Week 4 Directed study

Handling complex information.

Drawing impressionistic scenes is a way of gathering huge amount of information in the least possible time. This week we were on the roof on the Chesham building at the university drawing distant buildings using a variety of different mediums.

These are  15-20 minute sketches where the main focus was to get as much information as I could in the least possible time. The way I approached these sketches was first blur my vision and then draw the core elements of the landscape first (certain big buildings, churches), elements that first catch your eye when looking at landscapes with complex information. Then break them down in terms of scale, composition and perspective. For drawing 1a one of the main features I drew first were the Church that was positioned according to the rule of thirds, then the factory on the right and the row of houses on the bottom left. I also wanted to create a chiaroscuro effect with confident strong dark tones of black and no smudging at all. 

1a

The same approaches apply to drawing 1b but in this case I used smudging to give the impression of depth.

1b

1c

 

1c was also drawn using the same methods but was done with graphic markers. By using the different tonal variations of the greyscale markers a more successful impression of depth was achieved.