Composition

In today's session, we finalised a concept for a large scale drawing which was bigger than any of the other drawings we have done in the past. I chose to do a long line of the cubes that I was drawing before but in a bigger scale and on washed white paper instead of brown paper.

The first step for my big drawing was to create a wash for a background so that I could easily define lighter tones and to make it stand out from the rest. I chose the colour blue because I think it complements the tones in my piece and the fact its dark enough to differentiate light from medium tones but also light enough to also differentiate darker tones in the piece. The next step was to create some straight line outlines in pencil and charcoal sticks. I really like the precision of my lines in this piece, so much in fact that I think I'll incorporate them into the final outcome of the piece.

The next was to lay out the initial tones of the piece to establish the grounds which it will be built up on and to add layers to the piece. I feel the the overall look of the cubes is really interesting and I can't wait to build on it more. In an attempt to make the image pop I added a black outline around the sketch in charcoal to make the lighter tones pop out to the viewer. I think the outline adds a nice 3D effect and compliments the piece perfectly. I hope to add details and texture to the piece as it develops to make it look interesting up close. The idea behind this piece is to explore the almost simplistic tones of geometrical shapes and to try to make them more detailed but not to use loose that simplistic edge to them which I hope to achieve with the further detail I will add in the future.