Pencil Sketch before drawing on the day
Sketching out my image onto A2 took a LOT more time than I thought it would haha. I have some nails up in my room with large bulldog-clips hanging off them that I was able to attach my A2 piece of paper to so it lent against the wall. This allowed me to look at the piece straight on as I was sketching it so I didn't get a warped perspective leaning over a desk to draw the image.
Though this process took a long time, I'm really glad I did it BEFORE going to draw live. It showed how much time it took to translate the scale, proportion and composition successfully onto the A2 work from an A4 sketch. I needed these details to be correct so I didn't have to worry about placement of things too much during the inking process.
It was at this stage I also decided to ditch the open fields at the top of the image and replace them with text. While I was drawing I was conscious of time, if it took this long to sketch it how long would it take to add all the details to the piece? I decided to fill in the top to cut down the amount of drawing I'd be doing on the day, I also think it allowed the piece to breathe a little more and not look overly cluttered.
I feel confident going to draw on Friday with this sketch to hand, I'll be transporting the piece with me via train, rolling it up so it doesn't get damaged on the way.
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