Observational Drawing - Look, Think, Draw (Visual Language)

Look, Think, Draw

We where asked to walk around leeds and draw a range of things from observation.

When reflecting back on these two drawings, I can tell I wasn't looking at my subject enough and was creating to much of it from my imagination.

I'm quite happy with how i captured this glass building. I looked more at the object than at my page when drawing this. I tried to represent the ground with quick gestural movements. I found working with quick movements helped me understand it.

When trying to achieve well constructed 3D drawings of buildings I found it easier to focus in on individual sections. I found it difficult to include every detail, so I only drew the obvious lines and shapes.

Im please with this roof top drawing and how I tackled the perspective and the hand movements I used to represent the leaves on the tree. Although I think this drawing could have been worked into with more texture.

I like this idea to draw from my own perspective looking down at my legs whilst drawing. Im pleased with the proportions and the lines used for the creases in my trousers.

I enjoyed drawing people from observation. It helped me realise proportions of the human body and how clothes hang over people. I tried to used quick gestural and bold lines. Observing them thoroughly helped me to get the shapes right.

I found it difficult to get the perspective of the benches right and make them look as if as they are getting further away.

These are observational drawings of my bed room. I spent more time on these and tried to include as much detail as possible. I used more delicate and soft lines in this drawing and worked in a more controlled way, which achieved more accurate and detailed drawings, but i felt they had less character.