Final- Life Drawing

Here is a 2 hour Final Life drawing done in pencil. The primary focus in this image is on the posture and pose of a life model. Weight distribution over the soft surface the model is using is also a key feature that is used to help establish light. The proportion is slightly off in areas such as the leg where it seems very elongated compared to the rest; however the surface material helps lower the awareness by questioning the perspective. The tone of the image is to signify where the light is illuminating from. This also connotes the muscle structure of the model and how their body mass effects where tone is established.

The overall body layout is very loose and open allowing for a clear establishment around the model and the different levels of tone. The surface is interesting to place with the model, not just so it doesn't seem as if the model is floating in the air, but it helps build characteristics of the model, showing where weight distributes and how this affects the outcome of the image.

With more time the tones could be slightly improved by allowing more of a flow with in the different levels, to show that if an area is darkened out almost, that it fades into another tonal level close to this rather than just a completely different tone conveying uncertain tone. The shading from the surface material, particularly around areas such as the right foot, also helps to fortify the structure of the model allowing it to look more bold.

Final- Still-Life Drawing

Here is an hour and 45 minute Final Life drawing from an original 30 minute drawing, of a single still-life set up, chosen from a variety of different shaped an sized objects. The main focus is on the composition and arrangement of the objects included. There is an implied line established from the line of objects in height in order from front to the back. This conveys the audience into the focal point in then center where the three objects contrast against each other.

The shading in this drawing, particularly around the small glass container, coveys how light reacts to different surfaces such as glass and metal. It helps the viewer understand that its not an opaque object but a transparent one. The shading gets darker where the two objects behind it are visible and is very bright where the light travels through without hitting anything. However in other areas such as the tall vase, may have been slightly overcompensated when concerning the shading around the neck, though in turn with the use of a rubber tried to amend this slightly.

Carrying on from that, the perspective is difficult to esablish due to the uncertainty of the small glass container, the line seems to edge closer to the back, leading the audience into a false acknowledgement that its slightly off hand. The high values of tone and shadowing on the tall vase emulate its characteristics against the lesser smaller jug, the tone also implies depth within the objects.

Final- Landscape Drawing

Here is a Final Landscape drawing done in watercolours on damp paper. The focus was on colour and how it is visually established through landscape. The image represents a focal point facing straight down a canal which therefore a sense of fore-shorting and perspective. The base of the painting was an already damp piece of paper which has dried in some colours that were replace with darker tones to convey the 'wetness' of the location.

The perspective is off in the lower pavement of the image as the square concrete slabs are too upright and don't flow well with the rest of the image, however the different combinations of colours in the water bring out an effective establishment of colour. The brush was used effectively to signify such a fluid appearance. This is also present in the trees; the thin strokes establish the wind blowing creating a sense of escapism into the piece itself.

The shading is also quite effective in this image as it really connotes a damp, miserable feeling around the piece that helps bring out the feeling of the strokes. Also instead of keeping a linear reflective pattern on the surface of the water, the brush strokes were hardened here to establish the hectic weather.

Week 12: Natural Landscapes in colour- Quick Sketch

This is a 20 minute watercolour painting using dark toned water based paints. The main focus was on colour within an outside environment. The archway had great tonal values that contrasted well, even more so due to the damp and wetness of the stone. The stone slab contrasted with the upper wall conveys how the light was only piercing through very slightly, but is more established with the right side being lower in tonal value than the left.

The focal point sees straight through esablishing perspecive and a sense of a background, middle ground and foreground. In the foreground the colours are more darker than in the background further dignifing light. The tree that is also visible in the background is slightly out of perspective and proportion with the rest of the image. This was due to the amount of greenery in the background therefore this establishes an interruption between the tree and the ground below.

Week 11: Colour in landscape- Finished Drawing

This is a 40 minute drawing done in coloured pastels. The main focus is on colour in landscape. The location is noticibly dull therefore colours were chosen to further this damp boring appearance. A vantage point was chosen that used the rule of third to a good advantage. Shadow and tone value are also very important within this drawing. As is the use of different tones of green for example, help establish the different layers the grass has when wet. It shows how the light an dark tones contrast well together.

The building in the background, lost its detail with the weather. its blank dullness tone, conveyed a simple yet forgotten establishment. The light also helps convey this, as because it is so dull, the background is represented as much more duller and darker than the foreground with the bright green, to contrast the two to make a ranged layer of depressive colours.

Week 10: Classical Architecture- Quick sketch 2

Here are a couple of 30 minute sketches completed in pencil. It establishes a high vantage point in one of the balcony's, chosen for its unusual angle facing away from the stage an towards the back of the room. The center of the image focuses on the curve which straight away entices the audience's eye to follow. The perspective reveals the hundreds of chairs lauded on the ground floor, all conveying an interesting aspect of the theatre to draw.

The upper image conveys an interesting pattern on one of the main seating areas rooftops. This one is more successful in establishing classical era architecture and really establishes shadow well. Further time on both these images would be spent refining the detail in the various patterns around the focal points. But more work would be especially dedicated to the side image. The chairs below the balcony are to untidy, messy and ruin the image more than any other as the tones are incorrect and the curvature of the room should have been established within them.

Week 9: Modern Architecture- Quick Sketch 2

This is a 30 minute quick sketch of another balcony, this time overlooking a large metal wall. In this drawing the continuous aim of conveying how the form and structure introduces glass and metal and makes them look modern. Incorporation of a sense of perspective and foreshortening has been focused on even more in this drawing as the previous lacked them slightly. In this drawing, there is much more of a sense of background, middle-ground and foreground. The background would be the edge of the windows that leads onto the metal grates and the distant support tower, the middle-ground would be the closer support tower and the glass fence, then finally the foreground would be the inside of the balcony, both the flooring and the roof with two lights.

In this drawing the perspective worked well and a sense of foreshortening is slightly apparent. With more time finer detail in terms of shading to really emphasise the distance between certain parts like the closer tower and the roof, would have been established. The metal wall would have also been given further work, as at the moment it looks too plain which may confuse the viewer.