How did you use a limited colour palette to create a sense of depth? I didn't explore the use of a limited palette as such, I did use pen and ink wash to vary tone and get a sense of depth. I used a range of colour also, building tone to achieve a sense of depth.
A sense of depth can be achieved on simple white paper which would represent the lightest tone. Or any coloured background that represents just one tone - light, middle or dark - and by adding gradients of tone you can achieve a 3d effect.
Did your preliminary sketches give you enough information for your final pieces of work? I found that my sketches were helpful to decide what view to draw. To look and then sketch a preferred view would help me decide. At this point in time my preferred approach is to not overdo the preliminary sketches. I prefer to decide on my preferred viewpoint by eye, then do a very rough sketch without too much attention to detail basically to re-inforce my decision. At that point I may change the focus slightly, or not. Once I have decided on my viewpoint, I would take a photograph to capture the image as it looks there and then as I intend to draw it. Primarily to capture the light at that particular time. Then I would start the final drawing, initially in pencil, and continue as long as I can drawing from life. I would only refer to the photo if necessary to check over any detail or to remind myself of light and shadows at the time at which I did the drawing.
Would you approach this task differently another time? I think that left to my own devices, I would see a scene and decide by eye if I wanted to draw it. I would also take a photo so that I could use it to finish the drawing if necessary. I am too impatient for preliminary drawings though I do see it as a good discipline and all the artists we are looking at sketched prolifically in preparation for final works.
Have you got the scale of the buildings right? I think I managed to get the scale of the buildings reasonably correct. Its all relative to what is around the building so the perspective theories really helped.
Have you captured the colour and atmosphere in your studies. How did you do this? Much of what I have drawn in this part of the course lends itself to more impressionistic style of drawing . Trees, buildings, statues, everything. Apart from focusing on scale and perspective, the subjects (and I think every subject) lends itself to a looser style and using pen and ink and water soluble pencils - helped to create the impression of the subject once the scale and perspective had been sorted. I wasn't so keen on working out the perspective but I definitely do value its usefulness and once I had got everything in the right place I really enjoyed adding the depth, tone and colour without having to think about the accuracy of the drawing.
