Exercise 3.1: Understanding Viewpoints

For this exercise I re-visited my route which was from my house, down a side lane, down the street to Erie House.
I picked this route because it has a variety of things to draw, from the pretty flowers in my back garden and in gardens along the route, buildings/houses which are older style and have lots of character, past the War memorial and finishing at a house which has a quirky name and usually has some lovely flowers outside and a different door wreath most weeks, typically there wasn't one this time. Perhaps I will go back again.

These are the photos I took along the way. I was particularly interested in patterns and details rather than the whole view.

I added them all to the above Flickr album for easier viewing. This time walking the route I was pleased for a sunny day which made the photos come out especially bright and colourful, which I like.

These are the photos I chose to print off and stick in my sketchbook. I love the Dahlia photo, it looks a little vintage in style and I love how the sun light is shining through the petals. If you look closely there are tiny water droplets on the petals too.
The other photos I chose to show the journey (my feet), and then the patterns and typography I  liked on the route.
I chose to write my responses in my sketchbook as I felt it added to the overall context and was a nice change to typing up everything on here.

I enjoyed taking the photos along the journey far more than sketching, although the parts where I was sketching and others couldn't see me I found myself being able to lose  myself in what I was doing and not worry. As soon as I hit the main road I got very nervous and it really affected my ability to sketch. It's my comfort zone to take photos and then sketch in a safer environment, however even though I found it really difficult I would like to try sketching out in public again and see if over time I get more used to it and can develop a better practice.

I still think having the photos to refer to to develop illustrations is a very useful tool and does add a layer of interest to the whole process, so I would still want to do this, I just need to build my confidence sketching in public.