Exercise One- Drawing fabric using lines and tone.

For this exercise we were asked to place a piece of fabric over a chair and take quick 15 minute sketches in 8-12cm boxes of what we see, we were told to pick interesting spots of the fabric we were drawn to to recreate. We were told to look at the different shading throughout and try to recreate that in these sketches.

I did find this exercise quite interesting to get the different tones of material and show the creases throughout the material. I do like the outcome of this exercise and I tried my best to get the creases right in the sketches. 

I think with this exercise I have shown the different creases well throughout the different sketches and got the layers correct. In my work I do think I need to improve further on my tones and getting the right amount of shading throughout my sketches, I think I will do more independent studies to really build up my skill with that.

I liked looked into the different angles of the fabric and figuring out how I can show the different creases in my sketches, all in all I do like how my work turned out. I think there is more room for improvement as far as showing different tones and the shadows in my work, maybe try to improve my darker areas to make it all flow together better. I found it quite challenging to show the volume but I tried to show my lines in my sketching to show the amount of volume in the fabric, the direction of my pencil markings to give it more of a detailed look.