This wasn't an assignment. I made it from a photo I took through the shade in front of one of our ranchsliders. I liked the effect of how the shade flattened, softened, and greyed things down.
In the photo, the tree on the left was closer to the two on the right. I didn't quite judge that right in the drawing.
I made the drawing with charcoal and coloured pencil.
Completely agree Chris that we often need to change the image to make a better composition. Love the comment from your artist friend, that’s so true
Thanks, Louise.
When I first started drawing and painting, an experienced artist said to me something like, “You’ll never look at the world the same again”. 😊
It wasn’t so much that I was trying to record exactly what was in the photo. It was more that I thought the composition was more balanced with a bit less space/background between the tree on the left and the ones on the right.
A nice atmospheric drawing Chris. I think it’s so interesting that once we’ve started drawing and painting we’re much more visually aware of other things we want to paint. Don’t worry about having to record what was there exactly. It’s more about making an interesting image – that’s your artistic licence!