Following on from exercise two I now have a clear idea of the basic elements of the drawing I intend to create in this exercise. 

I decided to focus in on the corner of my kitchen where my microwave is, as I find this corner interesting because it is so busy. I decided to sit on the floor and look up for my drawing as I really liked the angles it created. 

I decided to work a2 size and I drew out my composition using black biro as I like the thin, strong line biro can create. However biro does come with its own difficulties as mistakes can not be erased. In order to map out my composition I started by using light marks from my biro so mistakes could easily be covered.

I tried to use all of the paper space, however I again found working on such a large scale quite a challenge. Below is an image of my line drawing.

My next stage was to start to add tone and texture. I continued to use my black biro and I didn’t find this too difficult as there is a big variety of texture in this corner of my kitchen. Below is an image of my work so far. 

I then added more texture with my blue biro, I felt this added a bit more depth to my drawing.

I decided to use charcoal to show light and shadow. I tried to look carefully at how the light fell across my kitchen corner. I half closed my eyes to help me see the broad tonal areas and map them onto my drawing.  However I am not pleased with the result. I think I captured the light in the correct places however using charcoal didn’t seem to be effective.

I tried to work into this further to improve my shadow work by using biro and Indian ink. I think I improved it marginally however I also think I would have been better off just sticking to biro for the entire drawing.