Elle Newman

I wanted to create some illustrations from my black and white Brighton shoot, so I picked my two favourite images from the shoot which was of the I360 and West Pier. I always find when drawing that I spend too long making sure the drawing is perfect that I waste a lot of time as well as often overcomplicating the drawing. I have done timed line drawings before, so thought it would be perfect to try it again.

I360

I first gave myself 10 seconds then 20, 35 and 40 seconds before going to 1 minute and 2 minutes. I used a mixture of pencil, Brush pen, Ink and Bio to create these illustrations. I am really happy with them the time went so fast I was unsure if they would look anything like the I360 but I’m happy that they do.

Next, I drew the West Pier, this was a challenge as there is so much detail in the photo but I tried but gave myself a bit longer as the image is more challenging.

I used Ink, Brush pen and pencil to create these drawings I used the timings of 10 sec, 20 sec, 30 sec, 1 min and then gave myself 30 mins for the bottom two drawings as I wanted to draw something more detailed. Overall I am happy with my drawings but I’m not liking working in black and white as Brighton isn’t a black and white sort of town and I want my company to be bright and uplifting. I have planned to do another shoot but in the coloured film to see if that makes a difference and if it gives me any ideas of where to go next.