3 Pt. Perspective - Building Scene

My favorite of the perspective studies, this building scene was created using three point perspective.  The two lower points are created on the same line, while the last point is created in between the two, but on another line, which in this case was higher.  This one was a little tricky to follow, and work through in order to figure out which lines would go to which point.  After figuring out where the lines lead to, the rest of the sketch fell into place on its own.

2 Pt. Perspective - Boat Wheel

This boat wheel was created using two point perspective.  Two points placed on both sides were used to create the outer limits of where the wheel would be.  Then the dimensions were boxed out and the wheel was drawn based on the perspective lines and the box proportions.

1 Pt. Perspective - Figures

Another study done in one point perspective.  In an attempt to work with the proportions of the human body, I followed an example of how to create them in one point perspective.  As the bodies get closer to the point of perspective, they proportionally get smaller and smaller, which can be used to help create an illusion of depth in drawings.

1 Pt. Perspective - Buildings

A simple study done in one point perspective.  Architecture is an easy way to develop the use of perspective lines.  The lines in the buildings, all lead to a single point of perspective which is theoretically off to the right of them.

Dark Sketch / Erase

This drawing was based on some of the techniques used by Francisco De Goya in his "Los Caprichos" drawings.  The idea was to create the dark areas first and then erase and find an imagined figure.  Although I did not totally go about it that way I am pleased with the outcome.  First I sketched out the proportioned figure lightly and then began to make the darkness around them.  I then continued to create mostly darks areas on the page, except for the two light sources which are the street lamp and the moon.  Other than that the dark areas were created by shading, burnishing, and a little bit of hatching and cross hatching.  From these techniques I was able to create an outdoor night seen with a somewhat "imaginable figure" looming on the streets, not to mention the erie shadow to the left of the figure that was created unintentionally.

Zoom: Figure and Erie Shadow

"Los Caprichos"

This is one of Francisco De Goya's drawings from his collection titled "Los Caprichos."  In this collection he uses cross hatching and many different shades of darker tones to develop the lighting in his work.  The darkest parts of the drawing are created with cross hatching, placed on top of other cross hatching.  What this does is almost creates a flat black shadow in the picture.  The lightest parts of the drawing are white and it seems as if they are created from the absence of sketching in general.  To me the most interesting part is the darkness of the basket and the way he used different lines to create the realistic texture of it. 

Sitting Figure

This drawing is a sketch of a figure sitting in a stool, as well as their surroundings.  Some of the elements come from the drawings of Rembrandt.  The first technique used was the application of the a base layer in the water based red orange color.  Then pencils and charcoal were used to further develop the form, while crosshatching was used to develop the light.  One thing I feel that I would like to improve on is the way I use the charcoal and pencils.  Usually I either draw too lightly or use too much charcoal which is what happened in this case.  I would like to develop a medium between the two to really capture the form and lighting better.

Gesture Sketches

This is a pair of gestural sketches created with water based paints, and a home made brush.  The model was pacing back and forth with a shipping tube, creating different gestures.  These poses seem abstract to me, as someone would not exactly be able to tell what they were looking at, at first sight.  This type of art is intriguing because it depends on the viewer to see what they think is portrayed.

1st Portrait

This is the first portrait of the fall 2011 semester, in drawing 2.  Originally I repeatedly adjusted the proportion lines and I feel like I finally got those right.  I feel that my focus was somewhere between the fore head and the nose, mainly the eye and brow area.  It took me a while to place the eyes correctly and then I began to put in the detail.  I think that the eyes seem to be a little too big and I could work on adding more of the eye lid to the drawing.  One area that I would like to improve on is getting more comfortable with using bolder line and darker areas of shading.

1st Portrait - Closer View