Life Drawing

5th March 2013 -
Today we have been doing life drawing, starting off by arranging our easels around the model so we could each get a different angel.

First of all we drew in pencil on newsprint paper and had a time limit for about 20 minutes, as soon as we finished drawing we put a fresh paper of newsprint on the easel and drew the model in charcoal.
Once we finished each drawing we turned round our easels so everybody could see your drawings, this way we could get an idea of what everyone else's style and perspective was.

After break we went to the library to get information about Leonardo Da Vinchi to find out how he measured the human body and what techniques he used, we took this in and used a similar technique for us to use.

As soon as that was over we had to change over and put brown paper onto the easel, we carried on drawing in charcoal put only had ten minutes to draw three then we drew another three but had a tine limit of five minutes.

Finger Painting

Today we did some finger painting which was inspired by Jenny Saville.
We started off by choosing an image that Jenny had done for us to use later on.

We then had a male model at the front of the class who was posing for us to draw his face, by using a central line and shapes we created a simple outline of his face.

By using our fingers and the specific colours that are used in the images we chose, we created a colourful eye catching art piece in the style of Jenny Saville.

Life Drawing - Hands & Feet

Tuesday 29th January 2013 - Today we have carried on drawing hands and feet, but instead of just drawing in pencil we got told we had to go and find some sticks from outside and use them along with ink to draw with instead.
I found it difficult to start off with as I couldn't get it neat and perfect, however the messy effect did work on some of the pictures.
I especially like my final drawing as I was able to use a mix media throughout, I used charcoal, white pastel and ink to get different tones and textures.

Life Drawing

Tuesday 15th January 2013 - After doing an action plan of what we was going to do, we had a model come in for us to draw, we was told we could only draw the hands and feet so every 15 minutes the model would change into a different position and we could choose what to draw each time.

Throughout the session I had moved around the classroom to get different angels as well as using different materials such as pencil, charcoal and graphite stick so I was allowed to create different textures.

By the end of it all I had managed to create seven sketches, some were better than others.

Lino Printing

To begin with we drew six visuals into our sketch books of what we wanted our final outcome to look like, we then developed these ideas into something we wouldn't be able to recognise so it was almost abstract looking, for example my final outcome started out looking like a Lily, but I then zoomed in so close into it that you could hardly tell what it is. 

After choosing our final design we then had to draw the exact picture onto a piece of lino, which was then up to us to put it onto a bench hook and carve away pieces that we wanted. 

Once we was happy with what we had produced, we then had to use any colour paint to be put onto our plain lino cut then it was slowly pressed onto paper where the marks we had cut out gave out fine detail that we needed onto a piece of paper

Sweatshop

A Sweatshop is a hard working environment which is known for being unacceptable, difficult and dangerous.
The workers in a sweatshop are often working for very long hours for an extremely low pay, the majority of workers carry on with this lifestyle as for them there is no other way to make a living.
Not only do they completely violate the laws of minimum wage, they also allow child labour. 

Previously workers have stood up for themselves by organising unions to demand better working conditions, but they have instantly got turned down and even threatened, beaten up as well as getting fired on the spot. 
Women are often the main victims in sweatshops and make up 90% of the sweatshop labours, these women are usually between the ages of 15 - 22 and are taken advantage by the companies that own them so they are able to increase their own profit margins. 

The majority of our clothes that we buy today for example from labels such as "Nike", "Adidas", "Primark", "H&M", "Forever 21" and so on are all often made in sweatshops in the United States or in other countries such as Pakistan, Thailand and more.

However its not just the clothing industry that are involved in the sweatshop environment, common sweatshop goods include a variety of things such as tires, auto parts, toys, shoes and electronics.

 

Nike Factory in China

Doodle Project

The doodle project started off by having the class get split up into groups of three to five and within each group was an A2 blank piece of paper, we got told that we had to doodle what ever we wanted onto this plain piece of paper but we wasn't aloud to communicate to each other at all, so we had to sit and doodle in pure silence.

Two weeks on from that we then got our A2 doodle sheet back, but we got split up into another group so there was different ideas and doodles that could be placed onto other peoples work, we had to fill every gap of the page with only a little bit of white space showing.

The weeks after that our doodle sheets had been cut up into thick strips and we had to choose which strip we would like to use as our final piece.

I chose this piece which had some of my floral waves and patterns as well as someone else's work which had owls and logos on it.

We then got told that to make it our own we had to cover up parts of the doodle strip that we didn't want, with tissue paper and PVA glue, by layering the part we didn't want with tissue paper it made that particular section gradually disappear.

I then added more doodles to the strip, covering up the blank spaces which previously had drawings already on it, I tried to make out the swirls on the picture were branches and there was already an owl on the page so I carried on with the bird theme and drew more birds like swallows and robins.

I enjoy doing textiles so I've added a bit of materials to my strip and I have began to sew different colours into it to give it a 3d effect and for me it makes it stand out even more.

As you can see, I have finally completed my doodle strip, since the last picture and update I have now added pink tissue paper to the background so the objects in the foreground stand out even more.

As well I have sewn into the majority of my work using different styles of stitching, I have sewn into the music notes, the rest of the branches, and even on a couple of the circles. I love the way it gives it a more 3D feel to it.

I have also used a variety of acrylic paints to add some solid colour to the strip and made sure to choose colours that go together rather than picking random colours that clash, but making sure that they look fairly realistic.

I think the hard work finally paid off and I am extremely happy with the way this final outcome as turned out, I even added a border that matched the colour of the tissue paper in the end so it could tie everything in and it didn't look as messy as it did without it. I have also stuck down a piece of plain card to the back of the strip, so my stitching doesnt come out and so it looks neater.