Week 8

The image above shows the contrast between a plastic computer mouse and a glass perfume bottle. For this particular drawing I decided to go for monotone drawing and only used brown coloured pencil. Here I've shown a good comparison between a glass and plastic; glass which is see-through and most of the lights can pass through which makes it a good reflector, whereas the plastic doesnt allow any light to go through hence poor reflectivity. However they both produce some light and dark tonal values. The glass causes diffuse reflection due to bumpy surface whereas the plastic mouse which has a smoother surface causes specular reflection.

Here is another example of me demonstrating surface reflectivity. I chose to draw my headphones as it had a smooth polished finish to it's ear pieces, which can be another good example of specular reflection, this specularity is shown in the ear shell of the headphones. By using a fine liner I was able to create a better contrast between light and dark regions by using hatches and cross hatches technique. As you can see the ear pieces have reflected lights on certain parts.
For both of these drawings I switched off the lights and turned on a side lamp to get a better view of the reflectivity.

Week 7

I did these two quick drawings just to familiarise myself with the tone and texture of the object, the first drawing was with pencil and took me 5 minutes and the second drawing was with charcoal which took me about 7 minutes. For my second drawing I did not use any lines for the edges but only shading to make certain parts stand out. This technique worked really well with the charcoal as its easy to get that dark regions and by using a putty rubber I created some light patches. I personally preferred this technique as it was much more fun and professional.

This drawing consists of number of different object with different sizes, shape and texture. This drawing is done all by using charcoal and I used the same technique on the big object as my previous drawing with no lined edges, this took me about 40 minutes. I was very pleased with the outcome of that technique, the jar is solid and reflective and I showed this by the tone of my shading. The glass bottle was see-through so I used the side of my pencil to give it that reflective, glassy tone. During this session I learnt a number of different techniques to differentiate between various objects.

Another one of my drawings made by only using a B and 5B pencils which took me about 20 minutes. The idea of this drawing is to give me a good view of texture and surface. The drawing consists of 3 solid objects, 2 of which is metal and 1 is glass. The jug had a reflective surface as you can see objects on the surface of the jug where as the ball on the side was a solid glass with a slight see-through surface. Again I used different tonal value to give mass and depth to all these objects.

Week 6

On this week's drawing I mainly focused on shading and texture. It took me about 35 minutes to do this drawing. It is vital to get the dark and light patches correct so I used B, 3B and 6B pencils. Using the side of the pencil technique allowed me to get that light/dark rough shading on the flower which turned out really well, the cloth itself was pretty much straight forward as one side was a lot darker than the other due to the light hitting the surface, so I had to use 6B to get that dark shading. The fact that I drew the 2 spot lights gave a good idea of the composition. The flower jar was a solid object so I mainly used dark shading to show that whereas the cloth was more smooth surfaced for which I used both high key and low key. 

 Here is a another drawing of a solid plastic object, this took me roughly about 30 minutes. The object is pretty much plane but there is still some reflection on the surface which I showed it by light shading. I mainly focused on the texture of the object this time which was smooth and a semi reflective. I achieved that semi-reflective look by using the side of my pencil and doing some light hatching and crosshatching shading.

Week 5

This is a 15 minute drawing. I chose to draw this building due to the perspective and the different interpretation as to which you can draw this building. Whilst drawing this particular piece I focused on how to make the building look realistic. I think this drawing was unsuccessful in conveying a one point perspective drawing however it was successful in representing the main structure of the building.

This sketch took me 10 minutes. This sketch shows a good value of composition  because the focus is not based on the center of the image thus following the rule of third. Also this sketch gives a sense of depth as to where each object lies.

This particular drawing took me 10 minutes. What I like about this drawing is that it gives a good outline of the structure however it is unsuccessful in giving a sense of realism in the subject. I used the impressionistic technique on the bricks in this drawing to give a broad idea of what is there.

Here in this drawing I have used the one point perspective rule to create one of the buildings. It also gives an idea of composition as I have drawn the foreground, midground and the background to give a better sense of distance.

I used fine liner specifically for this drawing to get a better definition of the lines. For this drawing I have mainly used linear lines to represent the shading as well as the structure. Using the impressionistic technique I was able to create an illusion of the bricked wall, without me having to draw every single brick individually. This drawing took me 25 minutes.