Three-Point Perspective- Traditional Art Practice Week 3

 

This week I worked on three-point perspective. The whole project turned out to be my biggest struggle so far. I faced multiple challenges at the same time, and wasn't ready for all of them at once. Still, I believe this was a good learning moment, as I now know to focus on more landscape drawing. I also still struggle with finishing drawings in general, so I will focus on that as well.

These are some of my sketches. I iterated on the design starting from the top right until finally deciding on the lower left for my finished piece.

The composition in this first sketch was off, as I centered the building right in the middle. I also made a mistake by making both buildings on the sides the same height, even though the right one is significantly lower in real life. 

I decided this design to be my final one, as it accomplished most of what I wanted to get across. 

For my final drawing I worked mostly on location, which was new to me and caused the quality to not be as high as it could be. I did further fixes afterwards from reference. 

I later did another drawing on campus to make improvements. This time I had a better composition, and took special care to keep my lines clean.  I first started with a couple more sketches to figure out a better composition. After the two sketches below, I decided to go with a wider angle seen in the top sketch.

This time I used a variety of pencils, including a mechanical pencil to make sharper lines. Using a mechanical pencil also kept me from going into shading too early. I added some line weight to identify closer parts of the object, as well as to show overlaps.

I added some basic shading to suggest the shape and form of the objects in the scene. 

Overall, this project has taught me the importance of knowing how to finish my work, instead of being stuck in a constant cycle of re-iteration and sketching. I wouldn't say I am confident in doing this just yet, but now that I understand the importance, improvement will surely come through perseverance.

I will be sure to keep in mind the importance of quality over quantity from here on.