I created four versions, three different values for the sky and three different foregrounds. Having chosen a less complicated scene it helped me see subtle ways the the elements took the eye through the scene, with the rolled up sleeve in the foreground, pointing to the men on the right and then the tilt of their hats towards the house, along with the two small square structures between the men leading to the house.

I have two rooms in the house that I use for graphic design and painting, I use the dining room for my graphic design where there are a couple of computers as the space is shared with my husband. I made space to the left of my computer for drawing as suggested at the start of this course. The dining table nearly fills the room and it’s a little tight walking in, but once seated I am comfortable, also away from distractions. I do have a room where I used to do paintings in, but this stopped when my mother became very ill and I needed to move back in with her for couple of years. Now that I am back the room where I painted is full of things I bought back with me, along with some of my paintings that are on the floor, and are difficult to clear at present. So for now I imagined how I would change the dining room into a painting studio, keeping a similar set up as before. In my mind I took out the centre piece of the table to rotate it. I wouldn’t want to use the table for painting things so I added some glass nesting tables from the lounge that can be used for the palette, brushes, and rags etc. After I had done this, it put me in a much better frame of mind to sorting out the painting room, starting with my favourite painting that was leaning against the wall on the floor with the rest of the clutter. I thought of a perfect place in the dining room where it will be seen whenever I enter the room. It’s just a start to getting back my painting room, but already I am ‘priming’ myself. So glad I did this excercise! Thank you Sterling.

The exercise is challenging, but I enjoyed it. The simplification of the contours was a bit difficult for me, at the beginning I had even a more detailed contour that had to simplify afterward. I think I went too dark on the shading, what made it difficult to achieve the same dark tone for the cast shadow, I had to use the B8 pencil. For the next ones, I will define the tone ranges before the drawing, choosing them a bit closer to each other and not too dark.

One of my dads onyx book ends. I always thought they were horses until this exercise and I could see the carving showing them to be zebras. Just shows what paying attention reveals. :)) This is my second submission as I had time for a bit more practice.

Hi David thank you for the feedback and really helpful. I especially liked the advice on one of the panels having the hulk beginning to turn before the fight in the following panel.

A miniature antique chest draws has been used for my submission. Think its about 80 - 100 year bit battered but I still love it!

This is the next stage of my ideations inspired by Arts & Crafts artist and the type is designed in essence of their creations. The attached is based on Philip Webb who designed candlestick holders for William Morris..

Some freehand sketches.

I only managed the freehand idea stage, as it took me longer then they actually look. I used some names from the Arts & Crafts movement, and thought it would be good to link the name and type design to the product the artist created at the time. For instance Pugin’s designs In Westminster palace, like his gothic carved panels. Sorry they are still so rough, needs more development and craft :))

I really love this Melted Pancake Method! It is really great for space concepting. It brings together structure and intuition, both parts of creation perfectly balanced. I will definitely keep exploring and stretching the scale, forms, and compositional value. I am so excited with this method! Thank you teachers!