Final Drawing - Landscape

This is a 30 minute drawing of a lakeside. There is very good foreshortening in the background and the tree is and objects in the foreground are larger. The composition is good and it is quite complex. However, the trees could do with more detail. But the reflection of the poles on the lake is very good because it implements to the waves of the water and how the currents work in the water flow. There is good sense of depth and value as the tree has light value compared to the other tree behind it. It's not that highly detailed but can bee seen what is what. If more detail and time was put into this. Then would have looked much more better than what it looks now.

Final Drawing - Figure Drawing

The image is blue because of phone camera??. Anyway, this image has a great sense of depth and the shadows and highlights are visibly seen. None of the front part can be seen due to the vantage point so only partial of the arms are included. The shadings on this image are very good. The weight of the body is on the side as he is laying down. But the feet somehow show he is standing up so that is a little confusing. Maybe more shading could have been put into this to fix the confusion. However, the background shading are good because it help make the body stand out and shows that he is laying down and not floating. The muscle are very good and very well distinguished.

Final Drawing - Still Life

This is a good drawing of two bottles, a bowl, spoon, cork, and a cloth. There is a great sense of value as the background has most of the dark shade. The cork looks quite as if it is orphaned but in the sense of the implied line it kind of makes up for that and doesn't show much in the orphaned section. The bottle on the left is the focal point and the cork and plate are are of interest. The shading is very nicely done as you can see the cloth is seen through the first bottle because it is quite transparent. The composition is very good and the background is extremely dark which kind of make the bottles stand out, which is good. The light and dark value on the plate is good and the fact the body of the plate is shaded in a curve shape which gives of the effect that it is cylindrical.

Week 12 - Coloured Natural Landscapes

This is a 30 minute drawing of a bridge in Hebden Bridge (ohh the pun.) Anyway, This is a very nice coloured drawing. It is very rich in colour and the yellow bridge dominates from everything in this drawing. It was done in the rain so this quite helped the smudge and bring out more depth in the colour due to evaporation. The water however looks too green and the sky is just plain blue and could do with more. Other than that, is it very detailed and very good. There is a good mixture of colours on the bridge and ground, with yellow, brown and green.

Week 11 - Urban Interiors: Modern

This drawing took 30 minutes and this for some reason it looks blue, as it is taken from a mobile camera??? Moving on, this is a good drawing of a modern building as you can see the big curve going inward as where the entrances are. It is has quite good value although you it is hard to see the shades on the building. It has good foreshortening happening in the buildings at the back. Although the building are not complete. The shadow of  the building looks good. Although it can be a bit distracting from the the building.

Week 10 - Urban Interiors: Classical

This drawing took one hour. There is a great foreshortening of the inner and outer arcs and the huge wall that  is taken almost of the of the drawing. There is really good detail on the big wall and the pillar right in the middle. The composition is not bad but could be a little more better if the pillar was not right in the middle, but due to the complexity of foreshortening, it seems as though the composition is not does not really matter as much. However, it is properly shaded and has a nice sense of depth but it could do with more shading around the walls.

Week 9 - Non-Human Anatomy

This is a 15 minute drawing of an eagle and it can be seen that there is a good sense of tonal value as you can see from the wings of the bird is more dark than the bird itself to give the effect of the wings held tight toward it's body. The beak look very well drawn and the shades look good. As it the eagle had a lot of feathers, the constant scribbles can make out the illusion of what it has become. Good muscle structure of the neck and how the feather slopes downwards as it goes towards the body from the neck. It could have been great if the eagles feet could be fitted in but looks like there was no space.

This a an amazing drawing of the yak in terms of shade, structure and posture. The fur of the yak from the upper back grows upward and out and as you gradually come down the the side the fur grows downwards. This shows a good sense of interpretation and value as the hair looks rather dark from the yak's front. The legs could have done with more detail though. However, a really good drawing of the yak.

Week 8 - Anatomy & Muscle Movement

There are three poses in this sketch and shows the muscle movement in human anatomy. Each pose took around 15 minutes each. It starts from the right to the left and you can easily see the small subtle movement in the body in terms of the muscle and posture. However, the foreshortening in the shoulder and arm look ok. Although it could be a little more clearer. Maybe if there was some evident spinal shades, them maybe it could look more muscular and could see the indenting of the back as it looks rather plain. But in terms of posture this is a great piece. Although the hand could do with more work as it looks quite abnormal and it could also be the fact the hand is too lower down from the stomach as it looks like his hand is connected to his arms at his thighs. A little high and a little more diagonal towards shoulder could make it look more better.

Week 7 - Posture, Balance & Weight

This drawing above is really good, it has a good sense of depth and light. It shows the weight is being put on the stool, even though the stool is not really relevant in this sketch, but it has to be said that it is badly drawn. Moving on, The tonal values are great, it can be seen that it is very thought out as the muscles very visible and the shapes of the arms and legs look quite good. It can be seen most of the back and side part are the most lightest values because the source of light shining onto the model. and coming quite of a dark value as it gradually comes towards the stomach and groin area.

This is a fairly nice posture as the it can be seen the model is putting most of the weight on the left leg. The legs are drawn quite good in terms of shape and muscle tone. A nice foreshortening on the elbow there but could do with a little more work in terms of detail and shape. The fingers look rather "sausage-like" and could do with an improvement. however, the tonal values are quite good as the light source is mostly shone at the back of the anatomy and the the dark value on the front.

Week 6 - Basic Human Anatomy & Proportion

This sketch took about 40 minutes, using a 4B pencil. Good foreshortening on the arm as you can tell the arm is in front of the other and it looks smaller as it is further away and the proportion looks amazing the fact the body weight is pulled down by gravity and the curvy human tissue shows great depth and detail. The tonal values on the leg and body are nice and can easily been seen. However, the leg above looks quite thin or it could how it looks from the perspective point. It's quite hard to tell but a little more improvement on the leg could be done and the toes could be in more detail so u can see the foreshortening because without them small toes it would look like a flat side view foot.

Week 5 - Foreshortening & Complex Perspectives

There is good foreshortening in this angle, although it's not that complete. The detail could be a little more improved on and the there are no values visible on the skeleton. The chest of the skeleton looks rather small and slim and should look more robust. A lot more work is needed to put into this sketch.

This is really good sketch of the skeleton. A nice foreshortening on the arm that is pointing out although the hands could do with a bit more detail. The leg and foot has also a good foreshortening as the leg in the foreground is larger than the one in the background. Good detail on the ribs and also good in terms of size and shape. Head look right size for the body and over good piece.

Week 4 - Composition

This is a 15 minute drawing. This vantage point is good because of the the good composition, because it has an implied line going from the pepper through the rectangle object to the glass and lemon which is appealing to the eye. Also, there is a a good sense of light and dark value in this composition and also a sense of balance. Good detail has been put into this in terms of the highlights which are on the pepper and lemon as the light source is coming from the left.

It feels as though something is missing or maybe that it is too simple. Maybe a drapery would have helped with composition and complexion. The drawing is not complete because the rectangular object seems like it has been drawn from a different perspective. However, good tonal values and composition.

Week 3 - Light & Shade

Above, it can be seen; the source of light is casting from the far top right side which develops the shade in on front of the egg. The values of the dark and light shading are quite good and it can be seen that the light must be very far away for the shade to be much of a longer length. Although, the dark and light values are brilliant; somethings seems to be missing from the sketch, it could be the background is is not visible and that it would give much more of a lively look.

This is a 35 minute drawing of  a draped sheets drawn with 2B pencil which should have been done with a charcoal but charcoals make me cringe, literally. (hate the texture & noise of it). Anyway, the light source is shone from right and there are different values on the sheet. This drawing has a great sense of depth and for that reason it looks 3D on a 2D piece of paper. There are highlights on the drawing more on the right on where the light is shone and the mid tone towards the right side and the dark tone on the right and on the far right is the cast shadow.

Week 2 - Mass & Form

What you see here is a contour drawing; the composition of the objects is not that very pleasing as the vase is right in the middle of the composition. A better position could have been chosen rather than this dull, unappealing shown above, also the mouth of the jug on the left looks a bit like it has been looked at the wrong perspective. The difference between the two images are that the first one is only contour and second is with form.

The vase in the middle is the focal point clearly because it's right in the middle which should have been somewhere towards the left or the right however, the spherical object and jugs are the area of interests. What can also be seen is an implied line coming from the jug on the left, along the the spherical objects, just towards the small object on the right.

The outline is not that very great on the quadratic object and the spherical shapes are not that spherical. However, the shading looks quite OK.There's also a balance coming from the composition of these objects which is struck right from the middle of the drawing; as the vase and the glass objects are balancing each other out which should make it appealing to the eye. The values are not completed, the drapery that should have been there is not visible.