I found my tutor’s comments and critique gave me confidence and motivation. As a result of the feedback I will now go forward and try out different materials and techniques. I will explore different ways of mark-making, composition and scale of working. I will now try and develop my sketchbook work – keeping my development …
Category Archives: Assignment 1
Assignment One – Warm Up – Abandoned Versions
I quite liked the fabric in this version, but I wasn’t pleased with the flowers and the penned leaf stem over the mirror – too cartoony!. Hence I got frustrated and chose to abandon this version. The fabric was too flat and too heavy. Once Id overworked the table edge there was no going back!
ASSIGNMENT ONE – THE FINISHED PIECE
Review of Assignment One against the Assessment Criteria
Demonstration of Technical and Visual Skills I have used a variety of different materials and techniques in Assessment One. I have used dipping ink, a calligraphy pen, paper sticks, drawing pens, soft and very soft charcoal, various pencils, an eraser as a drawing tool. I also used hessian material rubbed with charcoal to mark paper …
Continue reading “Review of Assignment One against the Assessment Criteria”
What went well. What didn’t.
I was pleased with the left hand corner of the drawing, where the hessian fabric folds around the table edge. There is heavier crosshatching to hint at where the shadow of the teapot hits. My working wasn’t too heavy here. I smudged the charcoal and left areas almost empty, except for crisscrosses to suggest weave …
ASSIGNMENT ONE – what to draw?
I chose to draw the items seen in the piece as they all have a meaning to me that I would hope to convert into feeling for the viewer within the picture created. The teapot originally belonged to my mum, who sadly passed nearly 5 years ago. It was always her joke to remind us …
Warm Up Work for Assignment 1
I spent a fair bit of time plotting and planning the layout of the piece, to create interesting angles, positioning and spacing. I found using the black and white photographs quite useful, as the greys , lights and darks are easier to see. I practiced some marks to see if I could get the effects …
Sue's Blog 