Emotion

 

These are quick sketches of simple emotions in pose that wouldn't have taken longer than 5 minutes using graphite. This is to show how different poses can show emotions without any detail in them apart from the stance and position of their body. Mapping out the details of the models angles helps to draw the emotion and gesture easily and quick, with the shoulders down and almost wandering feet in the top drawing (relaxed) you can tell by the simple stance that it is relaxing.

The anatomy of the model is correct which helps convey the emotion and again below the hands are up in the air cradling her head, which shows stress, the body is slightly hunched which emphasizes it more. The final drawing where the model is showing the proud expression with a puffed up chest, this shows how easy it is to capture the figure in an emotive pose with simple line.

These are all successful sketches showing how to draw emotion in a pose, some poses are harder than others but these are good examples of how planning can help with emotive poses.

Colour in Spring

This is a study of colour in spring within landscapes and architecture, using colour pastels to create the drawing it took around 20 minutes. Using 2 shades of green, 2 shades of brown and a light blue and yellow, this turned out well, blending the shades together to create a smooth transition and gradients for the edges of the pond and the rise up to the path. There is balance in the drawing, where most things in the bottom half are light, but the top half is darker, the drawing could improve by go over again in another layer of pastels. There are 2 focal points of this drawing the pond is one of them, as it is one of the darker areas surrounded by the fence, but also the blue sky in the background.
To show the direction of the sun was done by going over the colour with yellow, to give it a brighter effect this works well and gives it a more 3 dimensional look. The perspective is a little of but overall the drawing is successful in blending colours and creating a spring type drawing.

Scenic Composition

This is a study of Scenic composition in landscapes using graphite, the drawing took approximately 20 minutes.
Keeping the rule of thirds in mind, the drawing follows it quite accurately with each bump of the hill in its own section, all in its own horizontal line of the rule as well, although the drawing could be improved upon by adding the surrounding areas, and maybe widening the perspective to add the trees on top of the hill. It is also successful showing the bumps in the hill, using the shadows of the trees to accentuate this, there are light and dark values to show the gradients on the hill.
The focal point of this drawing would be the top right where the darkest part of the image is, then it leads your eye through the middle of the drawing following the curve of the middle hill. You could say this splits the drawing with a balance line as well, where it cuts across the drawing in a diagonal bottom left to top right.

Shadows and Tonal Values

This is a study of shadows and tonal values in architecture using graphite, the drawing took approximately 1 hour due to all the shading and feedback. Using graphite to show the different tonal values to create the sense of a 3D drawing. Shading that darkest areas of the drawing to give the rest of the drawing a greater tonal range. The light source is coming from the bottom floor and bouncing off the wooden floor but there is also light coming from the top floor window on the right. Both light sources add to the tonal values on the floor and objects around, those are the light values, the dark values are the objects in shadow such as the object on the right where the pillars are, the light cannot reach most of it, and the cast shadows showing where the light is coming from casting shadows, such as the display cases down on the bottom floor. The focal point of the drawing would be the lightest area as it so big, the composition of the drawing shows the rule of thirds has been applied, with the pillars on the right and the big cylindrical thing on the left.
This is a successful finished drawing, with shadows and tonal values shown well, with methods of drawing architecture applied, it is also successful as the drawing looks 3 dimensional.

Classic Interiors

This is a study of classical interiors in architecture using graphite, this drawing took around 20 minutes to complete, this is a multiple point perspective sketch. Drawing classical interiors is an interesting concept, in the drawing above there is almost too much in it, if the perspective was a little different or there was a little less in the drawing then the drawing would be more interesting and pleasing to the eye. The focal point of the drawing would be the left hand side of the drawing where the pillar meets the negative space, which leads your eye along the horizontal towards the first pillar and up the arch. There isn't much to do with the rule of thirds here, but as said before maybe changing perspective or taking away part of the drawing would make it more appealing. The balance in this drawing is between the two pillars, almost right down the middle.

 

 

This drawing is a study of classical interiors in architecture suing conte crayon which took around 10 minutes to complete. Choosing to draw a smaller area was good because its easy to get lost in all the small details of the architecture, especially classical due to the style.

The composition is good here, where the drawing follows the rule of thirds with the pillars splitting the drawing up and the tops of the pillar and the bottom of the floor, follows it all quite well, with the focal point being the balcony with the arch. This composition is balanced well, with both vertical and horizontal lines, you could split it up either way an it would still be balanced.

There is a lot of impression at the top of the drawing where the arch of the pillars end but the light lines continue to the left to resemble the ceiling, this shows where the room extends to without adding a huge amount of detail. A successful drawing with impressionistic methods and good use of line.

 

Angles in Architecture

This is a study of angles in architecture using marker pens that took around 10 minutes.

Marker pens are an interesting medium to use that allow you to use tone very easily from light to medium to dark, which helped me represent the light coming in through the window at the end of the hall. This is a single point perspective as the orthogonal lines all point to the centre where they meet the horizon line and that's where the vanishing point would be if the walls continued. There is also foreshortening in the walls when as they are getting closer to the viewer the walls are getting slightly wider but the angles of the walls are larger.

This is a successful drawing using angles in architecture, where it shows clear practice of the methods used when drawing architecture from a single point perspective.

Perspective of Curves

This is a 20 minute study of perspective of curves in architecture using graphite, the tone of the line used to create light and dark on each curve here is used effectively, it shows the contours of the bumps that go up the front of the building. The curves move outwards with increasing depth and distance, this shows how wide the curves get when they get further away from the eye.

The shadows of the building shows where the sun is at that point in the day, and the background shaded in brings out the architecture quite well. This drawing is successful in an architectural sense when studying curves.