Assignment 3: More Preparation

I haven’t blogged in so long I have almost forgotten how. Almost, but not quite.

.. as simplified from the following…

I changed my mind about the subject for assignment 3. I decided to save the “Lovers Entwined” for the next unit in the module to do with figurative work. Instead I noticed this chance view, and photographed it from a moving car, passing over Waterloo Bridge. I didn’t like the solid concrete balustrade of Waterloo Bridge, so I substituted it with the much more ornate one from Blackfriars Bridge.

The view has been compressed horizontally somewhat, due to this wide expanse not readily fitting into my square sketchbook. But I like the effect of focusing all of the interesting bits more closely together. The eye doesn’t need to wander too far to find something to rest upon. The view of Big Ben in the background, seen here clad in scaffolding, thus rendering it unrecognisable, is an indistinct grey. The London Eye is only slightly more detailed, being that bit closer to my point of view. The lamp posts on the left appear to march into view. They are enlarged from their true size as they are such a good feature. I think that I will make the one furthest away that bit smaller, in contrast to the nearest, in order to emphasise distance in the finished assignment piece.

I’m going to play around with simplifying this image a little further to see what joy I can get out of it before embarking upon the process of drawing a finished piece.