Land and Water Project

I am quite pleased with a lot of the work I have produced during this project. I have enjoyed going out and drawing around Bristol and Weston, and I feel like this has really improved my drawing. Some of the work I did on a larger scale felt like I was just copying out my drawings onto bigger paper, but I enjoyed using mixed media, working with ink and chalk and charcoal, and I was very pleased with a drawing I did using black thread. I found working with colour quite difficult and enjoyed it less, but I would like to work more in colour with different materials and experiment with the effects it can have on images.

Week 3: Colour

This week I attempted to explore colour theory in my drawings. I experimented with using complementary colours to create light and shadow, blue against orange for a painting of part of a crane, and purple against yellow for a building by Bristol docks. I think the theory worked, but I wasn't happy with the drawings. I think it might have been more successful if I had a colour picture to work from, so i could pick out and exaggerate colours in the picture. I also experimented with colour combinations in an oil pastel drawing. I don't think this worked very well because I didn't have a wide range of colours to choose from and combining them didn't work very well. It may have been better to do a drawing of a crane or bridge where I could have used straight lines and seen how the colours affected each other more clearly.

Week 1: Drawing

Monday: drawing in Uphill

Some quick sketches of boats in the boatyard. I found the proportions difficult and wasn't very pleased with my first two sketches, the second two were better but I would have liked more time

Tuesday: drawing in Weston seafront

Some of the sketches from weston i was more pleased with; particularly the walkway and the close-up of the old pier

I think i will try to theme my drawings around structures connected with land and water