Summer Project: Week 11

Miscellaneous 2

I couldn't think of anything specific that I wanted to achieve,and my work this week didn't have a particular direction.

Summer Project: Week 10

Birthday Week!

My motivation is still at an all time low, but I managed to do a bit more work this week.

I read an article about the new labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn prosing an idea of women only train carriages in the UK.
I didn't make a finished polished editorial illustration on the article, but I jotted down a few rough ideas that I thought might be effective on the points and opinions raised by the public on the matter.

I turned TWENTY! It was the biggest anticlimax ever. This is just a quick drawing of a comparison of my third and twentieth birthdays.

My family and I did a costal path walk from Robin Hood's Bay to Whitby.

Quick drawing from my visit to the London Transport Museum, which was SO interesting (I have done a separate blog post containing my thoughts on the exhibition there)

Ears! because until now I thought that I sucked at drawing them

Summer Project Week 8/9

I've hardly done any drawings over the past week and a half. Being home has really had an affect on my motivation and I'm struggling so much to produce good work without being in a creative environment! 

Feeling like I have run out of steam is really making me anxious for when I graduate. I know things will progress and change but I feel like I am trapped in the concept of becoming an illustrator, moving away from Leeds and being subjected to drawing in my tiny box bedroom in my dull, uninspiring hometown. It's scary!!

I chose themes from Phil McAndrews list that I thought I could manage with feeling pretty rubbish (hopefully it is obvious what they are!)

Summer Project: Week 7

SOS ILLUSTRATORS BLOCK

Back home in Grantham, there isn't much to be inspired by or interested in, so I was struggling a lot for ideas and motivation despite having visited different places.

I tapped into google 'what can I draw?' and I found this really handy website that illustrator Phil McAndrew has provided with a list of 400 things you can draw. So I started to work my way through it.

http://philintheblanks.com/thelist.html

'Emotional fish'

'Slugs'

'Different breeds of dogs'

'Sushi'

My favourite topic by far was 'draw every house you've ever lived in'

This for me was pretty sentimental, as I have moved around a lot and lived in seven houses (sadly all in Grantham), I know it sounds cringey but each house is like a metaphor for different milestones in my life, so this was a bit of a personal project for me to engage in.

I posted this on my instagram and received some really positive comments. It has also sparked an interest in drawing buildings; how can they tell a story, how can buildings, or sequences of buildings relate to a theme or portray a message?

Something to think about!

Summer Project: Week 6

Random/London

Just some simple finaliser drawings of flowers and leaves from my garden.

I was so determined to try to learn how to make a pattern over summer, but the whole idea of it all really boggled me for some reason. After drawing a page of flamingoes, I decided that I would develop it and make a repeating pattern.

I re-drew some of the shapes from the wax-crayon flamingoes using pro-markers and brush pen on a piece of squared off A4. Using a tutorial I found online http://www.designsponge.com/2008/05/welcome-julia-and-how-to-make-a-repeat-pattern.html I followed the instructions of cutting it and flipping it, and then scanning it into Photoshop and having a tweak..and viola!

I'm really pleased I have been able to make a pattern- finally! I will definitely use this method again in future work.

I visited London and was keen to explore Greenwich and Canary Wharf, areas that I had never been to before. I visited the Royal Observatory museum and the planetarium, as well as the Greenwich meantime strip, where time all over the world is scheduled from, it was so interesting! 

I just produced a few quick sketches from the day, as I sometimes find visiting museums and taking in all of the information pretty exhausting.

Summer Project: Week 5

Miscellaneous

I didn't really have a direction with my drawings this week, I kind of just jotted down anything that came to mind.

I MISS DANCING!

I've tried so hard to find a dance class I can go to over summer but where I live they only seem to run in term time which is annoying. So I drew some dancers to compensate. My lack of life drawing classes and proportions in general is evident here...

My Grandad turned 71 this week, I decided to be a good grand daughter and make him a personalised card consisting of objects and things that  I would use to describe him.

Learning to make toad in the hole!

I love seeing illustrated recipes, so I quickly tried my own whilst making toad in the hole for the first time, it was pretty fun. I will probably use this process again when doing something for the first time.

Just some random cats...

My drawings this week have been a bit wishy washy. I will try next week to find more of a structure and something to work towards.

Summer Project: Week 4

FACES

I love drawing faces, but I often find that away from reference it can be one of my biggest kryptonites.

So this week I decided to draw people that I was spending time with each day from different angles, particularly side profiles because I really struggle with those.

First attempt: I made my brother look like a fat, pompous Earl. Sorry, Chris!

I can see my progress already, here. I have realised that each drawing will not be a complete carbon copy because I am drawing from observation, and said observation does move around more than a picture would.

I have really enjoyed drawing faces from observation this week. But it definitely still need some work. So does drawing other body parts from observation. I think I will try and get down to some life drawing classes in second year!