For this exercise I was asked to make quick sketches in each room in my house. I live in a very small 400 year old thatched cottage that has lots of wonky low beams, it is a very higgledy piggeldy cottage where no door frames or windows or even walls are straight. I love my cottage and feel like it is a real piece of art in itself so I thoroughly enjoyed this exercise. 

For my first two drawings I drew my sitting room. I worked a3 size and I used charcoal. However I found using charcoal very messy and I kept leaning on my work and smudging it.

I decided for my next drawings I would work in ink using a sharp stick. I also decided to collage some scraps of brown paper down on the paper before hand to try to take away from the bright white backgrounds. After my first drawing using ink I decided to add water using a paintbrush to my work, just to try to add more tone and texture to my work. On most of my drawings this worked well however on a couple of my drawings I added too much water and my ink smudged too much. On these drawings I worked on top of my smudged areas with biro, to try to replace the texture I lost. I felt this worked as it gave another dimension to my drawings. 

I think the main problems I had with my drawings was getting all the angles right. Because I tended to focus on the corners of the rooms the furniture tended to be positioned in opposing angles. As I was drawing quickly I noticed at the end of my drawings where I had gone wrong with angles. I think really in future the best way to ensure my angles and proportions are correct is to work slower and to take more care figuring out exact placements and proportions. 

That being said I really enjoyed the quick speed in which I worked, I enjoyed the looseness of my work and their expressive nature.