Thursday, 30 May 2013

360 degree studies


Using my viewfinder I selected four viewpoints at a local farm for quick sketches, with me standing in a central location and turning approx. 90 degrees each time to find a different focal point at north, south, east and west.  The sketches took me longer than 15 minutes each I recall.  I chose the farm as it is a large area with different focal points at every turn including trees, fences, barns, animals.
I worked with a mix of charcoal, charcoal pencil and conté crayon.



I feel with the above image I happened to get a feeling of depth.  The chicken in the middle moved off quickly so is not a very accurate depiction.







This image above is the one I decided to use in the future exercise  - Plotting space through composition and structure.