Italy Through Time Drawing

For me the focus on this piece was the composition. It shows four buildings with the two most central being set back and the two outer buildings being closer to the viewer. This is reflective of the buildings age with the oldest buildings in shadow reflecting on how they are historic as architecture rarely takes on this form in present day. They are still central however and framed by the city's modern history, indicating their importance to the creation of the modern buildings. This piece is a refection on how the city's history and present sit side by side with one influencing the other. My media of choice is ink drawings because I feel the simplicity of the classic fine liner pen allows both fine details that add individuality and sweeping shapes that only hint at the true object they represent leading to a focus on the aspects of the image that I as the artist choose. All my pieces are created using lightfast fine liner pens on smooth finish paper that has been handmade in the UK. The art piece is on A4 paper but only takes up the very centre of the page as represented in the image.