Assignment 3.

Draw an outdoor scene that includes natural objects, an understanding of depth and perspective, and keep it to around 2 hours to complete.

This was an interesting assignment to complete because I set myself a couple of goals and stuck to them to see what the results would show. Usually I would have spent hours on this drawing, but I kept it to 2 hours to see what happened….

It was a perspective heavy scene in my back garden from a place I usually sit at. To the front would be a flat brick wall, but to the sides I found a sharp perspective, and, as the space was quite enclosed, gave a nice intensity for a scene. Originally I wanted to do a 180 degree view of the whole ally, but I opted for the perspective view as I thought it was much more dramatic.

My main aim was ink, biro and 2 hours…..so I set to work to see what I could come up with.

Wanting to draw a focal point to the gap in the ally I added a wash of colours to represent the wall with just an expression of the brick work so I could concentrate the detail in the opening to the ally. I was only using ‘simple’ ink colours so the outcome to me did come across as a bit ‘ABC’, but I wanted to concentrate on the focus of the perspective. Using biro to pull out the detail around the gap in the ally and contrast it with the sky. at 2 hours for the drawing made me draw differently, in a way that I thought about what was important and what to focus on, and what to leave as more of an expression. This piece has pleased me to realise that.

It gave it a fast pace feeling as though it was racing towards the focal point giving it a dynamic quality to add to the perspective. With more time I would have worked in more detail, but it was nice to prioritize what detail to add, giving it a fresh dynamic feel.

I chose a long 40x60cm portrait view to emphasise the perspective and try to create a more intense feel to the picture.

I was pleased with the atmosphere of the piece, and although I couldn’t get a realistic match of the colour using the ink, this would have been easier with watercolours to mix the right hues, although this was not the main focus of the picture, as I was more intent on the atmosphere and feel to the picture.