SketchBook

These are some sketches out of my sketchbook. The first sketch is my very first sketch of a 1 point perspective drawing and the second is my second one. The first one was done in the education annex on campus and the second at the campus library. For never intentionally doing a perspective sketch of the interior of a building, I was very proud of myself for how well that I did. The third sketch was a contour lines excersize, where I practiced quick undetailed outlines of people. I found it difficult to do this without wanting to constantly improve the people, or to not do so well at teh perportions of their legs (hence why some have no bottom halves). The fourth sketch was done in order to practice sketching the negative space in order to form an object. The fifth sketch is actually a layout of my friends apartment (which I was staying in at the time) on a napkin. Being a designer, sometimes knowing how to draw on a napkin effectively can come in handy. This was my first layout and perspective drawn freehand. I found the perspective and scaling hard to do at this time, but have improved since. The sixth sketch was done as a shade and shadow excersize in order to see how light effects an object and the shadows casted. I had a hard time with finding a good stairway that wasn't too shaded and not too overcast, however I feel confident that I know understand the concept. Sketch number seven was a 5 perspective view sketch of a chair which I chose a chair in the classroom that I found the material interesting on. This came easy to me, as I have sketched little peices of furniture around my house for years. Number eight was a watercolor and contour line still life, which was intended to be a quick study. I felt confident in this as I am more confident with paints than ink. Sketches nine and ten were done of the same area on campus in order to show two different media of the same shade and shadow. I feel that I look more confident in the graphite, however when doing these sketches I actually had a harder time with the graphite as I felt that I was smearing it too much. Sketch number eleven was a 1 pt perspective of an exterior building which required color for emphasis. This made this sketch extremely hard for me (and probably my least liked sketch in my opinion) because I am not confident in colored pencils and cannot quite figure out how to utilize them effectively. This is a goal of mine to work on in the near future. Number twelve is an interior 2 pt perspective of my living room. Before this sketch I didn't exactly know what a two point perspective was. However, it didn't seem too challenging as I understood the concept and utilized the skills learned beforehand. The final sketch was an exterior two point perspective of the education annex on campus (the interior is sketch number 1) and though my shading is a little dull, I am confident and proud of this sketch.
With these sketches and the process of growing and learning througout it, I feel that I highly strengthened my skills and hand weight on lines. I do think that I can improve in my shading style and comparing sketch 9 and 13 can show the range that I tend to use along with my "scratch" like style. My sketch journey was a fairly fun process and easy for me due to my familiarity with sketching in the past, however I do think that I improved tremendously still and that I can continue improving and practicing this skill.