For this project I was asked to review my preparatory work from project 2 and select those that have elements that I would like to include in a larger drawing. 

There were two aspects to the work that I completed in project two that I would like to bring forward into this exercise. The first being the sketchbook walk, even though I wasn’t especially pleased with my drawings, I did very much value the concept of drawing from different angles or places in the one space. Therefore for this exercise rather than use those original drawings I decided I would do another sketchbook walk.

The other aspect of the work I created in project two that I thought was successful was my 360 drawings in my Aunts garden. Even though these drawings were quick  and sometimes unrefined I liked working with biro and a light wash of watercolour on top, I therefore would like to try to develop this idea further and use these techniques again. 

This time I walked along the River Thames in Caversham, this is a walk I take regularly so I am very familiar with its views. 

Before I decided on what to draw I decided to take lots of photographs just so I could really accustom myself with composition ideas. (These photographs were only taken on my very old iPhone, so are not of a good quality, but they still served the purpose of getting me to really look at the views around me).
Below are my photographs: 

My next stage was to complete some drawings, I used a4 cartridge paper and worked with a biro, this time I tried hard to be as accurate as possible. I tried to show texture with mark making and cross hatching and I tried to show light on this bright sunny day. 

Below are my drawings: 

I then needed to think of a final composition so I went out the next day to find an area that I found interesting. I had so far enjoyed my work on trees and I enjoyed using the park bench as a focal point in my sketchbook walk. I found an area that I found interesting with a background framed by trees and a fence, with a park bench being a focal point. It was a partly cloudy March day with lols of light and shadows being created. 
Below is my drawing for my final composition. 

My next stage was to think further about the media I wanted to use and the techniques I wanted to use for my final piece, so I experimented with some different techniques and media in the trees bel ow: 

In my opinion the most successful tree was the mixture of all 3 media’s: biro, Charcoal and Watercolour wash. 

When starting my final landscape drawing, I decided to work on a2 paper. For some reason I have struggled with drawing on a larger scale and I know the only way to combat this is to practice. 

Instead of going back to Caversham to draw from life, I decided to use my drawings to help inform me for my final piece, I worked in biro first and filled in the main focal points, the park bench, the fence and the trees.

I then worked into my drawing using charcoal and a wash of water colour, I used my sketchbook walk photographs in order to help inform me for colour, texture and tone.

My clouds were informed by my cloud drawings from part two, just like in some of my experiments I used a light watery wash of black Watercolour to hint at the partial cloudy day. 

Below is my final piece:

One of the things I noticed whilst working was my a2 paper quality was not as good as my sketchbook cartridge paper, and for that reason my watercolour wash didn’t look as effective as it did on my smaller drawings. Next time I work on a larger scale I will need to buy some better quality paper. 

I also found filling such a huge space very difficult, I found working to scale difficult and I felt that any mistakes I made in accuracy or proportion were magnified. I made a small mistake on the bench but in trying to fix it I seemed to make it worse and worse, in the end it was best just to leave it before I made it even worse. 

I am pleased that I attempted to work on a large scale as I do think the more I practice the better I will become, however I do t feel I am not quite there yet.