Module 4 Chapters 1 & 2

I have put together chapters one and two because I found it easier to work on one drawing and carrying straight on to put the detail in.
I started with this drawing of a goldfinch which is in the book I am planning to alter.

I drew the bird and then I drew this broken fence which is also in the book but as I was at the art club at the time I didn't photocopy it in black and white.

I wasn't too happy with my pictures and I felt a bit constrained with the size of the drawing I was having to produce due to the squares.  So I drew larger squares on the next page.

This was better but then I found another picture of a goldfinch in my bird book.

I thought this was a clearer picture so I copied it and drew it, this time properly following the instructions in the course which was to just do an outline.

I was pleased with this and drew it again this time putting in all the shading.

Feeling more confident with the larger squares on the paper, I then went back to the fence.

This was my outline drawing, hope you can see it OK.

Then I went on to do the shading.  I have done all these seperately so I still have the original drawings to go back to.

I then got a bit over confident and tried to do a building.  I love buildings but have real difficulty with the perspective of them.  I chose this painting of a church.

Done on the smaller squares, this doesn't look quite right, I've got too much curve on the left wall and somehow the whole thing looks fatter but it doesn't take up anymore room on the grid than the original.

As I thought I could work better drawing larger, I did this again with larger squares but the result isn't any better, I had real trouble fitting it into the squares.  I might give up on buildings and stick to fences.

I thought I had better try out a flower as they may be included in my book.

I did this first attempt on smaller squares in the corner of a page.  I forgot the butterfly somehow otherwise it wasn't too bad.

This is a larger outline, again not too bad.

Not so pleased with this one.  I tried to do the background with hatching but it is a bit heavy for the picture.  Also, I haven't got the inward curve of the petals on the flower.  I tried using the rubber to create the white lines in the picture but it didn't really show up so I think that is where I lost my curve.

These drawings are quite good for me.  I have never considered my self as a person who can draw.  I am quite pleased with the goldfinch and the fence.  Interestingly these two were drawn sitting at a table at the art club and the others were drawn sitting on the settee at home, so maybe my position wasn't as good as it should be.