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Exercise 4 For this exercise, my goal was to create an image in a singular colour looking at both natural and man made objects. I decided to keep a focus on the pandemic, looking at toilet paper, a mask and a plant positioned near a sink drain.Keeping in line with my drawings from the previousContinue reading “Monochrome”

Exercise 3 For this exercise I decided to focus on a new range of objects relating to the current situation of the pandemic. I looked at placing a mask, toilet rolls and hand soap at an angle near my sink when experimenting with what my composition could be for my first attempt at this exercise.Continue reading “Experimenting with Mixed Media”

Exercise 1- Still Life using Line For this exercise I ended up with two attempts as I felt my first attempt didn’t quite work with what was asked in this Exercise. I focused too much on the tonal elements rather than my use of line. For this drawing, I chose objects similar in function andContinue reading “Still Life using Line and Still Life in tone using colour”

After experimenting with line and capturing detail or groups of natural objects with ink and pencil, I decided to move forward to exercise 1, and look at spending more time, and adding colour, something I haven’t quite done with Still Life so far. I began by setting up a Still Life, using natural forms thatContinue reading “Exercise 1- Detail and Tone”

Detailed Observation of Natural Objects Before starting Exercise 1, I wanted to take some more time to expand on my skills of looking at and capturing natural forms, as my strengths often lie within man made objects. I also wanted to look at how two different mediums help me to capture detail and create atmosphereContinue reading “Exploring Natural Forms”

After my previous research into interesting ways to incorporate negative space into composition, I felt inspired and full of ideas, which I could use to make my compositions of Still Life much more interesting and unique. I was really moved by the work of Henrique de Franca and Ileana Hunter and wanted to explore andContinue reading “Exploring Negative Space and Composition”

Whenever you create a drawing of Still Life, you will be incorporating a use of negative and positive space to form the composition and final product of the drawing. Positive space being the main shapes of the composition, filled with detail. The negative spaces usually being the spaces and shapes in-between, lacking in ‘real form’Continue reading “Still Life- Incorporating Negative and Positive Space.”

The process of modelling for an Art Piece Recently I was fortunate enough to model for Hafsah Jamil on her latest art piece with my partner, Jacob Carter. The work entailed us painting each other, leaving our impressions on the other, in order to define our impressions on our bodies. This stems from and buildsContinue reading “Hafsah Jamil: Impressions”

Still life is a way for artists to experiment and explore their technical drawing skills of capturing a texture, composition or perhaps even a narrative. Still Life can show us an ordinary object and give it new life, meaning and context with carefully thought out compositions, choice of media and execution. As said by ThaneeyaContinue reading “Still Life”

After receiving feedback from my tutor I have identified areas on which I can improve my work as whole as well as how to improve further on my techniques, composition and layout and quality of my work on my blog. First of all, I need to take my time when photographing my work for myContinue reading “Feedback and moving forwards”