Introduction:
The main purpose of Union Station project was to produce a visually dynamic drawing that would demonstrate whether our drawing course helped us to learn and understand the one-point perspective and the art of capturing light. There were several steps to achieve the final image, which was supposed to be drawn with coloured pencil crayons on low value Canson Mi-tiens (or similar) art paper.
Materials:
- Camera/mobile phone
- Bond paper
- HB, 2B woodless drawing pencils
- Pencil sharpener
- Eraser
- Ruler
- Coloured pencil crayons
- 2 darker shades of Canson Mi-tiens art paper (or similar paper, as Fabriano)
- Self-healing cutting mat
- Utility knife
- Peterboro hot press art board 15' x 20'
- Glue stick
- Envelope
- Marker
Few of the supplies for Union Station project.
Creative process:
The creative process was completed in several steps. First we went to site to observe the space and light and choose a location for our project. We did the basic one point perspective drawing done by hand with drawing pencil on bond paper which we redid with a ruler based on the consultation with our professor. Then we did two colour light studies with coloured pencil crayons on Canson art papers from which we choose the colour combination for our final drawing. Final drawing was constructed with all the details we artistically decided to include.
Workflow:
1. First I went to the Union Station to observe the space and I decided to draw the pillars and windows at the Great Hall. This space communicated better with me than the modern part at the Skywalk. The light in the morning was strong and interesting for me so I immediately had taken a picture with my mobile phone before the light changed.
Union Station - the chosen location with the selection highlighted in a red square.
2. I traced my selection on bond paper with the drawing pencils with the dimensions of 11' x 14'. I used free hand drawing technique while keeping the principles of one-point perspective in mind. After that I took a picture with DSLR camera for more details.
The higher resolution image of the chosen location.
3. After consultation with our professor for drawing I redid my perspective on the new sheet of bond paper with the same supplies, with addition of the ruler.
Fixed drawing of one-point perspective.
4. I photocopied the fixed perspective drawing on two different coloured Canson art paper - dark grey and red.
Photocopy on dark grey Canson paper.
Photocopy on red Canson paper.
5. Afterwards I did my light studies which were supposed to capture the behaviour of light on the site at the moment. I tried different colour combination for both of the photocopies.
Colour palette for dark grey Canson paper.
Light study on dark grey Canson paper.
Light study on red Canson paper.
6. I liked better how the dark grey study turned out so I decided to used that colour combination for my final drawing. I used a new photocopy on the Canson paper to produce the final drawing.
The final drawing of the Great Hall at Union Station, Toronto.
Final work:
For my final work I cut my final drawing with the utility knife and self-healing mat to the recommended dimensions 11' x 14' and mounted it with the glue stick on the hot press art board 15' x 20'. I marked the art board and all my process work with my name, name of the project, and name and time of the class and I put the process work in the envelope that I consequently attached to the art board.
Final drawing mounted on the hot press art board.
Conclusion:
This project was really challenging for me. I enjoy drawing the one-point perspective but due to the size and the details of the project I felt intimidated. At the end I produced the work that was representable and I really liked the colour combination I had come up with. If I was to redo my whole project, I would have chosen the location with the arch or spent more time drawing the details of the pillars.
