Artist Research - Gaudi

For my first artist Research page, I studied the architect Gaudi. After studying his buildings, I began looking closer at the Sagrada Familia. I found a computer based

Sketch of the interior of the cathedral to which I sketched out along side a picture of the the Sagrada. I then found another sketch of the exterior to which I replicated a section of it. I like the sketches on this artist page however I feel you can see where I have lagged over time and the drawings have gotten slightly messy. 

Mood Boards

After starting back at college, we were told to create a mood board to define our primary research into an element which we can use for the rest of our project. I chose landscapes and architecture. For my mood board I photocopied a range of drawings from my sketchbook along with other photocopied images of landscapes from books. I do not like this mood board as I feel it looks basic and not to the best of my ability, therefore I will redo this moodboard.  

Dragon fly

Over the summer holiday I have seen many dragonflies, which influenced me to try and draw one. I drew it up close to try and capture the detail of the wings and body, then using water colour to add colour and detail to it. However, I feel adding water colour to the piece ruined the look and made it look messy, therefore if I were to redo it I would use a different media. 

Koi.

Whilst on holiday in Mauritus, our hotel had a pond full of koi fish in the reception. This then influenced me to draw them. I used a pencil to draw the outline and detail of the fish, then building up with water colours to add colour. I like the way the fish have turned out but if I had longer I would have drawn them on a water background instead of it being just plain. 

Deer.

As I live close to a deer farm and have past it regularly through the summer holidays, I decided to draw the head of a deer. I used an ordinary pencil to achieve this look layering up on different patterns to create slits furry look. I like the outline of this page but if I had longer I would have build up with different medians or a college. 

Horses.

For this page I drew a horse in two different positions in two different medians. The first one is created using a black water colour on white paper. The second is created using a white pencil on black paper. My inspiration of this page is a range of photographs and videos I have of my own horse. I like how this page has turned out and I like the silhouette of the horse that has been created however I feel the watercolour piece looks messy. 

Big Ben.

For this page I created a 30 minute sketch of Big Ben and its surrounding landscape. I simply used a plain HB pencil to achieve this. My inspiration for this piece was on a trip to London I had over the summer holidays. I like this page however I feel more detail could have been added and it could have been attempted in a different media. 

New York.

This is a drawing I drew a while ago of the Manhattan bridge. As I like drawing buildings and city landscapes I drew this a few year ago on A3 paper to add in as much detail as possible. To be able to add this page into my sketchbook, I photocopied the drawing onto A4 paper. I like this page as I like the detailing and shading that has been created. 

Daisy.

For this page I used a black ink pen to quickly sketch out a daisy. Whilst out walking I found a bunch of wild Daisy's, which I picked and intended to press to place into my sketchbook. However, this did not work and the Daisy's died so I could not put them in my sketchbook. As I intended to place them around the drawing, I drew the daisy small in the corner, now making the page look bare and boring. 

Fossils.

Whilst on the trip to the World Musuem in Liverpool, I collected a range of research on fossils, this being one of them. I used the photographs I took to copy and reposition the fossil. I then traced over my sketch in black ink pen. I like the drawings I have created however the background is boring and needed to be worked on before recreating the fossils. 

Headscarf.

Looking at cultures around the world, a large part of many cultures is women wearing headscarfs. As many of my friends where headscarfs I used this as my influence to draw one. The way this headscarf is drawn is a traditional Pakistani way. To create this page I used different coloured acrylic paints. I like this page even though I feel I could have drawn it bigger to fill out the page. I could have also designed a more interesting background. 

Teacups.

For this page I looked at British culture and traditions. I chose to draw a stack of teacups as British citizens are stereotyped to be large tea drinkers. To create this I simply drew the outline of traditional teacups using a pencil, creating patterns along some of the cups. I like this page however, unless stated I don't think that this page is obvious to what it is about. 

Waterfall.

While on holiday in Mauritius, I went on a boat trip to see a waterfall. This is a quick and rough sketch of that waterfall. I used a HB pencil to draw, highlight and shadow the rocks and water of the scene. I like the look that quickly sketching this has given, however if I were to redo this I would have drawn it bigger to fill out the page.

New York silhouette

After visiting New York in February. I collected a large selection of photographs, many being of skylines of New York. Those photographs then inspired me to draw this. It is a quick 10 minutes ruler drawing of New Yorks silhouette. I then intended to use water to blur the ink down the page however this did not work. Despite that I still do like this page and I feel it is very simple but it very obvious to what it is.

Wasp

Again as wasps are a very common insect especially in my garden, this inspired me to draw them. As they are commonly found around flowers, I drew it being attracted to a flower. This is a quick sketch using a black and white pencil to shade in the different parts of a wasp. I drew the wasp at a close view so you are able to identify all the different sections of the wasp and the detailing of its body. Although I feel the rest of the page is boring and I could have draw the wasp and flower slightly bigger to fill more of the page, I do like the effect that has been created.

Bee

As bees are a very popular insect, especially in my garden, I decided to draw one. For the bee, I used coloured pencils as well as watercolored pencils to shade in its body. Using water colours was not the best idea for this page as the black smudged, leaving the bee to look slightly messy. For the background, I created a honeycomb stencil and used it to print this background onto the black paper using a sponge and paintbrush. Although I do like the effect it has given I feel the background looks messy as the stencil ripped in some places due to being too wet.

Giraffes.

As well as the Zebras, I also collected photographs of Giraffes at Chester Zoo. Instead of drawing them how I saw them, I wanted to draw them in their natural environment. Again I used coloured pencils for this page to give the giraffes a more stick figure, cartoon like look instead of drawing them realistically. I did this to just simply experiment with different styles of sketching. I like the look of this page. I like how the bright colours used for the Giraffes contrast with the darker colours I used for the rest of the piece.

Zebra.

On a visit to chester zoo, I collected a range of photographs, some being of Zebras. As I wanted to do something different to drawing, I used a scalpel to removed the paper where the black stripes would be. I then shaded in the nose, eyes and ears to fill in the parts that I didn't want to crop out. I like the idea of this page and the effect that is has given, however, after I shaded in the nose, I feel it made it look slightly big for the rest of the body.

Robin.

For this page I used a range of coloured pencils to build up this drawing of a robin. I used small and sharp strokes of the pencils to create the feathered look of the bird. I drew this bird as it is a very common bird in England, that has beautifully coloured feathers. I like this drawing as I like the use of different colours and how the way I used the pencils has created this effect.

Birds of Paradise.

Over the summer holidays, I went away to Mauritius where they displayed these flowers. This then influenced me in trying to draw them to capture the bright colours. I again used watercolours on this piece as they give a brighter more pigmented effect then ordinary coloured pencils do. However, I did not give the drawing a wash over with water to blend the colours together. I like this page as I like how the watercolored pencils gives off a bright contrasting feel on the black paper.

Lilies

Over the summer holidays, I received a bunch of orange lilies, which then influenced me to attempt to draw them. I started by sketching out the outline of the lilies, then leading onto colouring them in using watercolored pencils. This is my favourite piece from my sketchbook. I like how I have captured the shapes and colours of the lilies and how well the watercolours blended together.

Parasaurolophus.

This is the last page I created on the dinosaur theme. I liked the form of the Parasaurolophus, therefore i decided to draw it. Again like I did with the T Rex, i wanted to show the dinosaur in its live and skeletal state.  I drew the Parasaurolophus is rough sketches in three different positions, exploring the different ways it moves. I then drew more detailed sketches of the Parasaurolophus's skull in different positions. I like this page however I feel it could have been set out better and have a more creative background.

Stegosaurs

This is another dinosaur I researched whilst at the Liverpool World Museum, which then led me on to drawing the Stegosaurs in its once live state. To create this look I used coloured pencils on black paper to create a bright contrasting look. However, I don't feel the contrasting look was achieved as well as I had intended and I feel the pencils on black paper gave a streaky look.

T. rex

This page consists of a collection of drawings on the T Rex. I tried to uses as many different forms of the dinosaur: using its body form, its skeleton and its skull to build up this page. The body and skeleton drawings of this dinosaur are simple pencil sketches, whereas the skull has been achieved by using a biro and the cross etching technique. Cross etching is a technique that I am not very familiar with using so I decided to experiment. Even though I am not very confident in using this technique it is one of my favourite drawings I have created in this sketchbook.

Triceratops.

After collecting a range of research on dinosaurs at the World Museum in Liverpool, I decided to create a quick biro sketch of a Triceratops. I decided to create this to collect a different orange of drawings of the different shapes and body forms each different dinosaur has. I like this page as I like the effect that drawing in biro gives. I also like the messy effect that has been achieved.

Nebula.

Whilst on the trip to the World Museum in Liverpool, I collected a range of research on space, including a rang of photographs of different nebulas. This piece is a quick attempt of a remake of one of those nebulas. I used a colour palette of red, blue, pink, white and purple to create this look. After mixing colours, I used a sponge to dab and blend the paint onto black paper to try and recreate the nebula look. I do not like this page as I feel it looks too rushed and does not resemble the nebula as well as I was hoping for.

People 2.

Again, I decided to look more closely at the human body in a live state. This is a quick one line drawing I attempted. In some places I did take the pen away from the paper, but the majority of the piece is all connected using only one continuous line. I decided to use the continuous lie technique as it is something I would not normally use whilst drawing, so I wanted to experiment. I like how this piece turned out and I enjoy the messy look the continuous line technique gives it. There is nothing that I would change about this piece if I were to redo it.

People.

These are a couple of drawings I did based on the female human body. To do this I simply just used a HB pencil to sketch out these two women. They hold a cartoonish form to them as I struggle to draw portraits in a realistic fashion. As I had researched and sketched the human skeleton form, I wanted to adapt onto that and draw the human body in a live state. I am pleased with this piece as I like how well the drawings turned out, however, I feel the background needed to be worked on first as I think it looks slightly boring.

Skeleton

These are a series of sketches I drew on the human skeleton using a black ink pen. I used four different parts of the human skeleton including the skull, the hand, the hips and legs and the full upper body of a human being. I chose to do this to explore the different shapes used within the human body and to study the structure of it. After researching Devinci's work, I then used a teabag to colour the background of this page to give it that similar look of his work. I like the drawings on this page, however I feel like i could have made it more interesting to look at by setting it out differently.