The elements of Drawing

We learned how relate to other objects to create space in drawings on flat paper in the last class. Shading creates real dimensional of the object and also the space around the object. Viewer’s eyes get into believing the illusory dimensionality with pleasure of art even though they know that it is flat.

The title of this drawing I chose to describe the elements of drawing is “Perspective elevation, Poles Hall, near Andover, Hampshire.” The artist is T. W. Dawson (British, 1870). Drew by using pen and black ink.

This drawing is not only contour line drawing. The shadows are depicted by hatching and cross-hatching to create different values. It helps to show volume and depth of the house and depict its unique design. There are many ways of drawing cross-hatching to create tonal range. Also, the direction of hatching is important to create distinction. I can assume that the light hit from the left side of the object because the darkest area is the right side of the ground where the house meets.

In addition, there are relative size/scale technic. Compare to the front tree, the trees behind the house is smaller and foggy. That makes the trees behind the house more back.

There is foreground/ middleground / background technic to determine proximity the space. Also, overlapping is used trees and the house.

This is used the liner perspective. The horizon line is set in lower place of the paper, and two-point perspective technic is used. The vanishing points are somewhere in the trees. This helps to show the illusion of the space. I feel that the center of the house is close to viewer and stands out. And I feel like I’m standing in front of the house and looking up it. It leads me to think that the house is not small house. What I think from this house is that it is necessary to decide to use which value range for each shadows to create the overall of sense of space.