Lesson 2: Summary

Lesson 2: Summary

Concepts:

1. Adding and subtracting volumes.
2. Allowing thicknesses and depths.
3. Using leading edges.

Observations:

• Working from the top down can be problematic. If you don't get the angles and proportions of the roof right, the rest of the building will not be right either.
• I'm still making the windows too big.
• It's hard to balance accuracy and spontaneity.  Drawing carefully slows you down and makes the lines look too stiff and stilted.
• My indoor drawings improved as I went and helped a lot when I did the outdoor drawings.
• The leading edges technique works with other subjects.

Questions:

• Should I return to the same location to finish the sketch (add watercolor)?

To-Do:

 Work bigger.

 Work faster.

 Try using erasable highlighter for set  up and layout.

 Measure basic vertical and horizontal distances and compare relative sizes.

 Find the midway points of basic shapes.

 Make angles steeper. Compare angles to clock.

 Draw windows smaller.

 Write in all caps.

Jim