Introduction
A slightly more challenging opening to Module 4 than looked at the outset. It was very tempting to start a fully tonal drawing rather than a straightforward observation of only the most important informational details of the image, and of course some images were much easier to draw in this way than others.
I looked at: apple blossom, trees and tree roots, a goldfinch that stopped on the terrace and some odd fleshy fungus. Bar the fungus I made two drawing per subject.
Apple Blossom
The most straightforward and unchallenging of the drawings
Drawing 1
Drawing 2
Trees
Two images, very different from one another. One is an image of trees receeding into the background, the second some mossy roots of trees growing on the banks of the River Shimna in Tollymore forest Park.
Drawing 1
I found it useful to use a number of different pencils 5h for distant trees, F for middle distant and 2b for closer trees:
Drawing 2:
This was a real challenge as the image relied on tonal differences. I will probably revisit this in the next chapter to see if I can improve on it:
First of course the sleeping beagle - it has been freezing this week and the dog has got in front of the fire, irritating but lovely!
Birds
Last year a goldfinch stopped on the terrace outside my workroom window and started to pick the seeds out of dandelion flowers. It was a beautiful creature and I was able to get some photos. So - birds! A bit of a challenge and not something I've ever drawn before:
Drawing 1:
Drawing 2
Fungus:
This was a real challenge as the picture I worked from had so much shadow. Another image to revisit and work on further:
As with the trees earlier, I had to use various pencils to try and get some perspective on this image without going into tones.
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