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Sunday, January 22, 2017

General drawing: Scenery

The next thing I decided to draw was a shot of the space needle including the background. Again, I couldn't forget any elements I've learned about with previous posts. The main components of the shot were the space needle, the body of water right next to it, and then the hills and clouds in the background. Lighting and shading was especially important with the clouds, as they were the most three dimensional parts of the shot. Another important part of the drawing was what angle you wanted the viewer to see from. "Composing a scene means evaluating it from different viewpoints in order to understand it in various aspects and represent it in the most appropriate and satisfying way" (Civardi 270). I studied various shots of the space needle before finally deciding what angle to draw the shot from. I chose to shoot an angle where there was more natural background, with the Puget Sound and the hills, compared to must angles which showed a big portion of the city with the skyscrapers, roads and activity. Drawing bodies of water can also be a tricky task. There are many ways to draw water; in the form of waves, flowing down a creek, in a still body reflecting the image of something, etc (Civardi 288). I chose to draw a body of still water, as it was the most fitting for the scene. Paying attention to these elements and more resulted in this picture.

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The final result came out looking much simpler. This drawing took one of the shortest times to draw even though I had to draw a full picture and had to account for several parts. The lack of color makes it hard to discern the body of water from the hill, since from a distance both are sketched similarly. Overall, the picture came out looking good.

A question I have for you guys is how do you deal with activities that require multiple components to be done in order to be successful?

Giovanni, Civardi. Drawing, A Completle Guide. N.p.: Search, 2006.

4 comments:

  1. Nice post! I would deal with these activities by first sorting out which ones work together and the placement of the different components. By doing this it is easier to see where everything should be placed in the bigger picture. Another way you could go about this is by doing a rough sketch first to play with where you want everything and what looks the best then scale it up to full size from there.

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    1. Hey Katie!
      I find that when it comes to complex tasks, I too try to break things up by importance and prioritize what needs to be done first and what can be done later. I also started with a simple sketch to act as a good starting point, and then began to add detail from there. This was very important when it came to drawing pictures like this one. Thanks for the comment!

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  2. As I finished reading the post, it was great to see how you made the question cover such a broad topic as it applies to basically everybody. To answer the question, for me, it's actually not that hard for me to do tasks that call for multiple separate components to be completed. I usually imagine the final finished product which I am aiming for then, I split the tasks up dependent on difficulty. I chose to do the easier tasks first, and then proceed with the tasks that are harder and are more time consuming.

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    1. Hey Jaipal!
      Although i tend to break things up into smaller, separate parts, I tend to try to get the tougher tasks out of the way so I don't have to worry about them later. It's interesting to see how similar, yet different the ways we tackle a problem are. Thanks for the comment!

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