observational drawings in class
When drawing the hands, I started carefully and pay much attention to the structure of the hands. However, I tried to only look at my hand without focusing on my drawings as Izzy suggested. I found out that observation is the most important part of drawing observational drawing. I used to be stuck in thinking about how to draw well but ignore the significance of observing by eyes. Although there are a lot of structural problems with a hand-drawn this way, I found there is more fluidity as if the hands are moving.
location drawings
Narrative sequence based on the location drawings
When doing the location drawings, young kids with their teachers inspired me. All the children are dressed in bright green vests, which can protect them from danger as the bright colour capture the teacher and passerby’s eyes. Along the riverside, I found a merry-go-round for children. So I combine the children with the merry-go-round to make the little narrative sequence. I added the red balloon and the red blush of the children to indicate their happiness, which can contrast with the green in the scene, making the children be the focus in the background with only white and grey. The weak part of these narrative images is the perspective. After I finish these three images, I realised the camera angles in them are fixed and that I only involved the “zoom in”, but no other variable camera shots. If I will expand these three images into a finished storyboard, I will consider more about the camera angles to make each frame more appealing. For example, to emphasise the happiness and excitement of the girl on the merry-go-round, I can combine the dutch-angle and the low-angle POV.