Velociraptor Skull
Posted: October 2, 2013 Filed under: Subject, Summer Project Leave a comment
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- 2B pencil and watercolour.
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- Continuous line, fine pen.
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- Left handed, continuous line, fine pen.
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- Not looking at paper, biro.
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- Drawing with foot, superfine pen and chalk.
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- Contrasting colours, two coloured pencils.
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- Contrasting colours, two coloured pencils at once.
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- Timed drawings, 15 and 30 seconds, B pencil.
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- Timed drawing, 1 minute, B pencil.
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- Oil pastel.
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- Black and coloured inks with ink pen.
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- Outlining marks on photograph, superfine pen.
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- Computer enhancing and contrasting outlined marks on photo.
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- Contrasting inks on print outs of enhanced outlined photograph.
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- Chalks on watercolour wash.
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- Acrylic.
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- Photo manipualtion, enhanced colours.
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- Photo manipulation, enhanced highlights and shadows.
I very much enjoyed drawing and recording the Velociraptor skull. However, I don’t think this skull lent itself to continuous line as much as the insects and the P.Boisei skull which surprised me as this method of drawing has been one of my favourites at the moment.
I particularly liked outlining the marks and edges of the photograph of the skull, and then scanning in that photo again to adjust the brightness and shadows to be left with only the black pen marks on the photo. I was then able to print out a number of these outlines in order to experiment on top of them using inks. The outlining of the photo gives it a cartoon-feel, which I rather liked.
I also thought the foot drawing using pen and challk turned out quite effectively. I have surprised myself with how much control I have been able to achieve with my toes. I think, should I lose my arms, I have a fair chance of using my feet to continue my art work!
Ammonites
Posted: October 2, 2013 Filed under: Summer Project Leave a comment
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- Acrylic.
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- Continuous line, superfine pen with contrasting watercolours.
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- Drawing with foot. Top 4B pencil. Mid and Bottom: fine pen and charcoal.
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- Fine pen on photographs and 3B pencil.
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- Left handed, superfine pen.
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- Contrasting colours, chalk on watercolour.
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- Coloured pencil on black sugar paper.
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- Watercolour.
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- 2B pencil, timed drawings.
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- Photo manipulation, contrasting colours.
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- Photo manipulation, enhancing colours.
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- Photo manipulation, darkened with neon highlights.
I chose ammonites as I liked the patterning of them, and the way the shapes and colours can vary greatly between the different ammonites depending on what type of rock in which they have been fossilised. I liked the high contrast between light and shade of the ridges on the Ammonite. I think I also have a fondness for them as I spent a lot of time drawing fossils during my brief stint on a Geology course.
I am not fond of my watercolour painting, nor the contrasting chalk. More practise and patience with both of these mediums is needed to improve working with them, as I do enjoy using watercolour and chalk.
Insects
Posted: October 2, 2013 Filed under: Summer Project Leave a comment-
- Continuous line, superfine pen.
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- Not looking at paper, B pencil.
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- Pencil, 2B and 4B.
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- Drawing with foot, fine pen and coloured pencil.
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- Scribbly graphite.
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- Top: 3B pencil. Bottom: continuous line , fine pen.
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- Left handed. Top: B pencil. Bottom: continuous line, 0.1 pen.
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- Chalk pastels.
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- Continuous line, fine pen.
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- From memory, B pencil.
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- Continuous line, 0.1 pen and watercolour.
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- Drawing with mouth, 3B and coloured pencil.
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- Left handed continuous line, superfine pen.
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- Acrylic.
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- MS Paint, touchpad.
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- MS Paint, mouse.
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- MS Paint, mouse.
I looked at a collection of insects rather than just one singular insect. These included: Lucanus, Goliathus, Dynastinae and Cervus Linnaeus.
I found I am particularly fond of the left handed drawing and continuous line. I thought the rough watercolour wash over the continuous line added the colourful flair of the insects.
I also enjoyed drawing using MS Paint. I have often done silly Paint drawings with friends, and never considered using it to create actual art pieces. I may use this again in the next project.
Paranthropus Boisei Skull
Posted: September 30, 2013 Filed under: Subject, Summer Project Leave a comment
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- Acrylic, palette knife.
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- Left-handed continuous line drawing, fine pen.
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- Cross hatching, 0.1 pen.
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- Continuous line drawing, fine pen.
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- Drawing using foot, fine pen and oil pastel.
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- Charcoal.
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- Drawing without looking at paper.
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- Continuous line.
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- Chalks.
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- Photo manipulating, neon.
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- Photo manipulating, contrasting colours.
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- Photo manipulating, contrasting colours.
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- Pencil, 2B and 4B.
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- Left handed, 4B pencil.
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- Two coloured pencils at once.
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- Fine pen and watercolour.
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- Chalk on black sugar paper.
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- Enhancing shadows in photograph, charcoal
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- Outlining sections of colour and shadow, fine pen.
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- Contrasting colours, oil pastels.
I tried to explore the skull using a variety of techniques. I had never before attempted to properly paint using a palette knife, and I quite enjoyed the lack of control and Impressionist outcome of it.
I found using my left hand and foot also very interesting in the same way as the palette knife; there is a lot less control, and this provides a sometimes surprising result which is quite characteristic. I often find myself bogged down in the details of painting realistically and these experiments were quite freeing.
Summer Project
Posted: September 30, 2013 Filed under: Summer Project Leave a comment-
- Paranthropus Boisei
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- Velociraptor
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- Ammonite
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- Insects
As a Summer project for year two of Fine Art, we were to pick four objects or artifacts from a museum or gallery and record 25 drawings of each object.
I chose four artifacts from the National Museum Cardiff; a velociraptor skull, bugs, a skull of an early human, and ammonites.
I decided to record the objects using various techniques I had learned from the first year, as well as using other experimental techniques.
Louise Davies: Fine Art 
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