Week 5 Study - Seas and Skies

There was no observational drawing class this week as it is study week, so I took the opportunity to go back to my home town and tried to practice drawing seas and skies as directed. I have one image here that I did late on in the day when the sun began to set, done in 30 minutes using pastel chalks. I found it difficult as the clouds were continously moving and of course the sun was setting so I had to get infomation down very quickly.

I feel that I may have got the colours slightly off, and this could be improved if I had gotten the information down faster. The colours used ended up being an interpretation of the mood that I wanted the image to portray, rather than a literal portrayal. the brighter colours I used give the image a cold yet light-hearted feel of a sunny autumn/winter afternoon, with the blues and purples making the image give the impression of coldness and the pale yellow highlights giving the image light and making it appear that the sun is still in the sky.