Hi and Low rangesTriceratops exemplars: Mid range

In terms of the three dimensional quality the artist has shown a strict profile rather than the three-quarter view that was presented in the test situation.

A strong silhouette has been given which accounts for most of the major features, but it is presented side on to us. The effect of putting line of equal weight heavily around all features means that the image looks flatter rather than three dimensional, and anything of texture is possibly overdone in the sense that they were trying to draw every single scale. There are some suggestions of attempts at lighter and darker tones which if pursued might have subdued some of the textural marks, and given the object more roundness or three-dimensional quality.

This form has a tilt to the head and the legs behind one another. There is a reasonable sense of proportion and movement, and some indications of texture. The fact that the line is given more emphasis in certain parts of the drawing than others enables the potential life-like quality of this animal. There is a believable sense about this drawing. It is not a sort of cardboard cut out.
This is a lively and expressive creature. There is a wide variety of mark making in the textures and spikiness. Not so much emphasis is given to accuracy but there is a believable sense of walking movement. You can see the far legs right through the body, so the artist has drawn with a sense of understanding but has made the body semi-transparent in the process. The frill behind the horns shows an attempt at getting a three-dimensional quality to the drawing. The artist has gone to the extent of including teeth that were not an observed fact. This work marks highly on expressiveness and on the handling of texture.
This is a drawing that accounts for all the parts but in the process has distorted the proportions. The length from the front leg to the head has been greatly exaggerated, so it is almost as though the head has been drawn as separate from the rest of the body. The three-quarter head with two horns and only one eye visible has been handled well, and the way in which the line varies around the edges, even though there is not much in the way of textural mark, begins to indicate the sort of frilled, harder body parts in relation to the softer body parts. The line in some places is quite assured and accurate, down to the rendering of toe nails.
Some very tentative shading is shown on a form that has been well-defined in its external features. There are some problems with proportion. It is not as elongated as it should be, and the student has made no attempt to position the two far legs which would have been visible, so we have a profile body with a slightly inclined head. The horns break the outer edge of the skull and indicate the struggle the student has had with trying to marry the flat drawing profile view to the information that was in front of them.
There is a believable sense of a 3 dimensional form in this drawing. There are legs in front of one another, and a roundness obtained by some initial shading attempts. There is a little awkwardness with accuracy of proportion. The spinal column is rendered with texture but very little else is given that kind of treatment. The tail is heavy and out of proportion to the rest of the body and the artist has skewed the position of the creature to do a profile rather than attempting to deal with the three-quarter view that was presented in the task.

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