The medieval archway that leads to the courtyard by St Mary's church is a beautiful area with its small cobblestone street and old brick walls - I was really looking forward to drawing it actually.
Until we discovered that due to repairs being needed for the church's spire, the archway itself was blocked by metal fences and large orange road blocks. The same was for the other side of the archway, in fact you couldn't even get close!
So, not ideal for exploring different angles and distances since we had a very small area to work with.. yet we sketched.
I quite enjoyed this (despite the lousy weather) and towards the end of the week I had drawn the archway so many times I could now sketch it accurately from memory.
In terms of the final piece, it all seems to be rather dark. I'd taken on board notes from my canal drawing and tried to emphasise the darker areas more. Unfortunately I feel as if it all seems to blend together - the walls in the foreground and background, the hedges and the trees.. it's difficult to tell them apart without giving them a black solid outline (which, of course, would be silly.. unless the archway was from Borderlands).
I also tried to shade in and add depth to the sky which proved to be tricky because it can make the whole image look dark and gloomy.. it also meant that the trees don't 'pop out' as much as I'd have liked.
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| My final Archway piece |
Either way I feel I've made progress since our drawings from last week, and I'd be happy to move on from this archway!
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