Research Drawings

These are just a selection of images taken during the "Map the City" drawing/research project. Although the 16 "Chance cards" with different drawing techniques to complete were biased towards the use of black, white an tones, I made an effort to involve as much colour as possible. 

I also enjoyed using new materials such as Guache paints and Indian inks alongside more familiar techniques such as collage. I feel the use of colour and my more textural approach has helped me to place myself in the appropriate "Textile Worlds" of construct and mixed media. 

This piece was a response to a "chance card" asking us to draw shadows. Usually my drawing style is more illustrative and not quite true to life, however using water colour to paint the outlines of the shadow created by my bracelet, I found, was a nice way of creating a more literal drawing. 

This drawing responded to a "Chance Card" asking us to do a drawing on crumpled paper. The drawing is of a mosaic piece of art on the outside of Affleck's Palace. I found crumpling the paper was a great technique enabling me to replicate the mosaic effect by drawing along the creases. 

This a collection of objects I often wear on my wrists, that inspired me to think more about proportion, colour and composition. I also drew this collection to help me relate the tools I use to draw, to the materials I am drawing (e.g. acrylics for plastic, pastels for fabric or yarn etc). 

I am really glad I completed all 16 drawing tasks, because although drawing is not something I often enjoy, it has helped me find techniques and materials that I enjoy using (collage, inks, Guache, pastels, paper cutting). This makes me feel less reluctant to approach drawing tasks in the future.