So this is the first page of my sketch book for when we were doing our observational drawings. After finishing the week, and discovering what the drawing's purpose will actually be its become obvious that the shading of the drawings is completely unnecessary and in this case time wasted.
Throughout the week we also experimented with the idea of single line drawings attempting to create what we saw without taking the line off the page. The effect proved very efficient and personally helped me speed up my drawings, removing the sketchy effect and in a way making me avoid perfecting and overworking what I saw.
We also created a number of drawings using our opposite hand which, has its difficulties. Just holding the pen or pencil in the wrong hand felt weird and when attempting to recreate what we saw onto paper wasn't easy. Personally I don't like using the wrong hand however once again the simplicity of the drawings created, helped with my speed and overworking.
After finishing the week and having started getting used to these simple line drawings one thing I have noticed is that my accuracy and in a way my confidence when drawing in this way has improved. I also think the experience, being able to go around Chesterfield and draw what we choose was to an extent fun and the freedom to do so I really enjoyed.
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