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Scheduling Still Life Report
Today was about drawing still life in this case objects such as pots and Lego blocks in a composition that was challenging, today was about getting proportion correct and knowing how to draw objects in front or behind one another as well as separately, I used charcoal because it is a medium that can easily be erased or drawn over so I didn’t have to be precious about the lines I was drawing in. today’s lesson could help me for the future because I am teaching myself to be less of a perfectionist and that making mistakes can sometimes be good which means in the future if I do this then I might get something good which is made from mistakes however today I found very difficult because I do not find charcoal an enjoyable material to use because of how messy and easily breakable it is and my brain likes clean lines because my style is more illustrative. I found this activity was easy because I …show more content…
There are no pictures aloud to be taken in the cathedral so our tasks became harder because if I saw something I liked I couldn’t capture it in a picture and so by the end of the day had dissolved from my memory, I got some post cards to work from so I would have some reference material. For me the best part of the visit was looking at the area were Harry potter was filmed as it made my mind come away from the thought it was a religious place and more towards a set for a movie I adore. I found being at the cathedral challenging although I hadn’t been before because it’s a religious building I found it hard to be interested in it because I felt I was disrespecting it by being inside it when I am in no way religious. Although I may have thought it was a well built and detailed building it having the religious side put me of drawing it and including it in my work. if I was religious I think I would have found the visit much more fascinating as I would have felt connected to god as

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