A Level Unit 2: The Eye Of the Beholder: Architecture

My Street:

This is a pencil tone study of a street in the Dubai Heritage Village. This is an image of an Arabic wind tower and is a huge part of the traditional Arabic architecture. I consider this as ‘My Street’ as it represents the culture and traditions of the country that I have grown up in. This was one of my first studies in this unit and I had really enjoyed using graphite pencils to capture all the details of this structure.

Some more studies of photographs of mosques and pictures from my trip to Georgia, I explored with more media such as ink and ball pens, white ink pens and oil paints to see which material works the best and produces the best results.

Ink Pen Graphite Pencils

Continuing with some more experimentation, inspired by artist Minty Sainsbury, I started exploring with negative spaces as opposed to the intricate, detailed structure in the centre. I found graphite pencils and ink pens produced the best results as it was quite helpful in producing the minute details.

The final piece produced as a results of this experimentation and exploration. This was a piece inspired by various artists such as Malevich, Kandinsky, Minty Sainsbury and Kyle Henderson. Working with again graphite pencils and ink pens, the monotone structures along with the shards of colour and the negative spaces, allows the viewer to experience the piece in a unique way.