Class exercise (Drawing Silhouettes)

In class Rohan got us to all draw a picture of something and fill it in with a textar to create a silhouette. He taught us that this was a quick and easy way to  visualise the kind of scene you have in your mind. It actually took me quite a while to finish that picture but when it was done it did help a lot in clearing the image that was vaguely imagined only in my head, now i have a sense of proportion and distance of the each of the objects so i know how it would be shot in reality.

To briefly explain a little about the drawing, firstly i drew a hand by tracing the shadow of my actual hand then added long exaggerated finger nails and added a diamond ring. The huge diamond on the hand reminded me of power so i wanted to draw something of the opposite, which is the weak so i drew a man on his knees in a pool of blood with his head cut off. I realised that i am a very dramatic person. I probably don’t show it as much but the way my mind works is very extra.

What i found silhouettes were good for : windows, side profiles, shadows and objects that have a defined shape.