For this session with Brian it was time to begin a tapestry for the new building, the main visual for this piece is the Old post office where we will be relocating to in the new year. To create this piece of art Brian had divided the image of the post office up into equal squares, e.g. One per person. We needed to render the section which we have been allocated and create a piece of art which focuses on what Brian has taught us in previous sessions.
First off we needed to discuss what common traits will be used in order to allow for the sections to work together, we came to an agreement that the colour would either be similar to those of the actual post office or monochrome, the lighting would be coming from the top left hand corner, this would help all the tonal variation and shadows be within the same lighting angle, we chose to also keep the drawings one thickness of line, this would then be worked into in the next session so we can create a similar effect on each square.
SCIOGRAPHY IN ARCHITECTURE
Because architecture can have a range of depth depending on if the wall is sticking out or recessed the use of sciography is very effective. Sciography is the science of perspective it shows the projection of shadows or helps describe an objects in perspective with the use of light and shade. This is used very often in architectural drawings and it helps define the shadows cast by the architecture itself. Usually the light source is imagined to be so the sun is inclined at 45 degrees to the vertical and horizontal plane.
To allow for the use of Sciography in this tapestry to be accurate throughout each square this will be added in the second session once we can see all the pieces together.
The form of the shadow depends on:
- The position of the shade line
- The position of the observer
- The direction of light (top left hand corner)
- The form of the surface on which the shadow falls. Shadows are parallel to the line making the shadow when the line is parallel to the plane receiving the shadow.
Because I wanted to have a visual idea of how Sciography looks in everyday life I made a Pinterest Board with some images which I found helpful when it came to understanding the way light creates shadows and also to get an idea of how we would incorporate this into the final tapestry. To view this click HERE.
To begin my section of the tapestry I started with a fine liner to get the initial outline of the building, this then gave me the area in which I needed to render, because I wanted to use my Markers to add colour to this I worked on layout paper as this is a very absorbent material and helps give the markers their full effect. I needed to work in a colour palette of natural beige and browns as this resembles the architecture.
Keeping in mind everything Ive done previous to this session, for example the use of perspective, scale, light/shade, form, different textures and use of different materials, I also need to keep working in a similar style to my previous work so Im still showing the development of my style.
Once I had got a full base colour it was time to work into it adding depth and tone, this helped show the detail and gave the section more of a resemblance. To finish it off after I had built up the colour I worked onto with a selection of fine liners, using a range of 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 0.8 and then also a thick black marker. Using the fine liners I added in the small detail and more tone by using a hatching/expressive technique.
Peta-Louise Krog 