Depth - Drawing out the Window

What went well?

• The fact that we had to separate our image into three planes or cutouts worked well because it forced me to consider the different my planes of my image and how I was going to alter the tonality and level of  detail in each to create the illusion of depth. This is something I tend to forget about when drawing from observation. I think that the change in the way in which I use materials works well to achieve this - from pen / bold use of ink to pencil and a light ink wash. 
• I think that the cropping of the different layers works well to draw your eye in and it adds to the chunky layered quality of the image. It makes it look like a quick snapshot, which I like.
• I also like that the front building is parallel with the picture plane - breaking the v of perspective. I like that this is unusual and stops the viewer's eye initially moving back because I want the front layer to be the focus. (I hate images which look straight down a street or path with a giant V of perspective in the middle of them - boring)

What could I have done differently?

• I am unsure about my use of materials - I think that things get a little mushy and unclear in the middle of the image. I could have changed this by laying down the wash before the pencil (so that it didn't pick it up). 
• I could have perhaps tried using two colours rather than one. This would have made things bolder and more clear. Although I think that this may have taken away from the gentle simplicity of this image. 
• I think that I could have also been more daring with my subject matter - maybe looking through something or I could have put in something closer in the foreground -i.e. the library books that I was looking past and out the window. Or even something that doesn't exist in reality i.e. a giant dinosaur stepping over the buildings? 

How am i going to move forward?

• When drawing from observation I am definitely going to consider the different planes of depth and how I separate them more. - LESS DETAIL AND TONALITY AS YOU GO BACK - splitting the image into just three planes is a really good way of tackling this