Ok so I've been a bit distracted this week so I may have forgotten to update the blog, so here goes 4 days in 1 post.
Monday: Our project for the next 3 weeks is working on how drawing and images can be used with narrative and reportage. The workshop was a lot of fun and pure imagination fuel, as I have been writing recently the use of items to craft a narrative was a really interesting approach and I was keen on taking the job of writing the short story for the group. Taking the suggestions and ideas of the others and weaving them into a interesting piece of writing. Once we had done this, and having read it to the group, we had the option of illustrating this narrative, or using more objects as source for a narrative to illustrate. I decided to stick with the narrative we had come up with a group, although I would need to go over it and make sure it was tighter and its pacing was better, a side effect of the short space of time we had to come up with it. My first drawing was using coloured pencils and I was very happy with the outcome of this, so much so that I will be doing rest of this project exploring the possibilities and limitations of the media, and hoping it doesn't come out like a 6 year old drew it!
My idea for the project is to have a series of images on a sheet of paper which shows the characters at key points in the narrative.
Tuesday: We went to Helston folk museum in the morning for ideas and inspiration for our narrative project, plenty of fuel here, got a couple of good sketches to use later. Really amazing place, just a bunch of collected pieces from the past 2-300 years just jammed into a series of small halls. The afternoon was just used to carry on with our narrative project and it continued to go well.
Weds: I used the studio time to continue with the narrative project, not a lot to say than it is progressing well, I am getting plenty of good feedback from the rest of the group and I have to say that is giving me more confidence to push on with the project. Print was a mixed bag, I procrastinated for far too long at the start whereas once I got to doing the print I found that while I am very used to the processes the ideas and patience to try something very different is what is lacking from my work. Talked to John, got some solid critique of where I am going and what I want to accomplish from my time in the print workshop.
Thursday: We had another colour workshop today, useful for several different discoveries. There were a series of different sets laid out in both the 2nd year and 1st year studios, these varied in subject matter and composition. I found myself enjoying using a large variety of coloured pencil layers on one drawing to emphasise the depth of colour on the subject I was drawing. Another approach that I felt very comfortable with was the combination of colour pencil and biro. I have found biros being a really interesting media of late and am looking forward to using them more in my personal work.
Thursday, 18 April 2013
Tuesday, 9 April 2013
Proto system drawing
So after rolling the d20 101 times I have ended up with this,not quite what I had in my head, but since this was my first attempt I think it has potential.
When I repeat this process I will tighten up the rules a bit, and possibly remove the curved lines, or have one with curves and one with just ruled lines.
I do like the varying colours, if anything I was thinking I could replace the pencil with a blue Biro and the fineliner with a black Biro.
I think using A2 paper might be slightly more effective but having the whole of the A1 covered in coloured lines would be striking.
Rules and 20 sided die
20 Rules for my system drawing:
1. Ruled Line, Terminates on meeting an edge - Pen (Red)
2. Ruled Line, Crosses over 1 line if met - Pen (Red)
3. Ruled Line, Rebounds off at 90 degrees when meets with a line - Pen (Red)
4. Curved Line, Terminates on meeting a line - Pen (Red)
5. Curved Line, Crosses over 1 line if met - Pen (Red)
6. Ruled Line, Terminates on meeting an edge - Pen (Green)
7. Ruled Line, Crosses over 1 line if met - Pen (Green)
8. Ruled Line, Rebounds off at 90 degrees when meets with a line - Pen (Green)
9. Curved Line, Terminates on meeting a line - Pen (Green)
10. Curved Line, Crosses over 1 line if met - Pen (Green)
11. Ruled Line, Terminates on meeting an edge - Pencil
12. Ruled Line, Crosses over 1 line if met - Pencil
13. Ruled Line, Rebounds off at 90 degrees when meets with a line - Pencil
14. Curved Line, Terminates on meeting a line - Pencil
15. Curved Line, Crosses over 1 line if met - Pencil
16. Ruled Line, Terminates on meeting an edge - Pen (Black)
17. Ruled Line, Crosses over 1 line if met - Pen (Black)
18. Ruled Line, Rebounds off at 90 degrees when meets with a line - Pen (Black)
19. Curved Line, Terminates on meeting a line - Pen (Black)
20. Curved Line, Crosses over 1 line if met - Pen (Black)
Roll a 4 sided die to decide which corner to start each different colour.
Plan for the observed system drawing, branches starting from each corner and will go 10 centermeters before splitting, repeating every 5 cm after that.
1. Ruled Line, Terminates on meeting an edge - Pen (Red)
2. Ruled Line, Crosses over 1 line if met - Pen (Red)
3. Ruled Line, Rebounds off at 90 degrees when meets with a line - Pen (Red)
4. Curved Line, Terminates on meeting a line - Pen (Red)
5. Curved Line, Crosses over 1 line if met - Pen (Red)
6. Ruled Line, Terminates on meeting an edge - Pen (Green)
7. Ruled Line, Crosses over 1 line if met - Pen (Green)
8. Ruled Line, Rebounds off at 90 degrees when meets with a line - Pen (Green)
9. Curved Line, Terminates on meeting a line - Pen (Green)
10. Curved Line, Crosses over 1 line if met - Pen (Green)
11. Ruled Line, Terminates on meeting an edge - Pencil
12. Ruled Line, Crosses over 1 line if met - Pencil
13. Ruled Line, Rebounds off at 90 degrees when meets with a line - Pencil
14. Curved Line, Terminates on meeting a line - Pencil
15. Curved Line, Crosses over 1 line if met - Pencil
16. Ruled Line, Terminates on meeting an edge - Pen (Black)
17. Ruled Line, Crosses over 1 line if met - Pen (Black)
18. Ruled Line, Rebounds off at 90 degrees when meets with a line - Pen (Black)
19. Curved Line, Terminates on meeting a line - Pen (Black)
20. Curved Line, Crosses over 1 line if met - Pen (Black)
Roll a 4 sided die to decide which corner to start each different colour.
Plan for the observed system drawing, branches starting from each corner and will go 10 centermeters before splitting, repeating every 5 cm after that.
Thursday, 28 March 2013
Better late than never!
Ok so its the 2nd week of the easter break and i'm updating the blog for the first time in nearly 3 weeks, why you may ask, have I held off from doing it for so long?
NO REASON WHAT SO EVER!
That is just how my brain works, one channel opens and another closes, I've been on a bit of a fitness binge over the past 2 weeks and I have totally forgotten to update the blog while still continuing with my drawing.
The week of the 10th of March was a bit manic, I have found that apparently I need a downtime between travelling and reverting back to normal routine, as I was effectively brain dead outside of uni and struggled with the most simple tasks, proof of the epic creative exhaustion I was suffering from being the 24 hours worth of sleep in 2 days I got once we finished on friday.
So work wise, carried on with relevant projects, found it a bit of a faff thinking of how to build my systems drawing so I have changed my mind on the subject and will be using a 20 sided die and a list of rules.
Personal projects are still going strong, if currently a little in flux. Print was a productive session and got some good feedback from the tutorial with the direction I am taking that. My memory driven architectural drawings are moving along at a nice pace, even if one has currently stalled slightly due to a room haven been forgotten and then remembered and messing up the original plan. Still unsure of who to look for in terms of research but will email some folks and see if I get any decent suggestions.
Non term time work is pretty much the above, and really need to get into the nitty gritty of getting out of the sketchbook phase which will start next week, as well as research and planning the essay, the drawing and written word question looks interesting so I'll give that a whirl.
Will be updating this more regularly next week.
NO REASON WHAT SO EVER!
That is just how my brain works, one channel opens and another closes, I've been on a bit of a fitness binge over the past 2 weeks and I have totally forgotten to update the blog while still continuing with my drawing.
The week of the 10th of March was a bit manic, I have found that apparently I need a downtime between travelling and reverting back to normal routine, as I was effectively brain dead outside of uni and struggled with the most simple tasks, proof of the epic creative exhaustion I was suffering from being the 24 hours worth of sleep in 2 days I got once we finished on friday.
So work wise, carried on with relevant projects, found it a bit of a faff thinking of how to build my systems drawing so I have changed my mind on the subject and will be using a 20 sided die and a list of rules.
Personal projects are still going strong, if currently a little in flux. Print was a productive session and got some good feedback from the tutorial with the direction I am taking that. My memory driven architectural drawings are moving along at a nice pace, even if one has currently stalled slightly due to a room haven been forgotten and then remembered and messing up the original plan. Still unsure of who to look for in terms of research but will email some folks and see if I get any decent suggestions.
Non term time work is pretty much the above, and really need to get into the nitty gritty of getting out of the sketchbook phase which will start next week, as well as research and planning the essay, the drawing and written word question looks interesting so I'll give that a whirl.
Will be updating this more regularly next week.
Sunday, 10 March 2013
Plans for the Easter Break, Personal Developments and more
Ok so we have recently had the importance of our personal development, the work we produce on Thursdays, Fridays, Print workshops and our own time. This is more relevant to myself more so than some of the others. As I have previously stated before I have been really struggling with this side of my work this semester. I have to say I am happy with how I am developing my work in Print, and I have been unfortunate with the timings of certain events coinciding with personal development workshop days and our life drawing sessions.
In terms of the work I do outside of our directed study, I have finally decided upon a project that I think will give me the most joy and space for development over the remained of this semester and beyond.
Planned -
Project 1 : To create a series of images from Memory using architectural conventions of where I have previously lived when I was a child. Currently this is the house in which I lived when my family was in Nigeria and the Flat we resided in whilst living in Syria. I have discussed approached with Peter briefly and sit down with him and go into some more depth regarding the process of the project. I will look at artists whose work prominently features architectural conventions, and the use of memory. Piranessi would be a good start.
Project 2 : To teach myself digital drawing, I have 4 weeks effectively on my own over the easter break and I am planning on using some of the time learning the intricacies of digital art.
Project 3 : As the weather continues to improve I want to continue going on walks along the coast, this will give me the opportunity to plonk myself down and start drawing what I see, this will be something I will continue over the course of the summer past the end of the semester.
Current -
Isometric : I was unfortunately unable to attend the first Isometric drawing workshop, however I have since talked to Peter and believe I have a decent understanding of the fundamentals involved. I will be continuing with this project along side the other projects I have at the moment. I am also planning on finishing my part of the large Isospective drawing in the following week.
Life Drawing : I have been unfortunate that I have had to miss several Life Drawing sessions this semester so far, the first being helping with the interviewes and the second I was ill. However I will be able to attend several extra ones in the coming weeks as I am helping out with a school visit on wednesday afternoons.
Print : My development of monotypes and my evolution of my space project from last semester is going well, I will continue this as and when I can.
In terms of the work I do outside of our directed study, I have finally decided upon a project that I think will give me the most joy and space for development over the remained of this semester and beyond.
Planned -
Project 1 : To create a series of images from Memory using architectural conventions of where I have previously lived when I was a child. Currently this is the house in which I lived when my family was in Nigeria and the Flat we resided in whilst living in Syria. I have discussed approached with Peter briefly and sit down with him and go into some more depth regarding the process of the project. I will look at artists whose work prominently features architectural conventions, and the use of memory. Piranessi would be a good start.
Project 2 : To teach myself digital drawing, I have 4 weeks effectively on my own over the easter break and I am planning on using some of the time learning the intricacies of digital art.
Project 3 : As the weather continues to improve I want to continue going on walks along the coast, this will give me the opportunity to plonk myself down and start drawing what I see, this will be something I will continue over the course of the summer past the end of the semester.
Current -
Isometric : I was unfortunately unable to attend the first Isometric drawing workshop, however I have since talked to Peter and believe I have a decent understanding of the fundamentals involved. I will be continuing with this project along side the other projects I have at the moment. I am also planning on finishing my part of the large Isospective drawing in the following week.
Life Drawing : I have been unfortunate that I have had to miss several Life Drawing sessions this semester so far, the first being helping with the interviewes and the second I was ill. However I will be able to attend several extra ones in the coming weeks as I am helping out with a school visit on wednesday afternoons.
Print : My development of monotypes and my evolution of my space project from last semester is going well, I will continue this as and when I can.
Music, Limping and Art!
Ok so this is a special one off version of my blog, this week was exhausting, we had a 3 day London study trip, followed by a new process followed by a interesting approach to life drawing. My mind was floored, I was shattered and days just felt like they fell into each other, I didn't even realise it was the weekend before saturday afternoon.
Anyway so quick recap and reflection of the London trip.
Monday: Trip was fine, found a good book and had finished most of it on the way up. Once we arrived and we had sorted out the Hotel etc, we headed to the British Museum. The BM has to be my 2nd favorite place in the city, after The Natural History Museum and a whisker ahead of the Tate Britain. Anyway so we were given a project to find a random exhibit and document what we saw, this was in the same vein as our semester 1 project on natural subjects. I had found a nice little dark corridor with a selection of Jade ornaments and belt buckles where I promptly got into the zone. However since we had gotten to the BM at around 3:30-4 we didn't have a huge amount of time before being kicked out for closing at 5:30. However before we are asked to leave I had made sure to pop into the Egyptian exhibit to see the Rosetta Stone and some of the more ancient statues.
Tuesday: We headed over to The John Soane's Museum and the Hunterian Museum at the Royal Academy of Surgeons. Both were interesting and worthwhile visits. Some of the specimens in the Hunterian were fascinating however as drawing subjects I could not find much drive to document them, in terms of recording history I would rather my subjects not be in Jars. The Soane's Museum was a bit hit or miss for myself, I found the sheer number of objects, while all interesting, slightly over whelming and without the context of their inherent origins I could not get excited. However saying that I can't state enough amazing things about the Piranesi show that is currently there. The work, whilst not technically accurate is wonderful and I am planning on looking into his work more over the coming week.
In the afternoon, we went further afield and visited the Princes Trust Drawing MA, honestly I have to say that while I understand the benefits (its Free and its based in London, thus surrounded by amazing resources) it was basically the course here in Falmouth and it felt like they were selling us something we already have. Also whilst I was in London I truly missed Falmouth, the slower pace of life in Cornwall suits me perfectly and the hectic madness that is London is not something I think would like for a year. After this we went to see Gemma Andersons Isomorphology exhibt in the Eb & Flow gallery, this was really nice, and Gemma has produced some fantastic work and it was great to see it in its own space. After this I went for a wander which ended up at the embankment, and then after an hour there I headed back towards the British library for our Illustration Q&A and talk. This was really interesting and while was exhausted it was nice to hear some really grounded Illustrators discussing their work.
Wednesday: Ok so by this time I was drained, I mean not a lot left in the tank and we had yet another busy day. The morning was exciting, we got to go to the prints and drawing room in the Courtauld Institute. We saw a massive variety of drawings, from Goya and Van Gogh to Durer. To be this close to work that old by artists that important was just amazing and had I been in a better mental state I would have probably made more of the viewing. After this we went to the Light Show at the Hayward across the river, this was interesting and there were some fascinating uses of the lights, however in all I felt like it was wasted on me.
The afternoon was much the same, we had the opportunity to the visit the Manet exhibit being held in the Royal Academy, this was interesting however it didn't hold much relevance for myself, however the free show we were able to see as well which was a series of Prints by Sydney Lee was much more of a draw for myself. After this I headed back to Paddington and the trip was done.
Thursday: Ok I will admit that I was doing better on thursday than I had any right to be. The morning was spent drawing to music, and by that I mean we would make marks which we felt represented the music we were listening to. I found that my marks would represent the time of the music as well as any significant changes in pitch or introduction of instrument, this was an interesting project which while I dont think I enjoyed the process enough to carry it on in my personal time I definitely appreciated the relevance to our current development. The Afternoon was spent adapting the themes we had started developing in the morning into a larger system. I am still working on this project and will post some images of it when I finish it.
Friday: The morning was spent having Claire Armitage for Life drawing, we were carrying on the theme of systems and this one was using a variety different marks and layering them as the drawing continued. I found myself enjoying this by the end and am happy with the last couple of drawings I produced. I carried on working with the systems drawing from Thursday afternoon.
Anyway so quick recap and reflection of the London trip.
Monday: Trip was fine, found a good book and had finished most of it on the way up. Once we arrived and we had sorted out the Hotel etc, we headed to the British Museum. The BM has to be my 2nd favorite place in the city, after The Natural History Museum and a whisker ahead of the Tate Britain. Anyway so we were given a project to find a random exhibit and document what we saw, this was in the same vein as our semester 1 project on natural subjects. I had found a nice little dark corridor with a selection of Jade ornaments and belt buckles where I promptly got into the zone. However since we had gotten to the BM at around 3:30-4 we didn't have a huge amount of time before being kicked out for closing at 5:30. However before we are asked to leave I had made sure to pop into the Egyptian exhibit to see the Rosetta Stone and some of the more ancient statues.
Tuesday: We headed over to The John Soane's Museum and the Hunterian Museum at the Royal Academy of Surgeons. Both were interesting and worthwhile visits. Some of the specimens in the Hunterian were fascinating however as drawing subjects I could not find much drive to document them, in terms of recording history I would rather my subjects not be in Jars. The Soane's Museum was a bit hit or miss for myself, I found the sheer number of objects, while all interesting, slightly over whelming and without the context of their inherent origins I could not get excited. However saying that I can't state enough amazing things about the Piranesi show that is currently there. The work, whilst not technically accurate is wonderful and I am planning on looking into his work more over the coming week.
In the afternoon, we went further afield and visited the Princes Trust Drawing MA, honestly I have to say that while I understand the benefits (its Free and its based in London, thus surrounded by amazing resources) it was basically the course here in Falmouth and it felt like they were selling us something we already have. Also whilst I was in London I truly missed Falmouth, the slower pace of life in Cornwall suits me perfectly and the hectic madness that is London is not something I think would like for a year. After this we went to see Gemma Andersons Isomorphology exhibt in the Eb & Flow gallery, this was really nice, and Gemma has produced some fantastic work and it was great to see it in its own space. After this I went for a wander which ended up at the embankment, and then after an hour there I headed back towards the British library for our Illustration Q&A and talk. This was really interesting and while was exhausted it was nice to hear some really grounded Illustrators discussing their work.
Wednesday: Ok so by this time I was drained, I mean not a lot left in the tank and we had yet another busy day. The morning was exciting, we got to go to the prints and drawing room in the Courtauld Institute. We saw a massive variety of drawings, from Goya and Van Gogh to Durer. To be this close to work that old by artists that important was just amazing and had I been in a better mental state I would have probably made more of the viewing. After this we went to the Light Show at the Hayward across the river, this was interesting and there were some fascinating uses of the lights, however in all I felt like it was wasted on me.
The afternoon was much the same, we had the opportunity to the visit the Manet exhibit being held in the Royal Academy, this was interesting however it didn't hold much relevance for myself, however the free show we were able to see as well which was a series of Prints by Sydney Lee was much more of a draw for myself. After this I headed back to Paddington and the trip was done.
Thursday: Ok I will admit that I was doing better on thursday than I had any right to be. The morning was spent drawing to music, and by that I mean we would make marks which we felt represented the music we were listening to. I found that my marks would represent the time of the music as well as any significant changes in pitch or introduction of instrument, this was an interesting project which while I dont think I enjoyed the process enough to carry it on in my personal time I definitely appreciated the relevance to our current development. The Afternoon was spent adapting the themes we had started developing in the morning into a larger system. I am still working on this project and will post some images of it when I finish it.
Friday: The morning was spent having Claire Armitage for Life drawing, we were carrying on the theme of systems and this one was using a variety different marks and layering them as the drawing continued. I found myself enjoying this by the end and am happy with the last couple of drawings I produced. I carried on working with the systems drawing from Thursday afternoon.
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
Experimentation with Monotypes
Ok so today was a personal day, but in the evening as per usual I went to my print workshop where I carried on my development with the monotype process.
First the results of last weeks play.
Process: Playing with the effects of turps on the inked up plate; Flicked, Toothbrush bristles and a rag.
Process: Using flicked turps and a cut template from acetate sheet with blue ink and extender. Didn't quite work, needed to do more even coverage on the acetate and get the blend effect more prominent.
Experiment: Incorporating salt and whitening powder to the plate. Too much means the ink won't bite which is what happened, nice tester piece.
Process: This was made blending extender and ink, applying it and a sprinkling of salt, created the effect of a foreground with the roller and unextended ink.
Process: As above, however using whitening powder instead of salt, getting the distribution right will take a lot of trial and error.
This weeks experiments
Combination of flicked turps and whitening powder, needed to resize the plate as it was it a bit big for the roller.
Main aim today was to attempt a 2 layered monotype, process was easier than I had envisioned, however it is just a matter of working out the kinks, I started out too dark on the first layer, also trying to create the streaking effect with the whitening powder was an incorrect solution to a problem that has another possible answer. Using a toothbrush with a tiny bit of turps to get the same sort of effect.
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