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Cecilia - 516830
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Drawing 1



Research for Assignment Three
Ian Murphy, Great Britain, 1963 For the assignment I looked at the work of several artists who depict derelict structures and the work of...


Townscape: Statues
I was to look for statues that interest me and as I very often look for beauty in unusual subjects I immediately thought of a place where...


Townscape: A limited Palette Study
For this exercise I was to select a drawing from my previous sketches of London to develop in colour, and from them and my photos of...


Townscapes: Study of a townscape using line
I decided to draw part of the main street of my local town, Fleet, and one particular section which is very distinctive and interesting;...


Townscape: Sketchbook of townscapes drawing
For this one I decided to focus on the beauty around Trafalgar Square in London, and during my second trip to the National Gallery I took...


Research: John Virtue - the urban environment
John Virtue’s Landscapes of London at the National Gallery are almost abstract but also figurative, with a lot of expression and drama,...


Perspective: Aerial or atmospheric perspective
I did several sketches for the exercise and chose a view from a first floor front window of my house because it has colourful and...


Perspective: Angular Perspective
For this exercise I was to make a line drawing of one or several buildings seen corner-on, or of a group of books arranged corner-on on a...


Perspective: Parallel perspective - an interior view
My first instinct, rightly or wrongly, is to try to draw what I see in front of me rather that applying theories, though always with a...


Composition: Foreground, middle ground, background
For this exercise I was asked to choose a sketch or a photograph and establish the foreground, middle ground and background in my drawing....
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