Exercise - 360 studies

Following sketches done from a photographs taken whilst walking the dog along the river Medway. Particular spot chosen was just along from the Leigh flood barrier, where I could see an arched railway  bridge across the Medway and close by and a boating lake. All the sketches below done with in the 25 minute time frame suggested in the exercise brief.

Given the time I have kept the sketches loose focusing on one object in each of the sketches but making sure  I varied the tone throughout the sketch to help add interest and help the composition.


1. View across the Medway to a tree on the opposite bank. Not entirely happy with the reflection of the tree in the river  though this and the marks I have made help the viewer to read the bottom half of the drawing as water.

2.  View down river from, focusing here on the arches of the railway bridge.

3. View upstream, focus here silver birch on the edge of the river bank. Main shapes initially rendered in charcoal and then redrawn in pencil.

4. View across the boating lake, focus here are the boats and their masts surrounding the club house. More detail in this drawing but I think in lacks the tonal impact of the other sketches.

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