Artists & Illustrators - UK (2019-10)

DRAWING BUILDINGS

I oftenmakedrawingssimplyfor

thepleasureofdoingso,andthese

arenearlyalwaysproducedina

sketchbook.I findanA4booktobe

themostusefulsize,beingneither

toolargenortoosmall.I usesturdy,

hardbackbookscontainingquality

cartridgeorwatercolourpaper.

NEWPERSPECTIVES

Whendrawingbuildingsonthespot,

it’seasytogetsuckedintonoting

exactlywhatyousee,butsome

excitingresultscanbeobtainedby

distortingtheperspective– andin

somecasesbyabandoningit

altogether.Thetopographyoftheland

inwhichthebuildingis sitedcanbe

cunninglysuggestedbyitspositioning

onthepage.Forexample,houses

sittingontopofa hillcanbedrawn

highupinthecompositionwithout

necessarilydrawinganyofthedetail

inthehillitself.Conversely,therecan

benodoubtthata rowofterraced

housesplacedalongthebottomofa

drawing,witha talltreeorsomeother

elementtoweringabovetheminthe

foreground,is situatedatgroundlevel.

Thisuseofcontrastingsize

Some exciting results

can be obtained by

distorting perspective

LEFT AND BELOW
Ye Olde Bell
and Steelyard,
watercolour and
pencil on paper
“After a little colour
had been added,
I decided to switch
the focus onto the
red house further
down the street,
playing down the
obvious choice of
the pub’s dominant
features.”

RIGHT Newbury
Town Hall,
watercolour and
ink on paper
“The detail was
added using a
steel pen dipped
in acrylic ink. This
is ideal for drawing
a loose, scratchy
line suggesting the
building’s age.”