Week 8 Directed Study

        Detail in Man - made Forms: Vehicles.

          These are three sketches made with 2 different mediums (pencil and markers). 1a is the most succeessful in terms of perspective and proportions, it was drawn with pencil and the vantage point chosen gives it a more dynamic look.
          The way I approached this drawing, because of its technicality, was to break down the car into smaller parts that represented basic geometric shapes, that helped recreate those ellipses around the tyres and the spoiler. After the basic shape was completed the next step was see how light bounced off the vehicle's surface, as different parts of the car have different texture materials on them, light must be proceeded in terms of its shade values and highlights.  

1a

         Drawing with pencil allows me to cover /erase my mistakes easily, though drawing vehicles with markers has proven to be quite a challenge, one has to be very careful not to make any mistakes beforehand as markers are a not very forgiving medium. This is one of the reasons 2b and 3c are not in my opinion successful, though they are very easy to use when shading, they are easier to capture those shiny surfaces that show how light interacts with form.

2b

3c