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Initial experiments and ideas From my previous exercises and collection of work I have already created, I had a clear vision going into this assignment of what piece of work I wanted to create for my final still life drawing for this part of the module. I really liked my more recent pieces, experimenting withContinue reading “Assignment One”

In order to practice and develop my skills of drawing light and shadow more effectively, especially reflective surfaces, I did a drawing to practice and develop my tonal skills. For this exercise I used a range of charcoal from white to grey to black and a putty rubber for accentuating highlights. I chose two objectsContinue reading “Shadows and reflected light”

In this exercise, I began looking at my use of tone in more detail, how do I go about creating it effectively within my work. To start with I began experimenting with four different mediums and how they varied with different approaches to applying tone. I began by creating four rectangular boxes, and choosing fourContinue reading “Creating shadow using lines and marks”

Odilon Redon is an important artist when looking at tone. In this first piece; ‘Two Trees’ my eyes are instantly drawn to the centre due to the contrast created by the dark shadows behind the trees and where the light hits the trees. This focal point being in the centre is also helped by theContinue reading “Artist Research- Odilon Redon”

In order to create a sense of reality within ones work, the use of tone is crucial. The use of tone, creating areas of light and dark, help to make a 2D drawing have a 3D feel, and along side texture, helps to create a real feeling drawing. I wanted to experiment with some drasticContinue reading “Experimenting with tone-Observing shadow using blocks of tone”

I began by collecting a group of objects to draw, sticking to cylinder and rectangle shapes as a guideline. I ended up with jars, bottles, a roll of tissue and a book and a box of tissues. I arranged them in a way I thought was interesting compositionally and began my first sketch in charcoal.Continue reading “Groups of Objects- Experimenting with composition”

Depicting texture I gathered a range of items, varying in texture, to begin my study of depicting texture. I thought it would be good to begin with a variety of different textures to see where my strength lies and where I need to improve. My first attempt [1] the wooden flooring I used pencil. IContinue reading “Experimenting with texture”

Exhibition by Andreea Pislaru, Jacob Carter, Bethan Goddard and Ethan Gibson-Barsby. An exhibition in response to Paul Preciado’s ‘Testo Junkie’ I recently visited an exhibition created by second year students at BCU. It was created in response to a piece of writing done by Paul Preciado called ‘Testo Junkie’ which discussed addiction to ‘Testogel’ andContinue reading “I am [X]”

As I begin Project 1 I start with experimenting with expressive lines and marks, which is useful to show yourself how emotions can make their way into your work in the most subtle ways. How feeling happy, sad or angry can effect the pressure and movement of your strokes and thus your drawing begins toContinue reading “Experimenting with expressive lines and marks”

For my temporary drawing exercise I decided to use tea leaves. I ripped the top of the bag and poured them out onto the plate to draw with. I found that depending how I held the teabag I could create a variety of soft looking marks/strokes on the plate. I found the process calming andContinue reading “Temporary Drawing”