Architecture. Urban Landscape (field trip 2)

    The last work for this term was to produce four preparatory sketches on location and develop one final piece of the Guildhall. The time spent there was most to find a view and room to sit and draw

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. I was mostly on the upper floor of the house in the library zone but I did make sure to explore the outside and the main hall too. The bookshelves are what I am most attracted to in that place. It has decent lighting from the window with natural light coming in and a candle chandelier so it's a perfect piece I chose to use for my final piece.

Process

I decide to use charcoal for this piece to change up the pace after using so much pencil. Because of its value and how dark it is to apply. I think it was a neat choice and it made me a lot more confident to map out the darkest shade to the lightest.

The only problem with charcoal I have was that the powder flies everywhere... and it smudges a lot without me intending it to.

Final Piece

Tool used: 2B pencil, Charcoal stick and putty eraser on A3

I would say I really like the value of this piece and it clearly shows the darkest part of the wood. I leave out the lights from the window to be the whitest/not shades and leave out some space on the bookshelf to indicate the light reflecting on the window of the shelf. The part where the light did not reach the shelf is all black to create depth. I couldn't execute it as how I thought it would be but on the bright side. It looks good when look from far away.