Draw an outdoor scene of your choice. Try to find a view that has some demonstrable depth to it. Spend anything up to two hours on this final drawing. I tried different ideas before I found the one I wanted.
I decided to pick one of my photos from Dalmatian Coast with steep stairs running down to the sea. My first sketches made with different media, charcoal, pen and HB-2B pencil.
For a final piece I decided to use 2B-4B pencils and coloured pencils.
Demonstration of technical and visual skills: I think I chose a really interesting and strong composition, these stairs really work well to give this drawing a sense of depth. I also assume my observation skills seem to be improved since I started. However, I struggled a lot with this part of the unit, especially the landscape bit. I’m still using traditional medium, a bit slow to try new things but I’m working on it.
Quality of outcome: I played by the rules finishing this drawing just under two hours as was advised but – probably I should have done some more preliminary work – I couldn’t get some of the details and colours how I wanted originally. Also I need to put more notes about my challenges, thoughts and ideas, I know..
Demonstration of creativity: More experiments and introducing more techniques and practising, practising and practising.
Context reflection: I love research. I love to discover, to try out, to be amazed. I do not really like to write about it though, that part needs to be improved because it is noticeably inspiring and helpful to make my critical thinking better.
LaraDraw 