I havn't been out much lately! But looking out of the upstairs window I have been watching the magnolia buds getting bigger, and the grass getting greener. I am interested in the idea of a 'birds eye view' of my garden, the landscape, and the position of my house within the village. Perhaps a sort of diagramatic sketchmap.
We tend to be obsessed with 'European perspective', like vanishing points and getting the angles right. But there are other ways to think about describing landscape. Remember that in India and China it is perfectly ok to show the side and back of a building as well as the front, all in the same painting. Even though you can't actually see the back you still might want to know what it looks like!
So, as ever, you can make up your own rules to describe a scene! Be brave!
You could try thinking of your drawing as a sketchmap, as if you were giving someone instructions to find your house. Then allow yourself to play decoratively and instinctively with the shapes you create. It could be black and white or colour, whatever you like, even collage.....
You could base your work on a view from your own window, or expand it with your imagination, or from photos to go further afield......
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| a David Hockney landscape |
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| by Carry Ackroyd. You can often see her prints at Birdscapes Gallery, Glandford. |
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