Week 3 - Composition

During this week we concentrated on composition in landscapes. Firstly several quick sketches were made of the area around the student Central building at the university. Each sketch was completed in 30 seconds and the best one was chosen to draw in a large scale on A3 paper. There were some reasons why the fourth sketch was chosen including there was good composition in the drawing, the light on the leaves was good and the rule of thirds was well used in the sketch.

The location of the trees is at the top of the amphitheatre at the university. The trees are on a hill so that is why in the drawing the line is curved in the background. When looking at the drawing you eyes firstly go to the tree with the large tree trunk as it is in the rule of thirds and it is the main feature of the drawing. There is an implied line which goes from the tree trunk up to the leaves, along them to the left and down along the tree in the background. This is the direction your eyes go when looking at the drawing. The leaves on the trees were different to the other trees in the area so a different technique was used to draw them. I used a continuous line to draw them as the leaves had more points on them and they were straight and long compared to round leaved trees. There is also some hints of light that comes through the trees and onto leaves from the left so that is why some of the leaves appear to be lighter that some other parts.