Week 4 - Handling Complex Info (Chesham B Roof)

Handling Complex Info - Chesham B Roof, One

This is a quick 5-minute drawing using a black conte crayon. In this drawing I was able to pick out the really dark shaded areas of this image using the crayon and to create the high lighted areas I either left the space blank or went over it very lightly with the crayon.

The rain really helps bring out the tonal shades within this drawing and makes the shaded areas very solid and black making this impressionistic drawing very dark and dull depicting the image of Bradford perfectly.

The focal points within this drawing are the tall towers that over shadow the buildings and hills of Bradford. The main focal point would be the very large tower, which sits towards the left hand side of the drawing.  There is also an implied line, which takes your eye from the top left hand corner straight across to the bottom right making this a very pleasing and impressionistic drawing.

Handling Complex Info - Chesham B Roof, Two

This is another drawing using a black conte crayon from a different perspective view. The main focal point of this drawing is the hill tops where the sun is shining down on them creating great highlights which really stand out from the rest of the dark shaded image.

There is a great contrast of tonal values within this drawing, which depict a very dark, gloomy day. The dark clouds reflect back down onto the hills and where there is a break in the sky the sun is able to shine down creating great highlighted areas. The tower within this drawing stops this drawing from looking very flat and adds a bit of interest to the image because it is set much higher than the tops of the hills making it break out into the sky.

Handling Complex Info - Chesham B Roof, Three

This is another quick 5-minute drawing using a conte crayon from a different perspective view. The eye is immediately drawn to the darkest parts of this drawing, which consist of the blurriness of the trees and buildings as these have been created in an impressionistic way and the edge of the building that creeps out into the rest of the image. These two complement each other because they give a balance from one side of the drawing to the other.

There is also an implied line, which sits just above the horizon line where the top of the building and the top of the tall tower in the distance meet. These two building sit at the same height which is pleasing to the eye because it makes you constantly keep looking from one building to the other.