Drawing Week Two - Day One

On the Second Week of Drawing Week we were seperated into smaller groups, on the first day I was in the 'Observational Drawing' group. The first thing we did was visit one of the tutors exhibits (which was in the library), we were given around 40 minutes to create quick studies of aspects of the exhibit which we liked in our sketchbook, so that we would learn to be able to record information quickly and affectivly. Here is what I produced:

Next we produced a series of quick 3 minutes observational drawings of a series of objects in a room.

After lunch we were asked to create a detailed three hour observational study of an image that the tutors had attatched to the wall. This was a challenging afternoon, as we were told that we had to accuratly measure the distances between each aspect of the image using only a piece of wire. This was done by holding the wire horizontally in our hand whilst holding our arm completely straight. We also had to remain very still throughout the time drawing, trying to move as little as possible, because the slightest movement could jeopardize the entire images by altering the perspective.