WEEK 1-4: Sketchbooks
Sketchbooks are where things go wrong.
Dull subject matter keeps expectations low and creates room to wow with just technique and image making skills - more focus on the illustrator's vision than the subject itself.
AIMS:
- Recognise the importance of drawing practice as being at the heart of illustration
- Take ownership of my own skills and begin to develop my own personal approach to drawing
Dull subject matter keeps expectations low and creates room to wow with just technique and image making skills - more focus on the illustrator's vision than the subject itself.
AIMS:
- Recognise the importance of drawing practice as being at the heart of illustration
- Take ownership of my own skills and begin to develop my own personal approach to drawing
Paul Heaston
Chris Ware
Lucinda Rogers
Movement captured in Rogers' drawings - she draws busy markets and streets so often only has a few moments to capture a person on the page because they will have moved on and disappeared next time she looks up. This leaves many areas "unfinished" or even multiple people drawn on top of each other. She doesn't try to "finish" it by trying to make it up or draw from what she remembers - this would make it more static and polished which is not her aim. She is simply taking down information as she sees it in front of her.
Q&A Session with Jonathan Edwards
I had the opportunity to talk to Jonathan Edwards during a video chat session with the class where we were able to ask him about his methods and practices with his sketchbooks.
My Sketchbook Studies
Observational Drawings
Drawing On Location
Wild Life Drawing
WEEK 5-8: Life Drawing
Session 1
Session 2
Session 3
Session 4
WEEKS 9-12: Portfolio Collection
Using the drawing skills I have developed during this module, my task is to now apply and extend them by creating a collection of drawn works around a single theme or subject. My chosen subject needs to demonstrate the full range of my drawing ability (figures, exteriors, interiors, objects...) as well as something that captures my personality and life. "It isn't the subject that is interesting, how you deal with it is." - Dwayne, probably.
Aims:
- Recognise the importance of drawing practice as being at the heart of illustration
- Take ownership of your own skills-base and begin to develop your own personal approaches to drawing
- Turn the world around you into the means of artistic improvement.
Aims:
- Recognise the importance of drawing practice as being at the heart of illustration
- Take ownership of your own skills-base and begin to develop your own personal approaches to drawing
- Turn the world around you into the means of artistic improvement.
Jenny Bloomfield
Menus and Cookbooks
Aubrey Beardsley
Drawings for the Portfolio
Adding Colour
Quentin Blake
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Adding Colour (Again)
Putting It Together
