With the pencil sketch, “Ryals Hall,” made in 1989 by Joy Hulgans, a person can see the the two large trees positioned on either side of the door, that line on either side of the buildings door. Multiple plants are placed throughout the front of the building, as if to draw the viewer’s attention to the building in the center of the sketch. Along the canvas, white appears to have been intently spaced all the way around the sketch, to draw our attention to what the artist feels is most important.
In this sketch, the three elements of Art that are most apparent are line, value, and space. It appears that primarily value is used throughout the sketch. Variations of light and dark, make up the outlines of the buildings and the plants around it. Lighter, value is spread throughout the forefront on the trees and trim of the building, while darker value is is fixed mostly over the buildings structure.
The second most important Element of Art is line. Now while value is used greatly throughout, lines are the most plentiful in the sketch. Vertical lines make up most of it, offering strength and stability to the structure of the building. While irregular lines can be seen spread in the sketch’s plants. Parts of the trees have not been filled in with very many lines, have been left as transparent shapes, and dark contour lines. …show more content…
From the bottom up, we see a light stone walkway, leading us past the plants and towards the darker structure of the building. Finally, the sky is lighter completing the alternating rhythm of light to dark and light again. Each dark and light inhabits different amounts of space, making the sketches contains more interesting to us as the viewer. We can also note the change in visual texture from top to bottom. The texture appears to be less precise and detailed at the bottom. From this point it progressively roughens and gains more detailed. This helps to build a sense of depth in the