Interior Space Drawing Exercise

For this week's physical studio with John, we were inside the Creative Art building, drawing diverse subjects from different locations and positions. My group began on the ground floor, where I drew two different focuses.

The sketch of the window was created because of the interesting perspective I had; it was initially difficult to correctly draw this section as I had to keep changing the angle of glass panes coming out of the window to make it look accurate. Nonetheless I think it came out well, due to its detail and proportions alongside features by the window.

As I had drawn mainly landscape thus far, I wanted to do something different and sketch people that were nearby; I wish I could have spent more on these, as the subjects either kept changing their position or came and went. However I think the basic outline of the sketches are a good starting point to develop further.

Our next location was the balcony, where I created two drawings. I scrapped the first illustration because I was unhappy with how it came to be, since I wanted to use fine liner as supposed to using a pencil. Because of this- it was impossible to rub out any mistakes, like incorrect proportions. I could have continued with correcting this sketch, but I was unhappy with the position I had chosen, and decided to depict another viewpoint.

This resulted in drawing the second illustration, where you're able to see the linear perspective of the glass balcony. I am happy with this sketch, due to its interesting perspective and accurate depiction; I could have developed this further by shading the pillar for instance, adding depth to the piece.

Finally, the studio was our final location, with access to the large window overlooking the university and into the city. As you can see I depicted the church through pencil and fine liner; I used pencil for the basic outline of the church, and fine liner to add detail and shadow through cross hatching. Overall this piece could have been better if I took time and effort to carefully portray the subject instead of rushing it; with more time I could have stood back and rectified it.

Unhappy with my first composition, I depicted a building and box junction that was within my viewpoint. Like my previous sketch, I could have added more detail to the drawing if I had more time, but it is so far a good start (in particular the yellow box sketch).

From this activity, it has refreshed my life drawing skills, as it has been a while since I last drew people, and have learnt to be meticulous when drawing; instead of rushing, I should stand back and see what my overall viewpoint is, and not lose focus by the end of the day.