Drawing Project

For a while I was unsure of how I was taking the drawing project. I explored different ideas such as the unexpected and that came out with the guitar drawings which I soon realised did not really relate to 'journey' so stopped exploring that and turned back to my earlier work.

Untitled, Pen, A5, 2014.

I created a journey that I took everyday to university. I took pictures randomly around me so this sort of relates back to the idea of the unexpected. 

I decided to draw them to bring them more energy as if a continuous line that never ends.

I looked at David Shrigley's style a lot.

What I wanted to do what take things I see on a every day journey and turn them into a drawing that could be something more. 

"Untitled" pen, a5 2014

"Untitled" pen, a5 2014.

David Shrigley in an interview; "Why do you produce paintings, sculptures and animations as well as drawings? Because I can. "

Here I picked out the questions that I thought was most relevant to find out why David Shrigley creates the artwork he makes.

Interview with Bill Kennedy 2003.

What really motivates you to spend eight hours a day drawing? /What drives your desire to express yourself like this? 

I suppose I have a lot of professional commitments ( exhibitions, books, etc.) so in some ways I don't have a choice now, but ultimately making art is what I like doing most. I'm happiest when I'm left alone to do my thing. I guess I always have been.

Films that influence David Shrigley ; 'Unforgiven' the Clint Eastwood movie because of the moral ambiguity. 

Can you outline briefly what you feel motivates your art? Everything.

This information is interesting as it explains why he does what he does. 

Sound experiments for lens base and digital

Here I experimented by taking a scene from a film and re creating the sounds that I thought I heard.

Rembrandt

"Try to put well in practice what you already know; and in doing so you will in good time, discover  the hidden things which you now inquire about. Practice what you know, and it will help make clear what now you do not know." - Rembrandt.

Rembrandt decided not to follow the advice that was given to young painters, which was to travel to Italy to learn  Italian art . Rembrandt had felt that he would learn everything from the art of his own country. 

Self Portrait at the Age of 63. 1669.

In Rembrandt's paintings there is a similarity between them all in the lighting set up. It is quite a warm light.

Animation experiment

Here I started to explore the use of drawing in animation like old disney films. I know this is not the greatest attempt. But I would like to develop this further. I will look at the way other animators explore this technique.

I will also try to make it so it jumps about less as it is distracting.  

Andreas Gursky

Areas Gursky is a photographer known for the colourful, bold exploration of contemporary buildings. He focuses on ppaterns and structures. One of his methods is to use digital manipulation to create a minimalist approach.

Some quotes that I found useful to find out why he created his photography.
"I am never interested in the individual, but in the human species and its environment."

"My preference for clear structures is the result of my desire- perhaps illusory - to keep track of things and maintain my grip on the world."

"In retrospect I can see that my desire to create abstractions has become more and more radical. Art should not be delivering a report on reality , but should be looking at what's behind something. 
  

This has helped my practise as I explored the use of digital manipulation in lens base and digital . I like the idea of using everyday life and turning it into patterns on a large scale. 

Nick Lepard

" My goal is to reflect people in the modern world , but not the modern world itself. " 

Nick Lepard's paintings convey the human not in complete control. "In a world that is constantly changing , and here one minute , gone the next."

Lepard's motivation lies in the mystery of his chosen medium " painting is like trying to solve a mystery. The mystery for me is how to create a painting that will capture the audience's attention and keep it for as long as possible. Right now images are not something we spend much time looking at something we then quickly move onto the next thing. To keep someone looking to have them paused on a single stationary image."

Looking at the way Lepard thinks has made me think about my paintings. I think I am trying to capture the same emotion of wanting to keep someone interested in your image that you are displaying. 

I think that the thing that interests me most about his paintings is that you can tell what it is you are looking at but you can also tell that is a painting there is a sense of freedom about it which is a joy to look at.

Another thing that is attracting me to these paintings is the choice of colour as it is much more brighter tones then a Jonathon Yeo painting which has a lot of earth tones. I enjoy how vibrant these colours are. 

The portraits capture the models personality , with the many layers of paint that make it so intriguing .

From my group critique I was given this artist to look at. I really like their work. I think that the style is really effective as it draws you to look at the person being portrayed. I also like the way the marks are made they feel like dream like especially with the choice of colours used. Since my crit I have thought about how I would like to move my project forward with individual faces I think that also experimenting with brush marks making them more free like this would be another way to go as it will create a dream like feel to the paintings. 

I really want to experiment with my brush marks as Nick Lepard creates his brush marks to form the face which is what I want to make more clear in my paintings. Making more bold marks. 

Talking about drawing presentation