Environmental Storytelling: Result

Throughout this brief I wanted to challenge myself to improve my drawing skills and more importantly, the time it takes me to create images of a good quality, as I feel that I take too long when drawing accurate images. I feel that I have managed to do this quite successfully within these past few weeks and I am pleased with the outcomes (okay some more than others).

Water colour

Biro

Coloured  Pencil

Fine liner

Chalk

The first place I visited was Newmillerdam, as I was familiar with this place. I took a selection of media with me including water colours, coloured pencil, chalk, Biro and fine liner. I found it quite easy to draw in this area and I managed to find some good areas to draw from. Having this, I do feel that some of my drawings could be improved upon. In particular, I feel that my chalk and fine liner drawings could use a lot of improvement, as they were quite rushed and I know that I can do a lot better with these materials. Out of all the media I used whilst there I think that my Biro drawing is the strongest, as it contains a lot of tone and I feel that there is a good sense of depth within the image.

Biro on Envelope

Water colour and fine liner

Fine liner

Coloured pencil on Brown Paper

Fine liner

I then decided to go to The Wakefield Cathedral, as this was another area that was close. Again I took materials such as Biro, water colours, coloured pencil and fine liner. Also, before going to the location I decided to prep a couple of pages that were made of different types of paper. I wanted to see how the materials would work together and what textures this would create. Whilst I was here |I felt very uncomfortable, as there were a lot of people around and I couldn't find any places to set up that meant I could sit there for a while and it made me feel rushed. I feel that these 5 images are the weakest of the collection that I did and I feel that I would benefit greatly from practicing drawing buildings and also from drawing in more crowded public places. In addition to that I feel that I should also try and limit myself to a certain amount time for drawings in order to become quicker at drawing. Although I feel that these are my weakest images I feel that the coloured pencil is quite well done and I am pleased with the tones I managed to achieve with only two colours.

Biro and Tissue Paper

Water colour and Fine liner with Brown Paper

Fine Liner on Brown Paper

Fine Liner

Pencil

Finally, I visited Rivington Terraced Gardens. Here I continued to use the materials I had used before but I wanted to focus mainly on the most successful ones and see if I could develop them further by combing them and trying to create more detailed images. I found that this drawing session went a lot better than the one at The Cathedral and I felt a lot more confident and comfortable. I feel that this is my strongest collection out of the 3 and I feel that there is a slight improvement in my line work and my work with the fine liner. Having said this I don't feel that the fine liner on the brown paper worked very and I found that the water was just soaked up by the paper rather than dispersing the ink how I would have liked it to. Maybe Biro would be better on this material? (hmmm). My strongest piece has to be the water colour with fine liner and brown paper, as I feel that it has the most depth out of the 5.

Overall, I feel that I did well and produced some nice outcomes. Having said this, I feel that I need to work on drawing buildings and I also feel that I need to work on creating depth within my imges to make them appear less 2D.