Week 6 Study - Interiors

For week 6's Observational Drawing class we went on an excursion to Bradford Cathedral. I ended up drawing this image which took quite a long time, about an hour. I am disappointed with the composition of this picture, and I felt that I did not spend enough time looking for a good composition before starting the image. This is because I did not properly plan out the composition properly, how the image would look on the page or getting down what I wanted to include in the picture, which is important for a scene with a lot of detailed things in it. The picture does not follow the rule of thirds quite well, which means that the eye won't stay on the page very long and certain areas of the image have little to no intresting qualities to them. Quickly sketching some small thumbnails would have improved my confidence and overall produced a better finished piece.

 

I think the shading turned out well in this picture but I am not too pleased with much else. The perspective of the piano is particularly out and the left pillar I accidentally drew far too skinny and it gives the impression that the pillar is not sturdy. I should in future take more time to look at what I am drawing and to put more effort in to my images.

Week 3 Study - High/low contrast in images

We were asked this week to use two different mediums to produce two images of the same scene, one with high contrast and one with low contrast. I did two scenes but this one turned out slightly better in my opinion, even if the scene itself was quite simple. For low contrast I used charcoal and for the high contrast I used markers, but I ended up with mixed results on how much contast was present in both images. :S