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| 6/10/13 Platinum Carbon ink, watercolor, Stillman & Birn Alpha sketchbook |
Foreground, middle ground, distance: A composition should
include all three to give a sketch depth and context. That’s what we learned
from Frank and Gail last month in their Urban Sketchers workshop, “Line to Color.”
Today at the Green Lake playground, I thought I had a good
idea for a composition that would include a swing set in the middle ground and
picnic tables and trees in the distance, but I would need to find something for
the foreground. Just as I was thinking about this, a toddler appeared close to a
nearby bench, but I wasn’t quick enough, so I put the bench in as a placeholder
for the foreground. I figured the next time a toddler toddled past the bench, I
could try to at least get the child’s scale right, and then I could fake in the
details later. I left a nice open space near the bench to put in the kid, but
in the hour that I waited, none appeared again.
That’s the trouble with urban sketching: People are either
in your way or not there when you need them.
People just don't cooperate for us, do they? You did get a nice sense of distance in this sketch.
ReplyDeleteHi Tina!
ReplyDeleteI like how you rendered the trees in the background.
Well done!
Thanks, Joan and Katina!
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