Sketching and The Fitzwillam!

At the beginning of the day were given a landscape picture of a sea, boat and trees to sketch. It was interesting to see what everyone drew first. 

We then analysed a variety of pictures, some had more to say about others but they all had particular rules of composition about them. 
I had a picture which was in black and white and it was set in the town centre of some sort with two people laying dead at the bottom of the picture, and underneath them were crater holes giving the impression they had fallen hard onto the ground. 
One thing I picked up first about the picture was that it really made you think why and what was happening. It also had a lot of contrast in textures which I thought was very powerful and may try to incorporate into my photography. 

We then went to the Fitzwilliam Museum and sketched paintings and sculptures which stood out to us and embodied control. 

I ended up finding many paintings and sculptures which went along with my concept of religion and rules, for example there was a painting of the crucifixion which stood out to me because of the spiky texture of the crown of thorns and the expressions from the people watching. 

Next week, I would like to finish my research report and annotate the sketches I drew today in neat and in detail.