I have included a blog post where I have posted some of my drawings and outcomes for this project.

I started off by creating some small sketches and small images which I have put in my sketchbook which I have created whilst on the train or in the car during travelling. They are mainly images I have seen on my travels, where I have either taken photographs or I am just sketching from memory.

This brings me onto artists, where I decided to initially research artists who also use the idea of journey or landscape, or architecture in their work. These can be seen in my sketchbook, where I have included the works of Martin John Calanan, Olivier Kugler, Ed Fairborn, Vahram Muratyan, David Hockney and Stephen Wiltshire.

However, between these, I had a particular interest in Olivier Kugler’s work, where I loved his style of working, and also his subject matter.

Olivier Kuglier records journeys of which he has travelled, where he draws on location but also from reference from photos taken on travels. He has a very illustrative way of working which I admire, and his work again stays relevant where he has a common use of buildings and architecture in his work. He also uses and adds text to his work, which is something I could consider.

Another interesting and again relevant artist for my project, is Stephen Wiltshire. Stephen Wiltshire has a body of work where he creates landscapes from memory, mainly cityscapes. Although I have taken many photos across my journeys which I will include in a blog post, I have also observed many things which I have then picked up again and drawn from memory, possibly making them more abstract than they really are.

Something I noticed whilst travelling between the two cities, was the vibrance, and the busyness and the chaos in both. I wanted to show this in my work, by keeping it colourful and busy, and I particularly like this quote by Wiltshire which ties in nicely: “The most intriguing qualities of an exciting city must have chaos and order at the same time, the avenues and squares, skyscrapers as well as traffic jams, the chaotic rush hour and people.”

I have included some examples of their work at the beginning of this post.