Week Two

The second observational drawing lesson was outside in the car park. This lesson was all about perspective, we were trying to bring 3 dimensional objects and draw them onto a flat surface. Our task was to draw the buildings around us.

I started off by drawing what I thought was going to be a 'safe' place, but it turned out to be a really bad decision, as you can see all the buildings were facing the same direction which made it flat and there just wasn't any interesting angles and lines to add to it, so I rapidly stopped and changed my position.

I am much more happier with this drawing. I feel that it has a lot more depth to it than the other. I think I have used the technique foreshortening well as the building looks like it is going back into the distance from the foreground as the lines I drew above and below are going diagonal towards the same point. My picture uses a two-point perspective as when you look at the corner of the building there are two sets of parallel lines moving away, each to their own vanishing point along the horizon line. I really struggled with the windows at the top of the building, as when I first drew them they made the building look tilted, I tried and corrected them but they just didn't go right. My favourite part of this picture is the curved wall coming out of the building, I like this because it gives the overall image a 'complete' feel by adding more shape. I like the shape of the lines that got created by drawing the wall. Overall, I am pleased with the outcome of this 2B pencil drawing.