Landscape Drawimg

The Garden in Winter
1 hour 

This multimedia piece captures a traditional British wildlife garden in the middle of winter.
It depicts the hope and delight of the first snow fall of winter, although it is bleak and barren, emphasized by the smudging of the soft pencil. The way the source light is shining in between the trees and refracted in the snow shows the symbol of hope. This has been achieved by removing excess smudging using an eraser, this lights up the sky creating the effect of a snow storm. The man made objects appear flattened almost abstracted like a stage production. The minimal use of colour adds a subtle vibrancy.

Saltaire Abbey
1 hour

This is a soft pencil drawing of the church in the historical Victorian village of Saltaire. The drawing has simplistic shading which allows more focus on the lines and shapes of the architecture.The building is cylindrical in structure with the wedding cake like tiers captured by the royal Victorian architectures. The juxtaposition of the lamp post in the foreground gives the piece more depth and visual appeal, using asymmetric context. The eye is guided through the picture by the lines of perspective leading to the main entrance. The clouds in the background are undeveloped in shading and form which makes the sky look incomplete.  

The Urban Ghetto of Bradford University

2 hours

This is a multimedia drawing that captures an urban scene that has been abstracted with other man made objects in a university library. The shading and texturing uses smudging with soft and hard pencils, this gives the environment a dirty and uncomfortable atmosphere. To add the shading of wet and damp cement an eraser was used to create the slippery water refraction of the puddles. Pipes are implemented to add an industrial tone, the use of minimal colour on the pipes adds a subtle vibrancy that helps guide the eyes through the seedy alley. The shapes of the architecture are surreal which reinforces the nature of this compressed space.