Visual Recording

After today and experiencing a more structured lesson in the studio I am happy with the amount of work I have completed. This unit in particular is an opportunity to develop and practice my skills in drawing from observation. Whether it be realising how perspective comes into play whilst drawing buildings, or how the depth of certain lines matter in still life drawing - I finally feel like them sticking in my brain.

Today after moving on from full arm length drawings of our chosen objects, the next stage was to hold the pencil in our usual drawing position. This allowed me to switch back to a more controlled way of drawing and funnily enough made me feel more able and confident about drawing from observation.

Siobhan had mentioned a lot today about using tone and how hard we were pressing our pencil against the paper whilst drawing. I heard what she had said and decided to put it into practice. Once my shoe had been drawn I chose certain lines to darken, lines that I found were more important than others and right enough it gave my drawing depth and definition. It was suddenly brought off the paper and I was pleased and surprised at how a simple technique can change how effective a drawing looks.

Happy and perhaps a bit proud of my shoe, I continued working on tone and focusing in on other areas of shading. This is just one of a few examples of how little bits of advice have helped me improve my drawings, and understanding of different techniques.