This week I worked mainly on two-point perspective still life. I had a lot of trouble at first, and I would like to include the two drawings I did in class. I completely misunderstood the approach at first, as most of my horizontal lines were parallel, the proportions were off, and I wasted all my time on shading.
After receiving feedback, I wrote it down and later did more research on my shortcomings here.
I also corrected my second drawing. Another issue was that my vertical lines weren't straight enough for a two point perspective drawing, and my lines in general were messy. This is my habit from doing gesture drawing and sketching a lot. I concentrated on improving this aspect specifically in my later drawings.
After observing the composition, I created a thumbnail and then sketched the general shapes. In order to keep the proportions in check, I used the technique of measuring objects using the other objects in the scene already instead of eyeballing it. I also moved the objects closer together to have a better read.
This drawing ended up being much better than the ones I made during the practical session, but it still had a lot of things it was missing. I wasn't satisified with the general look especially.
For my last drawing, I took special care to consider the vanishing points, and not to waste time on shading. Instead, I used ghosting and erasing to get better lines. I used line weight more frequently here to imply which objects are closer to the viewer. I made sure to have the higher contrast areas be closer as well. Overall, I am proud of this drawing considering what I had made earlier this week, although I still have much to learn.
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