At the beginning of the session we were each given a graphics tablet and shown how to set it up properly. After this we were asked to boot up Adobe Photoshop CS6.
Once the program had loaded and we were introduced to the most basic concepts of the software, we were given some time to mess around and get a feel for using a graphics tablet which from my experience does take a while to get used to if it's not something you've done before. Luckily i have been using Photoshop for the past year or so and have a tablet of my own at home, so i simply took the time to make a few doodles which you can see above.
As a warm up exercise we were asked to dive straight in and draw a picture of someone sitting on a bench, unfortunately i dont have the image for this exercise.
Perspective
We then recapped one, two and three point linear perspective, as well as being shown a very useful technique to create perspective lines using photoshop.
Once we had done this ourselves we were asked to use photoshop again to improve the pictures of the bench, you can see the final result of my work below:
I think for the most part my perspective looks fine, with the only exception being the cobblestone slab foor which takes up half the image, had we been given more time i believe i could have corrected this error.
Finally, we were given 45 minutes to take an object and draw it, i chose to use the same bunch of flowers i drew previously. Sadly, i didn't manage to get much of it done, but i believe my technique was sound, starting with simple rough shapes and adding layers with ever increasing detail should lead to a very nice looking final piece.
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