"St. Patrick's Cathedral"
== The Project ==
The assignment for this project was to create a composition using only a single pen and draw until it had run out of ink. The subject matter was entirely open so I chose a picture of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City.
== My Process ==
Before I started on this art project I had to think about the angles of the architecture of the picture I was working with. I sketched out angle lines and a rough outline of some of the architecture. Then I had to begin adding value and details to the piece, working continuously on the whole instead of focusing on one specific area at a time. This was to conserve ink and not run out at the end. The steps in making this work of art that were most important to me were remaining accurate to the picture while also not running out of ink. One part of the process that was a little difficult for me was the amount of detail I had to put in to do the cathedral justice.
== The Theme ==
My drawing is trying to communicate the beauty and majesty of the cathedral. I visited it in the fall last year while it was under reconstruction. Though parts were covered in scaffolding, it was still incredibly breathtaking and I immediately fell in love with the architecture. I was also trying to emanate the style of Stephen Wiltshire (pictured to the left). Wiltshire draws detailed cityscapes entirely from memory. He uses ink and paper for nearly every drawing.
== Conclusion ==
I enjoyed doing this project because it forced me to focus on details of the bigger picture and not just specific areas (if that makes any sense?). It was a fun challenge and I was semi-pleased with how it turned out. I want to improve on being careful with how much ink I have left. I actually had to remove the background from the original paper because I tried to finish it with too little of ink left in the pen and it looked terrible.
The assignment for this project was to create a composition using only a single pen and draw until it had run out of ink. The subject matter was entirely open so I chose a picture of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City.
== My Process ==
Before I started on this art project I had to think about the angles of the architecture of the picture I was working with. I sketched out angle lines and a rough outline of some of the architecture. Then I had to begin adding value and details to the piece, working continuously on the whole instead of focusing on one specific area at a time. This was to conserve ink and not run out at the end. The steps in making this work of art that were most important to me were remaining accurate to the picture while also not running out of ink. One part of the process that was a little difficult for me was the amount of detail I had to put in to do the cathedral justice.
== The Theme ==
My drawing is trying to communicate the beauty and majesty of the cathedral. I visited it in the fall last year while it was under reconstruction. Though parts were covered in scaffolding, it was still incredibly breathtaking and I immediately fell in love with the architecture. I was also trying to emanate the style of Stephen Wiltshire (pictured to the left). Wiltshire draws detailed cityscapes entirely from memory. He uses ink and paper for nearly every drawing.
== Conclusion ==
I enjoyed doing this project because it forced me to focus on details of the bigger picture and not just specific areas (if that makes any sense?). It was a fun challenge and I was semi-pleased with how it turned out. I want to improve on being careful with how much ink I have left. I actually had to remove the background from the original paper because I tried to finish it with too little of ink left in the pen and it looked terrible.