colour to a concept sketch to explore colour palettes, proportions and distribution - Table design, 2014 Asia Cup, Japan.
Sketch - Mark Pampling
Classical Renderings
Sketching a classical, mass design - exploring filling in areas and leaving unfilled spaces to express texture, forms and overall rhythm.
Sketch - Mark Pampling
Fibre Fantasy
Booth display concept - sketch for pre-event submission. Designed for Royal FLORIA Putrajaya Flower & Garden Festival 2015, Malaysia.
Sketch - Mark Pampling
Sketching has become a valuable part of Mark Pampling's design process - most frequently enabling him to capture ideas on paper for later reference, or simply to communicate ideas, details and aspects of the creative process to himself. Mark uses sketching as a problem solving tool and a teaching aid, believing that a simple drawing can communicate a lot of information more succintly than a paragraph of descriptive words.
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Let's Chat About the 3:5:8 Principle
An overview of the 3:5:8 Principles used in Floral Design, covering its origins and how it can be applied.
Let's Chat About the 3:5:8 Principle
An overview of the 3:5:8 Principles used in Floral Design, covering its origins and how it can be applied.
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Sketching & The Creative Process
Many designers and artists have good skills in floral design, but they often feel less proficient in the drawing and sketching department. How often have you heard your flower friends...
Sketching & The Creative Process
Many designers and artists have good skills in floral design, but they often feel less proficient in the drawing and sketching department. How often have you heard your flower friends...
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Test Tubes - A Sustainable Water Source
Test tubes (or water phials) have long been an environmentally conscious choice, long before sustainability came strongly into focus. Of course, the measure of their sustainability also depends on what...
Test Tubes - A Sustainable Water Source
Test tubes (or water phials) have long been an environmentally conscious choice, long before sustainability came strongly into focus. Of course, the measure of their sustainability also depends on what...
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Understanding Competition Marking
When approaching a floral design competition, do you pay as much attention to the marking criteria as to design and interpretation? A lot of work goes into competing in a...
Understanding Competition Marking
When approaching a floral design competition, do you pay as much attention to the marking criteria as to design and interpretation? A lot of work goes into competing in a...
