I am taking a year long class from Elizabeth Barton and got some feedback on one of my sketches. The design is from a photo I took of Paris rooftops and chimney pots this past summer. For the assignment I sketched it out trying to shade in various values since this was basically supposed to be a value study. Before I even sent the sketch to Elizabeth I knew that the roof on the lower right was too strong. Why do we know something, but refuse (or are too dumb) to change it? I guess I was copying the photo too much. I have to remember that people don’t create the values in their city buildings to result in a great design in a photo without editing.
Elizabeth also pointed out that there is not much happening on the left side of the sketch. Boy I did not even see that. Again I was just drawing what I saw in the photo. So I had some work to do. She also suggested that cropping to just the interesting stuff might be better.
Here’s what I tried.
Sketch 1: Cropping to just the right side where most of the stuff is happening
Sketch 2: Cropping out the large dark roof top on the right and adding another chimney on the left.
Sketch 3: Adding a chimney on the left side and toning down the large dark roof top
Sketch 4: Same as 3, but moving the chimney on the left further to the left
Sketch 5: Cropping the right hand side of the original sketch, but toning down the roof
So the question is which is the strongest design? Which one would you make into a quilt? I think I know which one I am leaning toward, but your feedback would be helpful.
Thanks for reading.
Chris
Ok, that's a tough one, for me at least. I felt a surge of YES though when I saw the last one. I think the bottom right part adds so much interest to what otherwise would be a pretty stereotypical rooftop scene. It really draws my eye. But it could become a supporting element of interest depending on how you add color.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment. Someone else emailed me and picked #3 or #5.
ReplyDeleteChris
I like #5 personally.
ReplyDeleteI like #5. It has more going on in it.
ReplyDelete#5 would be my choice.
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