I was pleased to use the view that I sketched in the previous exercise of the skyline over Manchester from across the Irwell river. In this scene I was able to capture all sorts of contrasting textures as the old cathedral and remains of what looked like a castle met the solid steel of the …
For this exercise I ventured out to the river Irwell on the outskirts of town, bordering with Salford. On the opposite side of the river, it gave me a nice view of the old town of Manchester, a drop into a pass of the Irwell river and a background of the contemporary buildings of the …
Continue reading "Pt 3,Pr 5, Ex 2 – Study of a Townscape using Line."
Walking through town, immersed in the buildings, the stone, the steel, the urban sprawl, I became attracted to the idea of urban decay. What a population can erect, will, if not maintained, become victim to the elements. I like this idea, so while I was venturing around town I dropped off from the main streets …
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Deciding to start out with simple black and grey tones to explore the idea of atmospheric perspective and tonal gradation, I began with ink and a few pictures I took, a misty morning at the local shops and a few snow scenes I took in Bruges, Belgium. The snow in the air clouded the buildings …
This was an exercise to see how accurate my guess work was when it came to estimating perspective. A simple task to use all the reference points I could to construct a building without drawing in the vanishing points or perspective lines until after the drawing was finished. I chose a simple three story building …
Not necessarily an interior, however, it was an enclosed walkway that had some nice arches running down one side that all met in the middle to create another set of archways running down through the passage way forming a perfect scene to show one point perspective. With the added brick work and the large stone …
Engaging the viewer into a picture is what I feel, an important faculty of a successful composition. One way to do this is to define the foreground, middle ground and the background as separate planes, each consisting of a different rendering of focus, texture and detail. To draw the view into the picture is to …
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I took this exercise as a chance to group together everything I have learned about composition in landscape and try to come up with a view that ticks as many boxes as possiable. Starting off by looking back over the past two exercises, 'sketchbook walk' and '360 degree studies I looked close at the views …
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My main aim with this topic is to investigate the different styles and techniques artists throughout the ages used to depict the land around them, often giving a great insight into how they felt, and how they expressed their feelings for their surroundings through their art. I decided to look at, and compare styles between: …
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The view of the beach from Anglesey bridge on and nice clear day is amazing, so when asked to do a 360 degree study of an expanse, I thought straight away of this. The brief was to face a direction, spend 15 minuets sketching the view, turn 90 degrees, another 15 minuets, and so on …
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