Week 6 - Still Life - Detail in Man-Made Forms

50 minute sketch, Graphic Markers

 

The sketch was drawn at the Industrial Museum in Bradford this was a focus of the detail seen in man-made objects, this sketch shows the following theory:

 

Positives:

• This sketch offer some nice implied lines that can be seen from the corner of the bonnet and stretching down under the rear windows towards the back and from top of the front light stretching above the wheel aches and to the back.
• Offers some nice detail and mark making techniques seen in the front hood grill,bumper, lights and wheels which shows good use of the material.
• Nice areas of interest seen at the front of the car because of its increased detail different tonal values.
• Good amount of foreshortening of the rear of the car it appears to stretch into the distance and look further away.

Negatives:

• Perspective is slightly off as the rear of the car seems to bend at the back instead of being straight.
•  Some confusing lines at the rear which needs to be cleaned up and straightened to create a solid perspective.
• Needs more specular highlights to create more glossy metallic looking texture.  
      

30 minute sketch, Graphic Markers

 

This sketch was drawn at home and was a focus of the detail seen in man-made objects this sketch was drawn from a high vantage point looking down, this sketch shows the following theory:

 

Positives:

• The sketch offers some nice foreshortening that can be seen in the box the machine sits on and also body of the sowing machine as it stretches  away creating a sense of distance.
• The use of different mark making techniques give the sketch some nice tonal value and texture to both wooden box and the rusted sowing machine.
• Good amount of detail can be seen in areas like the wheel at the back, the  panels on the box and in the body of the machine.
• Use of contour lines give the sowing machine better perspective, shape and definition to the body and leads the eye to points of interest.

Negatives:

• The perspective seems too high and is slightly off the sowing machine needs to be shown from a lower angle instead of looking down upon it.
• The ellipse of the wheel to the rear of the sowing machine is slightly off which makes the angle of the wheel look odd.
• This sketch needs to be grounded and shown to be resting on a table or surface instead of floating in the air.

Week 5 - Landscape - Skyscapes, Weather and Colour

50 minutes, Soft Chalk Pastels

 

This sketch was focus on skyscapes and more importantly capturing the emotion, colour and weather in the drawing, a number of landscape theories are shown and are as follows:

 

Positives:

• The sky offers a good impressionistic style with good use of tonal and colour values seen in the darker contrasting clouds and sky.
• Interpretive use of colour gives both the sky and city scape texture and tone, adding to the overall style of the sketch.
• Lowered horizon line creates a stretching sky scape which give this sketch a interesting perspective.
•  Non literal interpretation of information allows handling of complex information in this sketch.

Negatives:

• The plain compistion could be more interesting if taken from a different angle.
•  This sketch could be made more interesting with clearer layers of detail to create a sense of stretching cityscape.
• A more literal use of colour woul give this sketch a more realistic interpritation of the colour of the sky and buildings.

Week 4 - Landscape - Impressionist Speed-Sketching of High Detail images

5 minute sketch, Graphite stick

 

This sketch was on on top of the Chesham building roof, this was done as a quick perspective sketch to practise conveying lots of detail in a impressionistic way. This sketch shows the following:

 

Positives:

• The perspective is interesting because the horizon line and the placement of the buildings lead the eye down through the buildings and focus on the darker silhouette in the distance.
• It has a very impressionistic style and has a wide amount of quick mark making techniques to create an impression of detail in the buildings and in the sky.
• The wide arrays of tonal value give the sketch more dynamism and help to distinguish between layers of detail from the buildings and horizon line and also light and tones of grey in the sky.

 

Negatives:

• Lack of detail in the landscape in need of more impressionistic marks to create the sense of more buildings and city scape.
• Greater implied lines would help to draw the eye easier around this sketch and also direct the eye to the tower in the distance as a focal point.

 

30 minute sketch, Charcoal

 

This sketch was done from a window on the top floor of the Chesham building, this is a much longer and complete impressionistic landscape sketch. I used charcoal in a number of different ways to create this sketch. This sketch shows the following:

 

Positives:

•  A combination of quick, hard, bold lines and soft shading and smudging helps to create a very impressionistic sketch with lots of tonal values and implied detail.
•  High placed horizon line creates the sense of cityscape stretching into the distance and creating an interesting perspective.
•  The change in tonal values from lighter at the foreground and darker in the background, and also the focal point of the dark chimneys leads the eye through the sketch and to the horizon.
• Layers of detail can be seen in the foreground with larger, lighter lines, midground darker closer lines and background sketchy impression lines.

Negatives:

• Perspective of some buildings are off and lines need to be straightened and corrected.
• A different impressionistic style for the sky would be more effctive in bringing out the tonal values and shape of cloud.
• A use of neater more controled lines would be more effective.

Week 3 - Landscape - Tonal value and Mixing Media

30 minute sketch, Graphic Marker

 

This is a sketch of the Atrium on Bradford University campus this was a study of perspective and finesse with one type of media, in this case graphic markers, the drawing shows the following:

Positives:

• The perspective is good and you can see how it has been planned to show the different perspectives and angles offered from the atrium roof and the buildings that interact with it.
• Different tonal values help to pick out where the light hits the buildings and where the shadows are being cast. It also adds surface detail with the lighter parts acting as reflections from the sun.
• Points of interest are determined by the darkness of shadow and also the increase in surface detail, this helps the eye to move more pleasingly around the sketch.
• Follows good rule of thirds with equal amounts of detail conveyed throughout to keep interest.

Negatives:

• The orthogonal lines stretch far off the page and the drawing could a further back perspective to draw the orthogonal lines closer together.
• The composition could be made more interesting by including more in the frame.
• Conveying stronger layers from foreground, background and mid ground would make the composition more interesting.

Week 2 - Landscape - Architectural Rendering in Different Media

10 minute sketch, Graphic Marker

 

This is a quick drawing I did from a church in Leeds, this sketch acted as a quick perspective drawing in which I developed later it shows the following:

 

Positives:

•  Offers some good composition as the eye is drawn down the corridor by the shading and detail seen in the door way which adds as a focal point in this drawing.
• There is a good amount of layers in this drawing with the column and barrier in the foreground, stairs and box in the mid ground area and the doors acts as background.
• Varied areas by the use of tonal values and amount of detail, more detail at the front foreground and less detail and more impressions in the background.

Negatives:

• The perspective is simple and could be more challenging in terms of it only being a single point perspective.
• I find better finesse with this material would have made this drawing look better and more accurate.
• I think more impressionistic marks would have been better.



50 minute sketch, Graphic Marker

This is a detailed drawing of the outside of a church in Leeds this acted as a way to experiment with graphic markers and show off some finesse with this medium, it shows the following:

Positives:

• High levels of detail help to pick out strong appealing features in this drawing like the windows of the church and the door.
• The variety of tonal values give a very good sense of the light and darkness, the light also adds dynamism to this composition and gives it a more 3D effect.
• The layers can be clearly seen and picked out from the car in the foreground, wall in the mid ground and the church in the background.
• Displays a good vantage point.

Negitives:

• The perspective is a bit simple and could be more challenging by having more than one point perspective.
• More varied marks would have made this drawing more interesting.