Week Two

This week was all about shape and form. For example when we concentrate on shape we are looking at the external lines and form is all about the interior of the shape, form helps the 2D drawing to look like it's 3D subject.

This is a plain contour drawing of an arrangement of objects. Only the shape of the objects have been drawn, using a mixture of concave and convex curves, the inside form of the objects has also been drawn, but only as a line drawing, no shading has been added. The overall composition of this picture is very good because it is pleasing to the eye. There is an implied line that makes your eye follow around the picture, this is from the top of the tall vase following down to the top of the object on the far right. There is also a very good balance between all the objects as they are varied in height, though all the same type of shape. Also there is no centralised object, as the tallest of the composition is positioned to the far left, adding interest to the picture. There are no orphaned objects in the picture, although there is a bit of kissing going on between the jug and the thin vase. This picture took me 20 minutes and I used a soft graphite stick.

This is a negative space drawing, much like the contour drawing you can only see the shape of the objects. The point of this exercise was to just concentrate on drawing the negative space around the objects, which in turn would reveal the shape of the objects themselves. The top half of the picture is very strong and you can clearly see the shape of the big vase, though further down the picture it gets slightly muddled and especially as no background was included some of the objects look orphaned and as if they're kissing, when in reality they were not. The texture of the negative space is very effective and creates a lot of interest in the picture, this effect was created by using a soft graphite stick and smudging hard lines. This drawing took me 20 minutes.

After the negative drawing in the session another one was created at home as it was a very interesting task. The picture is of a variety of vases and an old metal bucket. This is a very simple negative space drawing, although a very effective one. The precision of the negative space creating the objects is very good as you can clearly see what the objects are. You can also tell which objects are in front and behind. Charcoal was used for this drawings, creating a different texture from the last, as this one has turned out a more block colour, this creates even more simplicity which complements the picture. Overall this is a successful piece of work.