Sunday 27th October

Tone And Colour Values: Sky Impressionism

The following piece was produced on grey A3 paper with acrylic paints in 1 hour 15 minutes.

First off we are able to see a great amount of contrast, as the weather is slowly becoming darker from the bottom of the page we can see it gradients up to the top of the page in which is brighter and perspective is also considered with the larger clouds at the top of the page.

The lighting appears direct and due to the fact it's strong we're able to see the form in the clouds, specifically the opaqueness around the edges of the clouds which show signs of movement in the piece as the clouds deform.

The colours used in the piece are very cold, little balance is shown between warm and cold colours and the colours used like purple and pink are very saturated however they do manage to highlight the brighter parts of the clouds.

Constructively there isn't much harmony in the piece, it all feels unbalanced and the colours don't mix correctly, shadows have been considered with the purples but this doesn't blend well with the whites of the clouds.

The darker colours at the bottom of the page also don't blend in well with the brightness of the clouds, perhaps if it the blue background was more saturated at the bottom of the page it would work better.

Reference like a building or town would've been a good way of showing scale in the piece, even if it's not that large in the composition.

Saturday 19th October

Handling Complex Information: Impressionism (3 Sketches)

The pieces above were produced in under an hour each, on plain white A3 paper with Grey Toned Marker Pens and Pitt Artist Pens.

The pieces above have all used lighting to depict the form of buildings and foliage, most of this lighting is direct and comes from the sun with little indirect lighting be present.

With light being considered this also gives way to shadows and we can see that the direct light is hitting off buildings to cast shadows onto other buildings, this can be seen in the middle image when the tall building in the middle is casting a shadow onto a building to it's right.

As for mark making we get a difference between hard and soft materials, specifically between the foliage and buildings, the scribbles around the page depict the softer foliage which is in movement whilst the contour of the buildings depicts hard materials such as brick.

A foregound, midground and background is also present in the compositions as we can see best in the middle image, the foliage to the front of the page creates an angle of foreshortening implying a sense of depth in the image.

Constructively the foreground in the first image is to light which distracts us from the focal point which is the town, if a silhouette was added as the background the midground would be highlighted more and increase the angle of foreshortening.

As for the compositions the rule of thirds could be considered, all images appear to have a focus point in the middle and if fixed more balance could be added for harmony.

                                                           

Tuesday 15th October

Mixing Media: Interior Perspective [Fix]

This piece has been produced in order to fix the issues present in last weeks Mixing Media.

(This piece was produced on A3 Blue Coloured Paper with Sketching Crayons and Pastels, I will talk only about the fixes, you can can check out last weeks piece to see what my constructive input was)

To begin with depth has been worked in, we can see this by the tones of the walls behind the pillars, they're dim which highlights the pillars and makes them become an area of interest, if we follow the implied line of the pillars it leads us to to our focus point which is the blue window to the right, this is our focus point due to the contrast in light and dark this also happens to be in the rule of thirds and contributes to the composition.

Perspective has also been improved as the proportion of the arcs in the pillars now get considerably smaller the further away they are, this also goes for the rows of chairs where detail lessens to present a vanishing point.

Constructively it suffers with colour values the piece appears saturated, for example the walls are a tone of grey and take up a lot the composition, the same goes for the yellow windows where there should be more highlight to show glass and light coming in.

Sunday 13th October

Mixing Media: Interior Perspective.

The following piece was produced within 3 hours using sketching crayons and pastels on a grey toned sheet of A3 paper.

The horizon line is considered as it cuts through where the top of the stairs are and this allows the rules of perspective to be considered such as the vanishing point where we can see the chairs narrow inwards, the same can be said for the pillars where to the sides of the page they appear large and narrow in to the middle in order to become smaller. The focal point can be seen to the right of the page where there is a large amount of yellow along with a wooden notice board which corresponds to the rule of thirds.  

Colour wise it uses a lot of greys and browns which allows the greens, yellows and reds to pop out however there seems to be to much brown which can make the piece appear less interesting perhaps using more colour would fix this particularly as it reaches the window where colour is used.

The media used correctly mixes together as it's difficult to differentiate what is pastel and what is sketching crayon, most of the media blends in allowing objects to present their materials correctly, for example the wooden chairs which have scrapes going down them.

Constructively it comes down to the areas of interest where there appears to be to much happening on the page, to much detail has been given to areas which don't need it such as the chairs to the front of the room and this makes it difficult to identify the focus point. 

The perspective of the arcs to the right of the page could also be fixed as the lines don't appear rounded enough compared to the left hand side, the chairs to the right also seem out of perspective as the chairs to the left should be in line with them however they're not.

Sunday 6th October

Architectural Rendering: Exterior Of A Modern Building.

The following piece was produced with in 3 Hours using Pitt artist pens and pencils on plain A3 paper. 

Straight away a focus point is established as we look directly at the top corner of the roof to the right of the page, this also reflects usage in the rule of thirds as it's to the top right of the composition. Contrast and Line thickness are the main reasons for this focus point and it's also the reasoning that our eyes move down the orthogonal lines to the left of the page to the vanishing point where we see the entrance to the structure. Detail lowers as well as we reach the vanishing point in order to create more interest in the focus point.

The vantage point appears to be at quite a distance since the whole building is in perspective, this also allows us to clearly see the horizon line which if we were to draw a line across the page it would be where the darkened trees are. 

As for the light and shadow we can see that more contrast is used towards the focus point than that of the vanishing point, attention to values in the clouds and car park are also thought about as we can see reflections from the pillars.

A foreground, midground and background are also recognized as we can see the darkened trees in the background and the car park in the foreground.

Constructively some of the lines are off, specifically the lines behind the pillars which seem to curve a little, this disrupts the orthogonal lines and there also doesn't seem to be enough space for the building in the composition, it seems to be kissing the sides of the page when it could be a little more inwards to make more space for a background. 

Thursday 3rd October

Still Life: Composition [Fix]

This piece has been produced in order to fix the issues present in last weeks Still Life. 

(Again produced on A3 with Charcoal, I will only talk about the fixes, you can check out last weeks piece to see what my constructive input was)

The range in contrast is far superior in this piece than the last piece, there is a higher amount of darkness and that brings out the brightness in the man made objects such as the jars and bottles, this creates more areas of interest.

The objects are more spaced out than before thus there are no longer objects kissing.

There is also a much stronger focus point on the jar to the bottom right since it's the brightest object, it's also in the rule of thirds which the previous piece didn't have.

Constructively the other piece did have a better use of gradients and the box to the left is misplaced, it would be better to let the vase be seen more.