Drawing tasks

Today we were doing short stints of drawing and in loads of different ways, it was a really successful day because it freed everyone up a lot and we had fun with it.

 This was supposed to be a map of how I see Chelsea, It showed what I see as the important things about the college (Textiles block, library and of course the canteen)

These images were listening to the same piece of music and drawing from the beginning of the song to the end. The high bits are when anything loud or high pitched happened and then staggered parts are when a voice wavered.

 This was a different song and had more of a beat to it with a voice every now and then. I drew this in straight lines to reflect or short and sharp the beat was. The smokey bots behind are the small noises that went on in the background.

We got told to draw the person sitting to the right of us, everyones were really interesting . I found her hat the most noticeable thing about her appearance that day so I made that quite key. 

We had to draw a view of the college and the group I was in decided to make everything about textiles because we do feel as if we live in the textiles block and rarely venture out! We cut the building in hald and showed the different levels with the tutors and facilities.

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5 Examples of innovative + or reflective sketchbooks

Lucian Freud Sketchbook. Proportions and angles are really nice.

Vincent van Gogh Sketchbook. His portraits were always so emotive

Goya Sketchbook, I love the chaos of this of this drawing and the rushed mood it creates.

20 EXCELLENT SKETCHES

Task to find what you see as excellent sketches:

- Two from personal viewing:

                                                    Lucian Freud @ National portrait Gallery 2010

                                                  Antonio Lopez fashion illustrator @ Design Museum 2010


-Three of your own:

-5 from anywhere

    Picasso sketches for Geurnica: I love the strong lines Picasso uses and how bold his sketches are, there is no sign of doubt.

Lucian Freud: I have always loved this pencil drawing by Freud. The eyes are really captivating and the expression on her face is so emotionless. I love the textures that he has created with the hair.

Escher, drawing hands. I studied this drawing during my A-levels and it has always been a favourite of mine. I really like Escher's drawings because they were so realistic but there was always a surreal element to them.

Renzo Piano, architect. This is a sketch he did of the shard during an interview he had about his project and how the design idea came to him. I love how rough this is but quite exact as well, it shows his creative mind and how it works.

Rene gruau fashion illustrator: I really like the bold colours Gruau would use and he often finished with a black outline around the drawing which really makes it stand out. He understood the female form perfectly. 

A TOY THAT MOVES

We were told to produce a drawing instrument from a toy or object that can move and create marks at the same time. A 'drawing machine' I struggled with this because I wanted to create something really interesting but all I came up with in the beginning was to attach pens onto a pull back motion toy car. It did create lines and a few marks on paper but nothing amazing. I then made something from a large water bottle, cardboard, coat hanger and pens. I broke the coat hanger in half and used the straight edge by inserting it into the bottle and then cut two circular shapes from the cardboard with holes in the center. I then added these two circles to either end of the bottle to act as wheels. I put tiny holes around the bottle and places pens inside each one. When I rolled the bottle along the floor by the hanger handle it moves and the pens made tiny dashes and marks as it went. I would say this was half successful I think it would need more time spent on it.
This was my favourite drawing toy of the day, it was fairly simple but made some really nice marks with blue paint:

STEPHEN FARTHING

In our second Top session we had the opportunity to meet and listen to a expert in the field of drawing and a well established British painter and he spoke about his journey with sketch and what he thinks sketch means. Stephen gave us an insight into his career so far and his work but mainly focused on the sketching side of things. It is obvious he has a very distinct style and his methods to spontaneous drawing were really interesting. I wrote down a few notes that I found really useful to remember in the future. As a Textiles Designer at university I think it is very easy to be overly concerned with layout and presentation and producing things to achieve good results but it was really good to hear somebody talk about creativity and drawing in a very expressive and personal way. I used to draw a lot and I never really planned or thought about what i was drawing however being on a degree has changed that about me so these points will come in handy when I'm reminding myself not to think too much again!

-Important to always carry a sketchbook

-drawing to understand - science and drawing not just art 

-Be chaotic with a sketchbook, have an active mind

-Drawing is the translation of multi-dimensional events into two dimensional images

-not a receiver of information but a processor

-Ask why am I doing this drawing/sketcbook.. who is it for?

-Personal documentation.. do it for yourself 

-There is no right way

-Things usually look better if you're not concentrating too hard

Just for fun

Small concertina book that I covered with some material just to make it look nicer.

Pamphlet book

A5 size, I sewed this together but would have been easier with a stapler.

Small concertina book

Small concertina book, not many pages but I liked the size of it and how easy it was to make. Would be good for mark making.

japanese Stab Binding Book

1) Japanese stab binding book 

3 book challenge

-Try and make three books through book binding 
-Three different types 
- Consertina book
- Pamphlet book (staple or sew) Check Japanese sewing
  OR
- Multiple Pamphlet Book
- Japanese Stab Binding Book sewn together

12.10.12- questions

We had a few questions put to us about sketching and what the term means to us.. these are mine and my group's answers:

1) What is Sketch?

A way of communication
Expressing what yous see in front of you
Visualising what is in your head
Documenting moments in time- sketching as a way of understanding and processing

2) What is a sketch book?

Something to record in
Something to put ideas into
personal documentation of a journey
blank canvas

3) What is meant by innovation?

Looking at something from a different perspective
Thinking outside of the box
New approaches to something
Ambition
Experimenting with material, context and content.
Evolving with the way you process and record
Exploring
Challenging

4) What do you think we're going to do/ what would you like to do/ what do you hope to achieve?

-Going to experiment with different materials
Learn new techniques
Learning to look at things in different ways
Improve with a structure of sketching
New languages through sketching and drawing

-Would like to draw
Look at sketch in a way different to what we already do

- Hope to achieve new methods of drawing
New techniques and new perspective that we can be proud of.