My summer art project!

The idea for my sketchbook was based on a photoalbum so I could title it Summer 2013 and base it over my summer holiday. I made the book landscape and used string to hold it all together, for the cover I used different coloured and created different textures by scrunching up the paper and then flattening it out.

Activity 1: This is my first page of continuos line drawings the objects I chose I gained over my summer holiday. I used pencil when drawing my key, to gain form and with adding tone to the right areas, and with the other objects in fine liner shape and tone was formed through build up of lines and cross- hatching.

Activity 1: In these drawing I decided to use pencil, and the objects I drew were ones used over the summer holiday, I created a continuos line drawing of my backpack and created form with applying different amounts of pressure to the pencil in darker areas. When drawing my pencil, form and shape was achieved through adding tone dark to light.

Activity 2: measure the height, length, and thickness of your object and draw on graph paper. When carrying out this activity I measured my objects and drew them yo exact scale however, I could only draw the ones that would be able to fit.

Activity 3: For this activity I had to find an old envolope with a stamp on and draw directions to a place I was going that day, in my drawing I drew directions from my house to the pizza shop and all the landmarks inbetween like friends houses and bus stops.

 

Activity 4: For this activity I ripped out the page from an old book and chose relavent sentances to my day. To block out the other words I simply scribbled over byro.

Activity 4: on this activity I tore out another page from an old book and first of all drew over my personal object and gained tone through cross-hatching and mark-making I then used water and a paint brush to smudge and spread the ink, after this I used white acrylic paint to add highlights.

Activity 5: For this activity I took a series of nine shots of someone else carrying out an activity, I then filled the areas of negative space with masking tape, creating a background and foreground. In my activity it was the process of setting up and plugging in an electric guitar.

Activity 5: The nine image process included setting up the pedals and amp, it was also interesting finding which areas were the negative space.

Activity 6: For this activity i had to find a messy drawer in the house take a photo and draw its contents, when drawing this I had to build form and shape through cross-hatching.

Activity 5: this was the final page of activity five in my sketchbook and it shows the guitar fully set up, I found this activity interesting and when the images were complete i like the effect the masking tape gave the image.

3 week specialist subject- Textiles

In my 3 week textiles block the objective was to design a sleeve/garment with an influence of a personal object, after samples and sketchbook work I produced a final garment.

Yellow Week

Here's a picture of a normal drawing classroom, we covered the walls and floor with paper and carried out tradional observation drawings from excotic fruit and vegetables with charcoal, willow charcoal and white pastel. In my drawing I tried to capture the 3-D sculptural form of the pepper I was drawing and the shadows and tones.

Here is a picture of me in the process of making my wire sculpture, when creating this sculpture I tried to make it look like my line drawings of the fruit I was copying. I think the wire sculptures worked well because of the simplistic style and design.

Here are some of the fruit and vegetable that were used during yellow week, when i did my observation large-scale drawing I used the red pepper.I think the charcoal worked well because it bought out the interesting shapes and textures without focusing on the colour.

Here is my wire sculptures

Textiles

Here is my finished textiles pocket, in this assignment we based our pocket idea around the idea of a secret agent pocket, however this secret agent could be practically anything and I based it around someone promoting Greenpeace, my pocket shows many of my sample textile work, with different layers and compartments.

Here is a couple of sample pieces of work from my sketchbook, this includes an image transfer, using image transfer paper to create a professional print on the fabric. There are also two free hand sowing samples done on the sowing machine, this creates a continuous line effect.

Here are some screen print sames on some fabric from my sketchbook the first images i created worked well, when i did a second image of flowers i used two inks, because there was too much ink used the image didn't print well, this is because you need a thin even layer.

Here is my acetate sheet that I used to create my screen print on fabric, next to the acetate is some line drawings on tracing paper which were my first ideas for the screen print design.  

Firstly, is a sample of image transfer on image using image transfer solution, and secondly a batik sample using candlewax and ink. 

Photography

Here are my negatives from my camera, which i developed and took myself.

Here is one of my photographs I took which looks slightly underexposed, however the image is in focus and i like the angle that i took the photograph. 

Here is another photograph I took and developed, this is one of my favorite images because i love the angle of the photograph and the sharp focus, I also like how I have correctly exposed the image.

This is also one of my favorite images, i took this image whilst on the ground, i love the angle of the picture and the sharp quality picture.

drawing-painting

Here is a start to my section of my painting section in drawing, I've started some observational paintings of other artists work using acrylic paint, in these paintings I tried to capture the correct brushstrokes and tones.

3D

Here is my sketchbook of my sample sculptures, this includes clay, wood and metal work, all my sculptures are inspired by sea creatures and other artists interpretation of this topic too.

Here is a drawing i copied and made my own, using different medias and colours to add interest and show ability to work with different materials.