Drawing Workshop with John (Workshop 5)

Today in John's workshop we decided to look at perspective in drawing and what we see. I was quite excited as this is something I am always exploring in the briefs in terms of design. Our brief for this task was to work with buildings and windows and find something that created some perspective that we could build up and add some 3D.

My Inspiration

Drawing

This task really did not come easy to me, I struggled a lot to try and get the perspective and I have never learnt this type of drawing before. I began to get really fed up with myself as I am not a natural drawer and have never been, I couldn't get the hang of it. There is so many elements that I got really caught up. I felt a lot more confident drawing the people but drawing buildings and any type of architecture just didn't work out for me. I felt like I started fine and then somewhere along the way got lost. However I did not give up and instead I went off to finish what I had started which leads me to my final piece...

Final Drawing

This is my final piece. I don't think this is an amazing piece but what I do feel strong and passionate about is the development and progress I have made considering the morning of the task I couldn't even draw. I am happy with how I have continued to work and not gave up but this is something that does not come naturally to me and won't be a focus in my practise.

Conclusion

I did not enjoy this task as this is one of my weaknesses as I am not a strong drawer however I do feel proud of myself for continuing and not giving up and finishing with something that has progressed better than it did from the start.

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