Keeping it in Perspective, II

Well, for some reason, this is a difficult one. Maybe because it’s mostly non-plant-oriented (ha ha). Here is my work in progress on the WPA Rock Garden arbor.

WPA Arbor sketch done in the field

WPA Arbor sketch, corrected somewhat

On the left is the sketch I did in the field, while sitting on the arbor.

Next is the sketch after I got back to my studio and decided it had a perspective problem. What was really bothering me was that the “seat” was not very horizontal, so I changed that. Then my friend Laura pointed out that there was really no “eyeline” (or, horizon line) in the rocks on the vertical portion of the arbor. So, I rearranged some of the rock lines to make some of them horizontal.

The third photo is of the sketch, colored. I wanted to try some new Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils I recently acquired. I like them a lot, although this also would have been a good drawing on which to use Derwent Graphitints.

WPA Arbor sketch, colored with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils

My favorite part of this sketch is the plant (naturally). I decided to leave the background blank because it was taking so long to finish! I guess everything looks better with a little color on it, but there are still some things bugging me about this. If I get them fixed, I will show you. And, the original is a lot less blue than this image. I guess my scanner tends toward blue; I should probably figure out how to fix that. But for now, on to something else!