Environmental Storytelling: Improvements

Reflecting upon initial drawings that I completed for this task, I thought that some of the drawings would benefit from a few minor improvements. So I picked out the ones I felt were the weakest from the collection and attempted to improve them without changing them too much.

I started off with the image I had created with chalk, as I felt that this was the drawing that needed the most improvement, as there wasn't much definition between the different colours and it was unclear as to what was what in the image and I wasn't happy with that. In order to try resolve this issue, I went over the brown that was used to mark out the trees within the setting and I also went over the greens within the image too. Although I didn't actually change much within the image, I feel that these small improvements help to make this image work a lot better than it did previously because it adds definition to certain aspects of the drawing. 

For this image I wanted to improve it somehow but I wasn't sure what I could do with it exactly, as I had learnt that the ink didn't run like it did on normal paper when I was creating the image. This didn't leave me with much of a choice really and I decided in the end to go over some of the lines and add a bit of cross hatch detail to make the closer side of the stairs stand out more. I couldn't really see what else I could do to the drawing to improve so I left it at this. I feel that the cross hatching adds a little more to the drawing and makes it a little neater than it was before.

I had the same problem with this image. I didn't want to detract from the fact that this was a very quick response that I did in a few minutes whilst stood outside the building, but the image was extremely messy and it was difficult to see what the drawing was actually of. After thinking about it, I decided to simply go over the outlines of the drawing to make them clear again. Although it's not much it does make the image clearer but it is obvious that this is one of the weaker drawings within my sequence.

For this image I wanted to create more detail in the tree and the wall of the steps and to neaten up the overall image. I feel that I have done a good job at doing this and I really like the shading I have achieved in the tree branch with simple cross hatch and water over ink. I feel that it makes the drawing slightly more dramatic in terms of tone and contrast, which makes the drawing more successful. 

Because of the texture of the page I had drawn this image on it was really difficult to do much with it, as the pencil picked up every little bit of texture on the page. So I simply darkened the colours within the image and I feel that it has worked to make the drawing more obvious and it's also added a little more depth to the drawing. I also feel that I have managed to somewhat capture the movement of the water through my pencil strokes. 

For the final drawing I had chosen I wanted to create more depth within the drawing and add more tones too. Again, I used simple cross hatch and water, which made the ink bleed. In particular I think it has worked really well in the tree branches in the foreground. I feel that I have managed to create a lot of tone and contrast within that small section of the drawing, which in turn makes this image more successful.