Urbanscape

Urbanscape was the title of my second unit in my first year of art GCSE, which I am still in the middle of completing.

The unit allowed a range of man-made imagery, including buildings (skyscrapers and flats), construction (scafolding and cranes), graffiti, roads (signs, cones and road works) and textures.

After brainstorming ideas I began to experiment drawing buildings with different medias. This enabled me to draw using pen and coloured pencil; which I haven't done before.

As I was assigned this task I was daunted by what lay ahead, becuase by using pen I did not have the comfort of being able to rub something out.

-Although I usually enjoy and prefer to use watercolour to produce a piece of artwork, I discovered after painting Jumeria Beach Hotel that I was unable to add detail to the building.

This may have been because of my inability to keep a steady hand, however I believe the size of the painting also contributed towards this.

Due to my inefficient time management skills I was set the task of producing a drawing, using a media that I was not used to, within 20 minutes.

I set a timer on my phone and set off to create a drawing in purple pen using one of my secondary photos.

I was quite pleased with the result as I came under the realisation that I could generate a detailed, proportionate image in a short space of time.