Final Piece - Landscape

This is a 45 minute coloured pencil study of a combination of natural and man-made landscape.   The vantage point was chosen so that nothing would be facing head on and the trees and building both had interesting perspective on them. The image includes both cold and warm colours which contrast with each other to create a more interesting image. The line of the path draws the viewers attention from the bottom left corner of the image and across the page to the building. The study was done on a day which was overcast and so there were very few harsh shadows, however there are still a range from light to dark values in the image to create depth alongside with the perspective.

Final Piece - Still Life

This is a 15 minute colour experimentation study to get away from being too literal with colour application. The objects were arranged in a almost triangular line creating a curved line for the viewers eyes to follow, and with no kissing or orphaned objects. A range of colours are used to create dark values without using black, this was most successful on the inside of the mug where complimentary colour theory was applied to create a near neutral dark shadow by using orange and blue hues. 


High contrasting colours are also used to effectively created the refraction of light in the metal around the cafetiere and white values were used to show reflection across shiny surfaces. Whilst the objects in the image are not perfectly in perspective with one another, matched with the high saturated and experimental colours, it gives the image a more stylist feel. A more effective image could have been made by drawing the objects from a different angle that is less straight-on.

Final Piece - Life Drawing

This is a 25 minute 4B graphite pencil study of a taxidermy red squirrel non-human figure. The study accurately depicts the skeletal structure of the animal; with the head connecting naturally to the spine, and following through into the tail showing that it would be balanced, and the front and back limb joints visible under the fur in a positions that make sense in relation to their positions along the spine; this is also the line that the viewers eye follows across the image. The high contrasting values give the animal a more 3D realistic form and the quickly drawn pencil lines give the squirrel a naturally furry look.

Landscape - Colour Study

Due to the torrential weather on the day of the lesson, it was near impossible to produce a natural landscape study without it being washed off the paper, or the paper being outright destroyed. This is a study looking out of an interior window at a natural landscape with a focus on natural lighting. Dark hues around the top of the image were used to show areas of shadow where light did not reach through the window, I then used high contrasting white values to highlight the areas affected by the light. I used purple hues for the shadows against the yellow-orange stonework to create more realistic shadows by using complementary colour theory to try and produce a neutral colour.

Landscape - Colour Study

This is an hour long study of an exterior landscape  featuring both natural and man-made elements created using soft pastels. The colours are very dull to match the weather on the day of the study, where it was very wet. The perspective of the buildings going into the distance and the change in level of detail from the front of the image to the background create a sense of depth, this is also done successfully around the area of foliage on the left where the tree branches get smaller as they go round into the distance but are also visible through the leaves on neighbouring plants. The image uses cold colours to match the environment in a rainy environment, the wetness of the ground is also conveyed through the blue hues of the surface and subtle reflections of surrounding objections.

Light is shown through the contrast of dark foreground area that is undercover and the rest of the image that is lighter but not highly contrasting with few dark shadows to convey the overcast and gloomy weather. The layers of a range of different coloured pastels makes the overall image more interesting than solid colour would.

Landscape - Classical Architecture

This is a 45 minute study of the classical interior of a theatre rendered in 4B pencil. A high vantage point was chosen where it was possible to see inside the balcony's and be at an angle to the wall to create a more interesting illustration. The line across the top if the balcony's and across the stage lead the viewers eye across the page from left to right. The perspective showing the balcony's, further away from the viewer, at a smaller scale, and the High contrasting values between the dark shadows inside the balcony's and the bright theatre lighting hitting the front of them create depth.

The image would be more successful if more of the theatre curtain and stage area had been included, then the whole image could have easily been cropped to follow the rule of thirds  and be more easy on the eye. More time could also be spent on the small details such as carvings and patterns inside the interior. The column behind the theatre rigging, and the curve in the middle section between the balcony's also seem to be out of perspective with the rest of the image and need to be fixed.