Sunday 30 August 2009
Reflected light
Thursday 13 August 2009
Shape and Form
The basic shapes exercise involved drawing the basic shapes which together make up most of the objects and environment around us, these shapes are: a circle, an ellipse, a square an oblong and a triangle. After drawing these basic shapes and in turn finding all the basic shapes within everyday objects and how they together make up the overall shape of that object, it is then possible to created the illusion of form, so a square becomes a cube, a circle a sphere, an oblong a cylinder and a triangle a cone.
I found this exercise to be very useful as it helps to train your eye to look at familiar and unfamiliar objects in a new way as you try to pick out the different shapes which make up the whole object. I also enjoyed practicing with giving these shapes the illusion of form and found that it was much easier than I first anticipated. By using overlapping shapes to create distance and using various softness of pencils to create shadow and light I found it quite easy to create a convincing 3-D shape.
This drawing of a pepper was done with a dipping pen and ink, using hatching and cross hatching to create light and shade and also having a completely black background helped to give this drawing a 3-D effect. Allowing the white of the paper to come through gave a stark contrast with the black ink, making the pepper stand out.
Wednesday 5 August 2009
Dolly Mixtures
I drew it with a dip pen and ink (again!) it took forever, especially the sugar covered ones, but i think the ink gives a nice effect.
Sunday 2 August 2009
Tone and form
The finished drawing :
Markmaking techniques
Assignment one: Markmaking and tone
Using a pen and ink to doodle ended up producing a sort of landscape drawing although i was not consciously planning on drawing anything in particular. The two ink sketches mounted on purple paper were created by applying ink on some paper then blowing through a straw over it, the second drawing also had some ink applied with a small piece of card, it also reminded me on a landscape drawing - the card producing mountains, hills and some grass coming up and the inkand straw making what looks like branches of tress coming across.
The next part of this exercise was to continue doodling but to allow a subject to influence the marks that were being made without trying particularly hard to produce any clear image.
The first picture was done in oil pastel and i used flowers as my subject, the main focous became an opening bud of a flower and the background became the grass surrounding it. The second picture was done using a cotton bud to apply ink, and i used water as my subject. It started out as being something like droplets of water falling down the page but when i finished i thought it also looked like unopened buds of a plant.
Saturday 1 August 2009
OCA
Part of the course is to keep a learning log and that is what i am using this blog for, as a record of my own creative development and journey as i progress through the course.
I have studied art at GCSE and A-level and also started a diploma in foundation studies in art and design but had to leave due to illness. I hope to become a better artist while studying with OCA and to have a better understanding of art. I hope to become a professional artist some day and be able to make a living from my art.