Life drawing

Drawings I have done in life drawing class.

Still Lives

Showing photographs, drawings and paintings from the still lives I have done. 

The setup of the still life, the view finder I used and my sketchbook. We just used simple lines to draw the outlines of the shapes.

The setup of the still life.

 

Next I started making still lives using colour. I experimented using ink and stick, pen, paint, oil pastels and felt tip pens. I made four differant experiments. All of the drawing are drawn using continous line, not looking at the paper, holding the paint brush or pen at the end, drawing with the wrong hand or a combination of them all.

 

 On this image I first used red ink and pen to draw the still life, once that had mostly dried I painted the negative using a light blue paint, I then went over all of this using masking tape the take out areas that were too strong and that i felt needed toning down. Then I drew over the top in black pen, black oil pastel and more ink. I quite like this image. I dont like the red but I like the purple ink and the blue paint together. I love all the thin back lines ontop of the bold colours and I love the dripping paint! I managed to creat this effect by spraying water onto my drawing before and after I put the ink on and by using alot of ink. Overall I like some of the lines created although parts are too cluttered and Im not too keen on the colour scheme.

 

On this image i firstly drew the negative space of the still life in red ink this created a nice colourful bold ground. Once that had dried I drew the still life in blue paint using continuose line drawing I really like the dripping effect of the paint, I created this by putting the paint on thickly. I then drew over the paint and ink in pen. I really like the effect on the pen as it is very thin black lines that are very sketchy but looked quite detailed as they are repeated so much. I dont like the colours of this though, becuase the warm red and cool blue clash too much.

 

I really hate this image. I really dont like the bright orange and the dark green together as they totally conflict each other. I started this drawing by making a bright orange ground using the negative space, the only thing I like about this is that I left a small line inbetween the two areas and it breaks the bright orange up and makes it slightly nore attractive to look at. I think drew the still life using red ink, and black felt tip pen, using a water spray to make the colours and lines bleed slightly. I think tried to darken the bright orange I hated so much using a green ink, I made it look as much worse though, but I do like the lines it created the colour just was too horrible against the orange.

This is definately my favourite image. I started off by drawing the still life in pen and coloured felt tip pens. I then used a water spray and drew the negative space in red ink. Becuase I used the water spray it meant that the ink and pen bled and I loved this mottles effect. I also laid of masking tape to create another type of thicker lines that arent over powering.

 

This is all on my drawings together.

I then made a view finder using a piece of a4 paper. I placed the view finder on and interesting section on my favourite still life. I tried to use and area that had quite alot of white on so that it could become a nice ground that wouldnt be too overpowering.

Here I tried to recreate the section of my still life using blue red and black inks and a black felt tip pen.

I then chose another section to recreate. I liked this one because of the masking taped area and the bled ink.

 

 

 



 I really like the mottled effect of the red ink. I created this using water that had bleach in, the bleach dissolved some of the colour.

 

 

 I then chose a second area to recreate.

 

 I love this bleached effect and i really like it over the newspaper.

 

 

 

 

I love this bled effect and how the colours merge together.

 

I then chose the two I liked the least and worked into them more.

 

 

 

I used this prop to add more detail to my still lives.

 

 

Here I drew the man and the horse in yellow oil pastel.

 

 

 

Here I used a roller to add a darker colour as it was too white. I love the effect of the roller because it creates an uneven textured colour rather than a flat bold colour. I also used brown so that it wasnt too bright as there is already pink, blue and yellow.

 

 

 

I then drew around the horse again in green ink using my finger.

 

 

 

I ripped paper in the shape of the man and horse.

 

I then put the stencil on my drawing.

 

 

 

I painted over the stencil, painting roughly so there were plenty of gaps to see the image beneath. I used a light colour to lighten the browny red i had put on previously.

 

 

Then I used the negative space from the ripped image and painted over in the redy brown.

 

 

I was very happy with my two finished pieces.

 

Week 1 - understanding Visual Communication and Texiles.

Week 1 

Understanding Visual Communication and Textiles.

4 disciplines within 2D design are illustration, graphic design, surface pattern and textiles.

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Graphic design magazines: Eye magazine
http://blog.urbanoutfitters.co.uk/?p=14022 blog on graphic design.

Illustration magazines: Illustration magazine

http://blog.urbanoutfitters.co.uk/?p=14086 blog on illustration and screen printing.

Textiles magazines: 

http://blog.urbanoutfitters.co.uk/?p=14045 blog on fashion

Researching artists.

Stefan Sagmeister - graphic designer and typographer.

I like how this is written on someones back and the type of writing, I also like the rhetorical questions that he uses. 

 

I like this because its something everyone will feel like it relates to them but he has but it in a really simple kind of messy way, with all the differant types of type and differant sized lettering.

Noma Bar- Graphic designer 

I really like how its a really simple image only using 2 colours and 2 shapes yet they make 2 differant images, I think his work is very clever.

I love this image I think it is so clever! I first of all like how simple it is and how there is only grey and white and the tiniest bit of red on the dogs tooth which shows that it is dangerous and deadly. I love how he only uses a tiny amount of colour to convey the nature of the dog. What else I love about this image is that he uses the negative space to turn into another image. For example the dogs mouth turns into a cats head and the cats mouth turns into a mouses head. This is thirdly really clever because it is like a food chain as the cat would eat the mouse and the dog would eat the cat. I feel that's why he has put the bit of red on the dogs tooth to convey this feeling of danger.

Matthew Williamson- Fashion designer

I really like this print. I like the bright colour of the yellow background and the contrast of the black, blue and red tones. I like how he has combined white into the background aswell so the bright yellow isnt too overpowering. I like how he has used organic shapes like flowers but then abstracted them and stretched them so that they look like they are dipping or melting. 

I really love the bright colours in this wallpaper against the black background. I like how he has used just pinks and purples. I love the detail of the leopard and the peacock feathers. 

Timorous Beasties

I love this image. I love how detailed it is and the white ontop on the dark pink so that it creates a lighter pink shade. I love how it is a mirror image and identical on both sides.

I absolutely love this image! I love how detailed is it and how the shapes and natural and organic but then abstracted and blurred out. I love the symmetry of it and the watery look. I love how the differant shapes and colours are layered ontop of each other but some are transparent so its gives a really nice burred effect.

Sara Fanelli- Illustrator

I really like how detailed and colourful the bird is. I find it really interesting how she uses human eyes on the drawings it gives them a werid quality where they look like there alive. I like the combination of the lifelike bird and the really abstracted and distorted person and the fact that they are sat on the bird. The whole image gives a werid combination of being really lifelike and fictional at the same time. 

I like the muted colours in this image and the contrast between that and the colours of the cats bag which could suggest that it is an important part of this image. I really like the detail on the two animals and I love the contrast of the lifelike background and the fictional creatures. I also find it interesting how the two animals match the background of the opposite animal. I also like how the wolf is puling the cat and the cat is looking behind her it makes you wonder what the story is.

Olivier Kugler

Too be honest I dont really like his work I find it too overwhelming and busy but boring at the same time, but with too many words on it. I can appreciate that his drawings are good though and I do like the deatil but I had to find a quieter image like this one but I dont really like this one I find it really boring and I hate the grey but it was nicer to look at than the others becuase they were just too much. I do like the simple lines though and the perspective.

I did really struggle to find a second image that I liked but I did like this one because it wasnt too busy and I think that face is drawn really well. I really like how he does shading on faces and how he uses simple lines for detail and very faded quiet colours to convey shadows and highlights and the slight bit of yellow he has used in the hair gives a nice effect against the blue/grey tone.