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Chicago “L” train 262A as passengers enter pen & ink city scene drawing by Stephen Condren, BFA, SAIC.
City Scene
This city scene rendering shows passengers boarding the “L” train. The rendering is done during the day because only a few people are entering the train. In the rendering you can see that we are not in the Loop because the sign above shows directions to it. The awning that is overhead of the train is done with hatch lines, because they make shade and shadows. In the ridges of the overhang the hatch lines are short because the ridge is narrow in this city scene drawing. Cross-hated lines are not used in this city scene drawing because they make the images too dark. This city scene is done in open light with little need for shading. The darkest part of the city scape is just under the train and between the cars.
Chicago “L” Train 262A
The city scene drawing is done with pen & ink drawing on paper. Hatched lines are used in the drawing to give shade and shadow to this city scene rendering. A medium size pen nib was used to make this city scene drawing because it offers good contour lines. Contour lines are used to outline the main images in a city scene because this give you detail of the buildings. This city scene is tranquil because there are only four people entering the train. Passengers are not shown seated inside of the train because it is too small of a space to show them. The best part of this city scene drawing is the outline of the “L” train because it show the correct proportions of the cars.
Between the overhang and the roof of the train is the sky. The sky was not detailed with clouds because the space was too thin. Putting ink lines in this narrow space would have made the drawing complicated. Any line work between the roof of the train and the overhang would flatten the image because there is no perspective in this city scene drawing.
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Chicago “L” train 262A as passengers enter pen & ink city scene drawing by Stephen Condren.
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