I found this example of temporary drawing on a trip to London on 15th September. It was on the beach on the South Bank of the Thames. The sand sculptor creates amazing, large, 3D pictures on the sand for the pleasure of the tourists (while passing around a hat for some coins of course!) , The tide inevitably comes in and washes the creations away. The sculptors do this every day at this location. I watched as the woman’s face disappeared into the choppy river. I wonder how the creator feels?
The dipped ink version pleased me the best.
Again, the dipped ink seemed to be the most succesful version.
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Object 1 – Wire Wool
Wire wool was quite hard to draw. Sharp edges, shade, reflection and shine are all through the object. I tried differend grades of pencil and drawing pens. Think the 5H pencil may be best?
Object 2 – Wooden xmas tree
This small xmas tree is refined, smoothed and machined, except for base, which still has bark on it.
Pencil seemed the best medium for this. I used a hard pencil – making sparse, refined lines for the machined areas. I used soft, dark pencil for the bark – to created ragged lines and show rugged contrast.
Object 3 – Woven coarse fabric
The most effective method I tried was using drawing pens to create fine lines and show actual weaving of these lines (in the middle of the images below). I then smudged charcoal over the top of the lines to create a feeling of less-defined cloth.
Object 4 – Ceramic Bowl with raised pimples
The raised pimples were hard to re-create. Just drawing round circles did not work – too flat. I then tried to draw 3D circles. Thick pen one side of the circle, thin pen the other side. This seemed to work better. I then swept and smudged charcoal over the pimples to give an impression of a surface. I then dragged an eraser thought parts of the charcoal to show shine of the ceramic surface. This was a better effect. To improve the image I would need to be more mathematical with drawing the circles, i.e. size and positioning.
Just wanted to put up a drawing that I saw at the RA Summer Exhibition 2019.
The Artichokes by Jim Dine
I really loved this drawing. Its lines are not over-worked and seem pretty spontaneous – but to great effect. The shapes just flow. What I particularly liked about it was its size. It was A1, at least. Inspired me to realise that drawing doesn’t need to be confined to a small space. .
So, I poured washing-up liquid into my bath …as suggested. It was fun – a playful experience. I just drew shapes and lines in a haphazard way – as that’s all you can do – and this was the point. It didn’t matter. It didn’t have to be great, beautiful or interesting. It was just liberating. The green colour was pleasing. It was like a Martian Niagara Falls at one point!
When the liquid had all run to the bottom – it was a green mirror. The window reflecting back.
The texture of the liquid let me use it for drawing in. I drew with my fingers and hands – rather pleasing. I threw a few drops of red paint in – just to see if this was a good effect. I did film it – a speeded up version – but I cant post the film on this blog site.
Transient drawing – and the bath got a good clean! It was good for me to follow this process… as it starts to release you from a staid, static mindset.
Drawings made with water and a stick on an outdoor path. I drew trees as their shapes don’t have to be definite. They can be suggested without too much detail. I was pleased with the results – and away they evaporated, gone in minutes…..
I liked this image, as the light reflected in the trunk of the tree – giving a 3D effect. The random blobs for branches also made the image rounded rather than flat.
This image of a pansy didn’t work so well – water and stick is no good for detail. But the rain started to fall and it was gone……………….
Calm
Soft ripples outwards with a charcoal stick
Gentle wiggling, flowing black ink lines with cocoon shapes spiraling upwards
Waves with oil sticks – repetition and pulse
Waves with pastels – gentle and soft, beating. No end or start.
Anger
Jagged charcoal lines – sharp, like teeth
Scribble with an oil stick – what’s the point!!! ??
Sharp ink lines scratched onto the paper. Ink thrown on to the paper in disgust. What does it matter!??
Decided to then attack the paper with a knife…. just destroy………. you want to see anger? There it is!
Joy
All power seemed to head up-wards in these drawings.
Thousands of bubbles rising to the surface – drawn with pen – tickling and laughing
Ink scratches like fireworks – positive power and energy
Waves and ripples – like seaweed in a lively ocean
Charcoal wavy blocks – drawn quickly – spontaneous and without much thought
Empty
Thick full dense heavy charcoal frame – creating a chasm of empty paper within. Except for the lost dot in the middle of the page. An inside and an outside.
A meandering, complex pen frame outside with nothing in the middle – just wide open space..
Oil stick mini universes – one big, one small. With not much else inbetween.
Lines that never touch and never meet.
The first step is always the hardest…
Its hard to get moving in a different direction … It’s like trying to stop an oil tanker on its path in an ocean … Doesn’t it take 20 minutes for a supertanker do an emergency stop? I’m sure I read that somewhere………
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