Sketching
I've been worried about my lack of sketchbook work ever since the course started and I've just had a prompt from my manual. I took some materials and spent some time drawing whilst minding a sleeping granddaughter.
I chose to draw a small urn shaped vase with a lid. It has complex Islamic patterns on it and lots of gold paint. I found myself thinking "look with your eyes not your brain" and this helped a lot with perspective.
Each stripe on the vase was different and there was so much gold involved that a copy just wasn't possible even I'd wanted to. I therefore delved into my mark making learning and made linear patterns to represent (rather than copy) the stripes of pattern on the vase.
I was really pleased with the result and I feel it will turn up again somewhere or other although it looks a bit linear at the moment. I'm going to investigate digital manipulation to see what can happen.
I used PAINT.net and this is my first attempt. I can see it has great possibilities.
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| Twist |
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| Polar inversion |
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| Dents - my favourite |
But is it cheating?
Whenever I use my sketchbook I enjoy it - I just need to incorporate it into my life a bit more. I'm finding myself integrating my learning into my practice and generally feeling more confident in what I'm doing.
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