Thursday, 20 November 2014

Contempary mood board

In my contempary mood board i took some artist work, like piccaso and my favourite artist leonid afremov. & i recreated there work nextto eachother. I used different medias such as water colours, water colour pencils & soft pastels.

Wednesday, 5 November 2014

Observational drawing and Mark-making project evaluation

What drawing and mark-making techniques have you learnt about in this project? Are any techniques new to you?
This project we learnt techniques such as, shading, cross hatching, dotting, taking back out with a rubber, different depth line drawings. From these techniques dotting and cross hatching are new to me. I am pleased I learnt these techniques as they are more interesting that just tonal shading.
How did you use and apply media to explore drawing and mark- making techniques?
We used different surfaces such as newspaper and parcel, coloured inks, acrylic and brusho ink. We used coloured pencil to draw over the top of the collage, coloured inks and acrylic, I found the acrylic quite hard because it was lumpy and bumpy and hard to colour neatly, i didn't like the effect. I enjoyed the collage because it looked really effective with writing and different coloured papers to draw on top of, it was quite hard to see what you were drawing sometimes but it looked good in the end. I haven’t used bleach on brusho inks yet but I believe it will be quite hard to do, but will look really effective in the end.

How effective do you think each of your 4 studies on different backgrounds has been?
I think they have been really effective. I especially liked drawing on different textures. In my opinion I think the collage is the most effective because it has different textures and different coloured papers, I also like the writing and musical notes behind the coloured pencil drawing. It gives it a fuller effect than what it would of the drawing was alone, also how the pencil changes over different papers, it’s like a jigsaw puzzle. The coloured inks give my drawing a softer effect to it; I like how you can still see some of the ink behind the colours so it’s almost a transparent look. I don’t really like the effect of the acrylic because it looks messy, the colouring isn’t neat and the lines are wobbly. I think that the mark-making with bleach on brusho inks will look really effective because you are taking out colour instead of adding it.

What is effective about your sgraffito drawing?
I haven’t don’t my sgraffito yet but when it is don’t I think it will be effective because we are scratching back to the colours underneath and they will really stand out against the black.
How successful do you think your homework studies are? Did you spend enough time on them?
I think I spent a decent amount of time on my homework, but I know I have a lot more to learn so there is room for improvement. I think my homework is quite successful, with a bit more practice I know it can be better.
Do you feel you have improved your observational drawing skills? How?
I feel I have improved on my observational drawings as now I know how to look at things and add shading and highlights in the correct places to make them 3dimentional, I add different shades of colour to give the objects depth as they are not a block colour. I have learnt about scale and to use different led’s when shading. Also it is important to look at the light and the shadows.  

How well did you manage your time throughout this project?
I think I have managed my time well, I focus on my work in class and what I don’t finish I take home. I spent reasonable amounts of time on my homework to get it to the best I can do. I hand all my work in on time meeting deadlines.
Do you feel you have produced the best drawing and mark-making outcomes possible within the time frame?
I do believe that all my work is to the best standard I am capable of at the moment, apart from my first observational drawing that I couldn’t get right but I have progressed and developed my drawing skills from then.

Are there any other drawings or mark making techniques you’d like to explore?
I would like to explore the art of scumbling as it looks interesting and an easy way to create an effective piece of art.  


Discuss your overall thoughts on the project.

Overall I have really enjoyed this project; I enjoyed learning new things and discovering different techniques of drawing and mark-making. I feel that my drawing skills have improved a lot from the





beginning so now I have a wider range of skills and techniques to put into further projects. I am proud of myself for trying new things and enjoying them.