Tea and Doodles

This assignment is designed to pull together the fine observation and practice that you’ve done on this part of the course.  You’re free to choose your own source material and media, provided that you take account of the factors listed below. You can either work on a still life,  or interior scene – or a combination of these.  In the work you produce now you must demonstrate a growing understanding of: the use of colour in drawing the most appropriate medium for the subject composition and context mark-making and contrasts of line and tone accurate and expressive depiction of form,  experimentation with idea, material and method. Is this a creative composition?  Is my subject interesting?  Am I using the most appropriate medium, colour, method, etc.? In my previous posts  here   and   here I have shown my sketching and preparation for this assignment. I enjoy perspect...

I have had no shortage of places to draw in the house. I had in mind I would draw my art 'room' at the top of the house as it is my bolt hole and a place to relax that nobody else visits. I found some beautiful light play and reflection at different times of the day and I was excited that this could make a  good composition and assignment.   However, s ometimes things can be overworked and I may have been forcing this line of investigation too far as I was losing the sanctuary and peaceful feeling of the room. Plus it was getting too hot to continue working up there. I then found another area of the house at a certain time of day that invokes all sorts of feelings that I wanted to capture in a drawing - or at least see if I could.  I was locking up the house at bedtime and switching off the lights when I came across this view: It is very peaceful, but almost eerie. Not a soul except me awake. The landing light being left on to guide me upstairs. Shadows and refl...

I have had no shortage of places to draw in the house. I had in mind I would draw my art 'room' at the top of the house as it is my bolt hole and a place to relax that nobody else visits. I found some beautiful light play and reflection at different times of the day and I was excited that this could make a  good composition and assignment.   However, s ometimes things can be overworked and I may have been forcing this line of investigation too far as I was losing the sanctuary and peaceful feeling of the room. Plus it was getting too hot to continue working up there. I then found another area of the house at a certain time of day that invokes all sorts of feelings that I wanted to capture in a drawing - or at least see if I could.  I was locking up the house at bedtime and switching off the lights when I came across this view: It is very peaceful, but almost eerie. Not a soul except me awake. The landing l...

Further work on using expressive line and marks to suggest three-dimensionality.

Further work on using expressive line and marks to suggest three-dimensionality.

On a 2D surface 'real' space is hard to create, especially without focus on tone. Showing light and dark on a surface gives an impression of three-dimensionality. I started off with conté, as its one of my favourite mediums. Despite that, it is not an easy medium to use as charcoal in terms of building up or lifting tone.           I initially misunderstood the instructions and filled the paper with drawings of the same objects. Rather than getting 'all tones to work together in a series of total shifts'. I began again with charcoal and my work flowed better, maybe because I had my 'eye in' by this point. I cannot find A1 paper easily where I have so have worked on A2.  I know that I could work more on this, especially to lift the highlights and soften the contrast on the right hand vase. I wasn't quite satisfied with the first attempts, not so much perfectionism creeping in but more that I don't think I really follow...

On a 2D surface 'real' space is hard to create, especially without focus on tone. Showing light and dark on a surface gives an impression of three-dimensionality. I started off with conté, as its one of my favourite mediums. Despite that, it is not an easy medium to use as charcoal in terms of building up or lifting tone.           I initially misunderstood the instructions and filled the paper with drawings of the same objects. Rather than getting 'all tones to work together in a series of total shifts'. I began again with charcoal and my work flowed better, maybe because I had my 'eye in' by this point. I cannot find A1 paper easily where I have so have worked on A2.  I know that I could work more on this, especially to lift the highlights and soften the contrast on the right hand vase. I wasn't quite satisfied with the first attempts, not so much perfectionism creeping in but mo...