I started off a horizontal line at my ‘eye-line’ which happened to be the vanishing point of the path into the distant view. Once I drew the horizontal line I continued to lightly sketch the vertical and diagonal lines to find the perspective of the buildings with the stone path Read more…
Thinking about this exercise and townscapes I took the opportunity on a day out to Tate Modern to sketch from inside the Tanks looking out to the magnificent view. Initially, I made a couple of A4 sketches using 8B pencil and also one small A5 view from the café window Read more…
I have realised during this particular module that I am fine when out and about drawing people and to a lesser extent landscapes but drawing buildings of any kind is a challenge for me. I find it a struggle to get details such as the bricks and I walk around Read more…
John Virtue was the 6th associated artist in residence at the National Gallery, London from 2003-2005 due to his on-going pursuit of capturing landscapes, first in colour paintings and later through black and white mixed media. Virtue, as a resident of the Gallery painted the London skyline, he works in Read more…
I initially sat upstairs in my house and sketched the view from the window using watercolours and soft B pencil. I chose this because I can see a partial view of the distant fields and trees on the horizon and thought this was a good starting point for this exercise. Read more…