Upon looking through the images in my camera roll I felt that none of them really had a clear sense of foreground, middle ground and background which led me to make the decision to combine two images. I first decided on the image of a lake I took in Angel Fire NM as what I wanted for the background but when it came to the foreground I had two possible options that I was considering. The first was an image I took at the Van Gogh Experience and the second was of some lilies. After drawing a few thumbnail drawings I decided to go with the image from the van gogh experience because I wanted to experiment with drawing the large swirl and have it overlap with other elements of the images.

Starting off the drawing process I struggled with the order in which I should approach each section because though I knew starting in the back and moving forward would be a good strategy, I was having trouble deciding what tones needed to be in the background in order for it to push back in space. After working in class I made the decision to start fresh since I wasn’t happy with how I started to tone the background. In the new attempt I started off by working on the sky and really wanted to experiment with filling in the area relatively loosely and did the same with blocking in the different sections of trees in the background. Moving to work on the foreground I wanted to focus on making sure that it had the most variation in tone.

Though for a while working I just wasn’t going as dark in some areas as I should have been which made it so the swirl and houses in the front were not coming forward like they should. After critique I went back in and redefined some areas along with adjusting the size of the lanterns so that they moved back in space. In making areas darker especially the swirl I think I was able to create a more distinct sense of foreground middleground and background.