Drawing 1, Part 3, Expanse
Assignment 3
I have had so much to learn from this part, and I have so much more to learn. I am finding it hard to loosen up and be more spontaneous in my work, this is such a difficult challenge for me. Every time I set out to be more like this and then by the time the piece is finished I have gone back to my detail and precision again. I looked at at Raoul Dufy (1877 – 1953) for some inspiration, I wanted to use some of his mark making ideas and the way that he uses colours.
Preliminary Drawings
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I found an interesting view that has ‘Angular Perspective’, which I felt would add more drama to the drawing. I think I did manage to achieve this although I found it difficult to find the right position. Trying to decide what to leave in and what in the view I wanted to keep in. I think in the final piece I ended up with too much of the ground, I would have preferred to have less of this and positioned the buildings further down the page.
Mark making
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I tried some mark making with coloured pencils for the assignment, but I didn’t like this the marks were very flat and not textural enough. So I went on to try working with my oil pastels but I found that they went on very thickly which I didn’t like and I wanted to have more control over how they were applied. This was when I tried applying the oil pastels with some pieces of ruler that I had and this allowed me to control the mark but also allow some more interesting marks to come out of this. I continued this on the next page.
Own image, Own Photograph (accessed 19/09/19)
The textures of the walls worked well using this method, with the oil pastels, I liked the effects that I am getting. The walls look rough and I like the negative spaces in the foliage.
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I like the textures that I managed to make in this drawing, I used oil pastels, and applied them using pieces of plastic. I really liked the concrete colours on this wall, I wanted to work with the contrast of the foliage. I liked this small image I think this worked better than the large piece that I did, I think the marks look better with more white around them.
Final Assignment Piece
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I feel I did too much and overworked this piece, it would have looked better if I had done less, almost when in was not finished. I need to learn how to stop and not spend too much time adding areas that are not needed. However I think I achieved some sense of depth that I wanted in the drawing. This was achieved by the receding lines and the receding size of the windows.
I am interested in the way that even in the centre of London nature seems to creep in, the plants pushing through the concrete. In this most urban area, in the centre of London there is this sunny area with plants that seem to thrive.
OCA Drawing 1 