For this exercise I chose the word ‘workshop’ to focus on. I emptied a tool bag and placed the items out on the table – I didn’t want it to look too organised. I overlapped items and place things at different angles.

I took multiple photographs and made sketches based on the composition. I made a viewfinder using paper and placed it on both the composition and also on the sketches I had already created. I then made some more sketches based on the areas I had focused on.

After making these sketches I moved into Procreate and made line art based off the viewfinder sketches. I did two of these, the first one I chose was the one with the wrench. I like this image because it is clear what the wrench is even if the other tools seem more abstract. The lines on the inside of the wrench indicate more dimension which makes it effective and you can clearly read what the aspect of the drawing is. The other objects are more abstract in comparison – the handles of the pliers and the spirit level aren’t as easily readable.

 

 

I did another line drawing after this one – I chose to do this one because I wanted to see how the different shapes would look as flat lines. It’s definitely mad for a more abstract drawing and appears less technical than the previous.

If I was to do this exercise again I would definitely experiment with more viewpoints and try to better depict the angles I was looking from. Now as I write this up and I am looking back over these drawings/photographs I think that I should have done some sketches based on different angles. It would be interesting to play with perspective a lot more. Even in the sketches I made that were at an angle they look very flat and as though they aren’t at an angle at all.