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Developmental Drawing WEEK 3

Changing A Drawing I Dislike

This drawing i wasn’t happy with so decided to cut it up into strips and re arrange it in a different format and play with the lines and composition a bit. Then broke up the drawing even more by cutting it into smaller parts and again playing around with composition and form. I then began to stick the squares in an arrangement I felt worked better. I think the layering of all the little cubed shapes works well as it added physical texture and depth to the page. I felt this was a good way to start my week as I still wanted to experiment a bit more with materials before making more resolved drawings.

Ink And Free Movement

Rather than controlling the ink which i had done perviously i wanted to allow the colours to mix and move around the page freely so rather than using a paint brush i just pored the ink on and moved the paper around to move the ink. This lack of control made i feel some very interesting shapes as well as a better understating of the media i was using.

Again i felt These shaped spoke of a 3d object or space. Though abstract I also thought they looked almost like dancing figures. The large more bulbed shaped dots where the ink is initially pored onto the page before traveling around or of it i think almost looks limb like.

Drawing With Tape

I decided to experiment with layering and using tape as a medium to create drawings . I again liked the fact that the texture was physical and i was able to take rubbings of it with oil pastel to further enhance it. I also liked the process of physically layering the tape. seeing it build and changing as i added and took away from each of the pieces.

Taking Rubbings

More Resolved Work

Developmental Drawing WEEK 2

Daily drawing booklet – staring this week i wanted to keep a book where i could collage and draw ontop of any scraps i had lying around and just have something i could do kind of care free when i was feeling stuck or was struggling with a drawing.

I also started with my 10 3D drawings thinking about textures and folding as well as moving drawings.

From these 10 drawings and my daily drawing booklet I went back into 2D and started think about compositions and layering collage into some of my drawings. I also started to consider using colour however this was’t my main focus this week

after reflecting on the drawing i have produced this week i an happy shape wise and composition wise however i think i need to go back and think about depth and texture as i feel these elements are lacking.

Developmental Drawings WEEK 1

Starting last week with making my small installation I loosely considered composition, line and shapes when putting it together however didn’t want to overthink it to much. Then after taking some sketches of my own installation I quickly wanted to start looking at others installations and focus on which ones drew my attention and why.

From all the installations i think i took the most inspiration from the ones which included plants and larger curved forms such as the bananas and water bottle. These are my first sketches where i spent a couple of seconds to up-to 30mins on each of the drawings sticking to using a limited range of materials.

After my small crit and discussing what drawing I liked and felt were more successful I moved on to the next part of the task and used agin a limited use of materials and tried to think more about composition tone and texture.

I really look a liking to using the blue ink as i’m really drawn to colour and i think its a big part of my practice and how i like to communicate themes as well as for visual purposes. Despite this i think the most successful drawing from these is where is used a combination of charcoal and h2 pencil as i feel it created the best contrast in texture and side by side i think compliment each other. I have also discovered that i like having a one single larger line to create the overall shape and lead your eye around the paper.

At the end of the week for Environmental Drawing I took my sketchbook and drew more loose quick sketches up Carlton hill and walking up and down my streets as I enjoy working quite quick just using pencils and pen. I wanted to just get a sense of positive and negative space focusing mostly on my uses of line and how much I could communicate about the space in such a short amount of time. I think moving forward I want to experiment more with the surfaces i am working on and the type of media i’m using. I also want to scale up my drawings as i think the sense of movement is communicated better when i’m using my whole arm and body.