Astute 2 – Drawing

I have started drawing Astute 2. I am using a 1cm square grid, and you can see that it is a very complex image.

After some more work, it’s starting to fill the 81x60cm MDF board.

This detail view (at 30 hours) shows one of the most complex passages of the artwork.

And now at the 40 hour mark you can see the sheer amount of detail required for this particular painting. What I have done at the top centre-right of the image below is draw in these large areas of flat color (they are skylights) because it helps in not making any lines in the wrong square. I also use a fifth square – blue dot in the middle system to help with ‘navigation’ as well.

Detail view shown below at the 40 hour mark. It has been slow for the production of my artwork at the start of this year due to a variety of reasons, and I am keen to get stuck into my work.

The top section is quite difficult in some of the passages. I have had to use an eraser and if you take a good look at the image below (photograph taken at 50 hours) you can see afew dark smudged areas.

I am on the final stretch. Images below are at the 60 hour mark.

I have finally finished (the drawing) after spending 74 hours.