Brief 02 - Location Drawing
"Drawing is the keystone of the visual arts"
We had to produce a massive collection of location drawings in sketchbooks and materials of our choice for this project. We were all assigned a part of town each, where we were free to draw anything there. It was very much based on the way we practice our art and getting an overview of our abilities to understand what we are drawing - capturing the essence of the buildings, people, weather and everything in between on paper. We had to fetch skills and information we learnt the first year at university, like placing items in boxes, perspective, foreshortening, life drawing and so much more. Figuring out weaknesses and strengths in your skills and habits was important for further improvement. Taking steps to make the project easier was something to avoid, like taking pictures or playing it safe with familiar ways of working. I figured out I am a bit selective of what I like to draw, and I need to challenge myself more, but I was proud for drawing so many buildings (something I never draw in my personal work).
Research is a vital part of any project, and since I was stuck with where to start I had to delve into artists who were already established in the art of location drawing. The first one I though of was Rebecca Green, who is an artist I already knew about and has influenced me in my personal art. Her drawings have thicker black lineart with a lot of texture. I would love to keep my drawings a bit more cartoony so it fit well. Emma Carlisle was mentioned in my brief, and she really inspired me and strengthened that idea that it doesn't have to be photo realistic and that cartoony look is actually really effective. She also influenced my dull and selective colour palette, as she had good examples of pieces of buildings/ nature made with just a few colours. I also had a look at more diary/ research based sketchbooks, where a good example is Chema Pastrana. I enjoyed the bits of writing as well which is why I included it scattered about in my sketchbook.
Materials :
Pink Pig A3 sketchbook, Eco
Derwent - Studio, Ivory Black 67
Winsor & Newton Watercolour
Research is a vital part of any project, and since I was stuck with where to start I had to delve into artists who were already established in the art of location drawing. The first one I though of was Rebecca Green, who is an artist I already knew about and has influenced me in my personal art. Her drawings have thicker black lineart with a lot of texture. I would love to keep my drawings a bit more cartoony so it fit well. Emma Carlisle was mentioned in my brief, and she really inspired me and strengthened that idea that it doesn't have to be photo realistic and that cartoony look is actually really effective. She also influenced my dull and selective colour palette, as she had good examples of pieces of buildings/ nature made with just a few colours. I also had a look at more diary/ research based sketchbooks, where a good example is Chema Pastrana. I enjoyed the bits of writing as well which is why I included it scattered about in my sketchbook.
Materials :
Pink Pig A3 sketchbook, Eco
Derwent - Studio, Ivory Black 67
Winsor & Newton Watercolour
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