Look, Think and Draw

I drew this bike from above and I found it quite challenging to get the shape of it right as you don't normally see a bike from this angle. On my first attempt (top) the back wheel isn't right but I feel I got the shape and proportions right in my second, less detailed sketch. 

I used a fine liner and a marker pen for this drawing of a tree to get a variation in weight of line. I used a scribbling technique on the leaves and plants a the bottom of the trunk to show the movement of the leaves in the wind; this contrasts with the more uniformed cross hatching used on the trunk to show its sturdiness and resistance against the breeze. 

I found drawing this statue multiple times really helpful as I became more familiar with the shape of it so drawing it came more naturally to me. These are my two best drawings of the statue from different angles - I feel they are successful because I have been confident with my lines and avoided a sketchy drawing technique. 

I feel these sketches of a man in the art gallery are successful because they were done very quickly as he didn't stay standing still for long enough for me to produce an elaborate drawing. I think the lines I have translated onto paper in this short time provide enough information about his features and position.

I drew this part of a model twice and I feel I have captured the facial expression better second time around when using pencil rather than an ink pen. I think my use of two colours is quite misleading and I think I should have only used the green on the gun so that it drew attention to it. 

I used a green metallic pencil for this drawing which I think shows the metallic texture of the armour well. I am really pleased with this drawing but to improve it I could have increased the contrast between the light and dark areas so the metal looked like it had a shinier surface. 

I don't feel these are my most successful drawings from this exercise but I wanted to show my experimentation with blind drawing. I am growing to really like this way of drawing as it makes you look at the object really intently and when you come to draw the object properly you are already familiar with its proportions. I feel I could have been more experimental with my media choices here and maybe used a darker, heavier line for some drawings to show the bulkiness of the guns. 

These three drawings are of a fossil at the Discovery Centre. I experimented with different media and techniques here and again, I became more familiar with the shape I was drawing the more times I drew it. I had to be confident with my use of line in my marker pen drawing and I could have added some more detail in the centre of the fossil to continue the spiral. 

This is an observational drawing of the mechanics of a typewriter. I had to look really carefully to do this drawing as it was quite difficult to keep track of all the components I needed to get down on paper. I think using another thickness of line or a bit of hatching on this drawing could have improved it by showing darker areas.