The Painted Line - Part 1

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 Under the guidance of Rob Nicol over two days I produced a series of drawings that challenged both how and what I use to produce a composition. 

first attempt of drawing a still life with 2 colour palates

  Colour – In relation to the project brief: “Norwich imagined, observed and remembered” we were limited to two colours palates. The main objective of this task was create a tonal passage of light and dark through a still life. A time restraint of 2-5 minutes was enforced per study. Knowing I had to meet the objective of the task as well as produce a series of studies made me feel uneasy. Typically, I work in a refined slow manner so being asked to work in a completely different manner was extremely challenging.  

still life composition using 3 colour palates 

-       Whilst producing my compositions I had consider the placement of my colour and the type of mark. However, the more I participated in the workshop the more I began to understand that this workshop was less concerned with the idea of creating a refined outcome but rather, reflecting your thought process visually.

-       Another aspect of drawing we were asked to consider was scale.  Previously I would consider the size of the overall composition. But within the workshop I was asked to consider creating various images on a number of different scales. Doing this has altered my creative process as before this workshop, I would only consider the size but not the placement of the image on the page. Rapidly moving between sheets of A5, A3 and A1 presented me with a problem.  In order to produce a larger scale image I could not rely on smaller brushes. Unlike a smaller brush I found that the larger brush enabled me to produce less refined compositions but cover the surface more effectively. As a result, I produced a series of less refined work but I was able to explore the sensitivity of line and marks within my compositions. Constantly shifting between soft and hard lines created a more realistic depiction of the objects being in the present.