On Monday 7th we were asked to bring in six items that were of value to us and a single photo that was interesting. We were going to draw these objects which required us to bring in a variety of different medias such as watercolours, charcoal, pencil, coloured pencil, felt tips, fine liners, biro and graphite. The objects I brought in were a koala teddy named Mel, a lucky bamboo plant, my favourite shoes, a Harpers Bazaar magazine that particularly stood out from the last year, my favourite paint tubes and The Art of Happiness novel.
This drawing in black charcoal pencil demonstrates my interpretation of the function of the book, The book in question was by the Dalai Lama and called The Art of Happiness and I tried to translate the book's purpose of peace, knowledge and contentment through the words spiraling around the person I drew reading it. These then roughly transitioned into the thought bubble appearing over their head to indicate the thought provoking nature of this book.
I found the charcoal difficult to control in some aspects, however I think the fact that it was a charcoal pencil with a pointed nib made it significantly more easy. One of the things I do love about using charcoal is its ability to smudge and create shadow with even the lightest touch which I used to my advantage when adding tone and depth to different elements.
The shoe drawing above in pencil was supposed to be an advert for that particular object. The idea with this sketch was to continue the stripes on the shoe out of the boundaries and off the paper out of the billboard onto the surrounding area. The lines would continue before discreetly coming to an end with the meaning being that whilst wearing these shoes, there are no limits. Limitless.
I used a sketchy, realistic style to draw the shoes as in the actual advertisement a photograph would be used, and pencil is the safest media for accuracy and detail.
This watercolour and pencil representation of my lucky bamboo plant was the first image I created and was simply done in the media that I felt most comfortable in, in the style that I was most comfortable in. After using watercolour a lot during my A level course, it has slowly became my preferred material to use in all aspects of art and design because I find it easy to control, layer, create colour and manipulate. This is a talent I particularly value as I understand that using watercolour is often people's last resort when creating.
I found this task simple despite the time constraints and think my use of shading with pencil and paint, along with the lack of lines and effective use of them in some areas make this drawing aesthetically pleasing, even if it was a little mundane to draw.
This watercolour and pencil combination was the result of being asked to draw me holding one of my objects. I took this idea a little differently as I used a photo for this task and drew my present self (in colour) resting my hands on the shoulders of the younger me (in black and white) to represent the time that had passed and the connection shared.
This was a quick challenge and this is shown through the sketchy, cartoon style that I used. Of course, given more time I would have used a more realistic perspective but detail in this task was not as important as the semantics behind it, I personally felt. The colour splashes and monochromatic tones of the different versions of myself was designed to show the past and present variations, and I think the messier style of filling in colour is effective here; perhaps replicating children's illustrations slightly.
These paint tubes were perhaps my favourite drawing of the day; completed in fine liner and water and with my right (not my usual) hand. Despite drawing them with my right hand, the unusually rough, sketchy style with the uneven and often scratchy lines really made this unique. The messy addition of the water to add light shadowing brings the drawings out from the page and adds to this style that i'm not used to at all. It was being thrown in at the deep end with the small sketch that instead produced the best results and had encouraged me to broaden my drawing style a little more to encompass this technique. The fact that I drew it with my other hand also makes me 10x more proud for creating it!
This was the only element on the page in which I included large proportions of text to make up the image and describe my toy koala; Mel. I feel that the overall aesthetic of this piece is a little off, with the scrawl being too messy and not in the right places with the margins varying. This was probably my least favourite creation on the sheet but then again, typography is something I have only had experience in when incorporating it with images. I do believe however that practice makes perfect, and this task has encouraged me to revisit this in the future to improve my skills in this area.
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