Field trip

On Tuesday and Friday, we went on field trips around Leeds in order to gather broader stimuli and inspiration, these a few of the drawings I made over the two days.

Out of all of my drawings over the two days, I think this one is my favourite, as I feel that at every stage I was happy with how it was going. Overall, I probably spent around 2 hours on this piece, which is an extremely long time compared to how I normally work, but I think that this longer chunk of time allowed me to really precisely convey the tones I saw, which to me, is a nice break from the fairly quick line drawings I usually create. Throughout this course I would like to continue to create slower paced, detailed, larger scale work occasionally, as I feel it's a great way to compile a varied collection of self sourced inspiration.

Even though it's a fairly simple drawing, I feel that these loose, quick sketches have a very lively feel to them, especially the variating thickness of line on the black pen. However, I think that the composition would benefit greatly from another overlapped drawing, as I feel there is far too much white space. I also feel that using a different textured media, such as brush and ink or graphite, would have added a different feel to the piece overall, and perhaps made the drawing more three dimensional.

Here I tried to recreate the same item in several different ways, and I feel that this collection is fairly successful, as the variants in tone and line quality ensure that each piece is different enough to one another, yet still retain a similar technique. Overall, I feel that looking at the same item over and over again in both different media and angles is extremely beneficial, as it helped me to gain a thorough understanding of the item in a three dimensional manner, which in turn, ensured what I was drawing was accurate and precise.

Again, I feel that this is a very simple piece, but I still like the composition and shapes it holds. Even though there are many imperfection in this piece, such as the uniformity of the ends, and the steadiness of line, I like the overall impression that a strong line of blue gives to the piece, and how it lifts the drawing into a more developed outcome. However, I would be keen to try and experiment with different ways of adding colour, such as print making or digitally, in order to looses up the shapes of colour, and not limit it to just a single pen line.