The task for the Christmas break was to make sketches of architecture. Because I went home for holidays, I decided to sketch my hometown, Banska Bystrica. We were supposed to show the contrast in the architectural style and my hometown is perfect for this. It has a beautiful historical centre which is contrasting to communistic buildings from the last century.
The beginning was very difficult for me because I didn't have enough experience of architecture sketching and it was very cold in Slovakia (around -5°C) so my hand was frozen. Anyway, I managed to sketch different buildings or details of them into my sketchbook and I am satisfied to see the progress of my skills in architecture drawing.
We were allowed to use only 2 different colours so I used black and blue, mainly because I like working with blue colour and I have many different black media, but those colours also remind me of the cold in Slovakia. I wanted to use more of blue coloured media but unfortunately, it was too cold for watercolours or acrylic paint.
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| Top: Bzeniczky house's loggia (20 min) Bottom: Coat of arms on the house of Slovak Forests (10 min) |
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| The main square: a Christmas tree, the Plague Column, the Leaning Clock Tower (10 min) |
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| The main square (20 min) |
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| The House of Matthias Corvinus and the Evangelic church (15 min) |
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| The Church of The Assumption of Mary into Heaven (30 min) |
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| Top left: The Church of Franz Xaver (8 min) Top right: The Town Castle (5 min) Bottom left: Porges Palota (6 min) Bottom right: The Church of St. Elizabeth (5 min) |
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| Town district Sásová (20 min) |
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| Town district Sásová (30 min) |
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| Top: Slovak post office (10 min) Bottom: Emergency (30 min) |
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| Top: The house of Culture (35 min) Bottom: old town district (15 min) |
The second part of the task was to draw six different locations which represent certain characteristics. We were allowed to use photo references, which made me very happy, that I don't have to freeze outside again. Each drawing took me approximately 1 to 1,5 hour.
After the first drawing of the clock in Brno I decided that a graphite pencil is not right media for this task although it looks nice and clean. I still struggle with drawing perspective and I think it needs more stronger shadows.
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| Erotic: A clock in Brno, Czech Republic |
In the second picture of "fevered" building I tried to use a line marker to make it all clean, because I think I wouldn't be able to draw all those lines clearly with for example charcoal and in the end, it would look like a big mess of lines. For the fevered atmosphere, I used watercolours in vibrant tones which made it interesting, in my opinion.
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| Fevered: Krzywy domek (a Crooked house), Poland |
For a passive building, I chose an old, abandoned block of flats in the town Pripyat next to Chernobyl, which is empty since the explosion. As medium, I used Gioconda which grey shades and textured shading complete the crumbled architecture with trees.
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| Passive: Pripyat, Ukraine |
For the word "muffled" I decided to draw an abandoned building as well but I was looking for something more covered in trees and bushes. This old Polish house is hidden behind the rusty metal gate and everything is hidden behind nature. I drew it using charcoal which makes it more chaotic and hidden in all those lines and marks. I think the atmosphere of a muffled building is really nice there.
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| Muffled: an abandoned house, Poland |
When I thought about a transcendent building, Canterbury cathedral immediately came to my mind. I have visited many cathedrals in England and when I was next to this one I felt very small, it was like it wanted to reach the sky. I used a light watercolour wash to set the atmosphere and charcoal stick for lines to add details. I like how those media work together.
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| Transcendent: Canterbury cathedral, England |
I chose an abandoned amusement park in Florida as frightening because I find abandoned amusement parks very creepy and this devil's head makes it even more horrifying. I used charcoal because I thought it will fit the frightening atmosphere. I quite like how it worked but I need to find out how to draw sky with charcoal.
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| Frightening: an abandoned amusement park, Florida |
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