Landscape Drawing - Hebden Bridge

This piece took 2 hours to draw and colour. Equipment used was pencils to sketch and colouring pencils for colour.

The scene composition is very clear and easy to understand as we can see how the piece is setup. The hard lines indicate solidity the entire scene is made out of hard materials meaning none are organic or natural except the trees which have a basic colour to show. The aim of this piece was to approach this piece using a colour method that is not commonly used. Colouring pencils helped create the scenes colour with a mix of warm and cool colours which help create depth and composition.

The shadowing of the scene is very easy to spot as under the bridge, the light is very difficult to reach which is shown by the harsh use of the colour black. The shadows casted by the bridge are then shown on the water which is also given a harsh dark colour as the water travels under the bridge. The lighting was very direct meaning there were no clouds to diffuse the light which would in event create soft shadows, so this meant all of the shadows in the scene were hard with edges without any falloff.

The rule of thirds is used here as the bridge is in our foreground, the main building in the middle ground and the other smaller buildings including the forest in the background.

Landscape Drawing - National Media Museum

This piece used a 4H, 3H, 2H and a 1B pencil. It took roughly 30 minutes to sketch the outlines and 1 hour to shade.

The shading of this composition shows no colour as the objective was to shade using pencils to create a contrast between each of the perspectives. The darker parts are closer to the foreground, whilst the lighter parts are part of the middle ground and background. This is to help show depth and scene arrangement. The hard outlines of the scene help give us an idea of how the room structure was like, whereas the softer shades help show darkness and help create shadow effects.

The arrangement of the walls help exaggerate the effect of depth as it was very easy to show where each of the walls are. This including the shading helps give a perfect example of depth as the composition of the piece is arranged in a way that the rule of thirds is applied as well. With the darker wall being the foreground, the more lighter wall being the middle ground and the lightest wall being the background, helps create the important effect of depth.

Finally, there is also a nice contrast between the dark areas and the light areas. The white ‘cut-outs’ on the walls help contrast the colour of the wall it is on.

Landscape Drawing - Cartwright Hall

This piece took 2 hours to draw and shade.

The structure of the interior works in favour because of its geometrical arrangement meant that creating the scene was easier than expected. The scene greatly uses orthogonal lines as many are parallel or perpendicular to each other. The vanishing point for the scene was also easy to locate as the linear walls made it easy to draw.

The structure of the interior is what is most appealing. The geometric lines help create depth as the frame arrangement makes it easy to find the vanishing point. The shapes of the structures themselves help add to this effect. The lighting was very strong and direct as the spotlights helped create hard, sharp shadows in areas where the wall skirting’s would fold.

The entire scene almost feels symmetrical as most of the structure was parallel or the same as the other side. Also, the limited use of curved angles helps contrast the use of sharp, hard lines and the use of soft curved edges. The pillars are the main prime contributors towards the depth of the scene. The 2 front pillars are shaded more lighter than the ones in the background so this alone already gives the scene a sense of space.