Drawn archways and canals. Yay. One point perspective and all that. It'd be better if I didn't consider myself somewhat highly mediocre in the environmental side of drawing - especially when it comes to things like perspective. I'm much more used to drawing people with gills and fins than trees and water.
The initial thumbnails really expressed my lack of consideration for scale, with the reference points being what can only be described as really, really wrong. However, the first final piece came out somewhat impressive for my standards - foliage detailing unmentioned in that of course. Unfortunately I think I attempted to add tonal qualities a bit to enthusiastically, causing darker shades which are unsuited to the time of day in which I was drawing. The second version of which I did turned out much better in my opinion - not as deep shadows but still noticeably toned. But the perspective is somewhat of a miss still. Damn my inability to see and produce perfect sketches.
Moving on to week two - the archway one point perspective - where
the horizon line is not necessarily visible. Funnily enough I found this easier to start with than the canal, perhaps because I'd had the experience of getting angry over not being able to do water and trees. The detailing on the brickwork was actually somewhat enjoyable to do, with suggesting the different types of stone being easier than expected to convey - however scale still being an overall issue in my drawings. The archway is too low down in comparison to the height of that area of wall, with the gated arch to the left of the piece being too narrow. Perhaps more tone and texture could have been added to the tree to the far left to even out the piece, as well as more in the road however I wanted to avoid the somewhat over crowded appearance I had in my first final piece of the canal.
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