Stage life drawing :

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At first i was really excited to have had the opportunity to create life drawings with mixed media, although i wished i had used more collage and colour in general instead of sticking to my comfort zone of black and white drawings.

During this workshop i learned working with more sponteneity and a free mind which then resulted in finding out some interesting aspects abount my subconcious which i wouldn’t have found out had i not participated.

I think from time to time it is a good exercise to check in with yourself and maybe become more self aware as we can sometimes get swept up in our life and not realise what our subconcious has been consuming all this time we’ve been on the go.

Close ups :

Studio work :

I thoughrly enjoyed creating this simple lino print as it made me realise I want to incorporate plants into the words ‘threat, bravery and safety’ of this project instead of anxiety like in the letterpressworkshop because it’s a more interesting concept i want to explore further.

Studio work :

I really enjoyed this worshop, I think it showed me how theraputic and fun creating prints with letters can be in a more traditioanl and graphical aspect as well as the results which were all unique and which I loved the texture of.

I chose to print the words : fight or fligt as a representation of what first comes to mind when I chose the words ‘threat, bravery, safety’ of this project as the idea of anxiety which stemmed from those prompts.

In this online session we were given multiple words from our tutors and approximately 30 seconds – 2 minutes  to jot down whatever it was we felt that came to our minds in the instant of hearing the word. Some words were unknown to myself so I did have to look up their meaning and then later on, we were given slightly more time to choose a word we’d already done previously and draw something completely different than what we had drawn the first time.

Cyanotypography :

In this workshop I learned about how to create art with just the use of cyanotype paper, the ambient lighting of the sun and water. By drawing my desired patter on acetate with a black marker I then placed that on top of the cyanotype paper and clamping it together and placing it in the sun to expose for around 30 minutes in order for the light to transfer the marks made onto the paper. Once exposed I simply drowned the paper into a water tray to darken the parts of the paper and make the marks I made which were exposed more evident. In the end I left it to dry on the drying track.

I really like how the cyanotype on the right came out best as it has a very sketchy and spooky ambiance to it even though it’s a simple composition of still life fruits. The first try didn’t exactly turn out as I expected but I still appreciate the abstract composition as it looks like a bunch of match sticks.

Overall I really enjoyed the process of creating this kind of art however I’m not an extreme fan of the outcomes as they’re not my usual style of expressing myself through art.

Group exercise of drawing panels that create a never ending sequence of a story :

The most important thing in this exercise was that each panel had to have a joining point which if at any given stage it were to be placed in a different spot, the story would still make sense. The overall panels that were created in our group, were firstly planned together which was a refreshing approach and I believe all of us achieved this sense of teamwork very well. Our theme in the end was mostly Brighton University life at campus and in halls of residence, from a students point of view. We had a few main characters to set the story in each panel and what I like the most is that in our group specifically, we began our first panel with a time limit of two minutes each. After every two minutes, the panel would be handed to the person who was sitting next to you which then would add more to the drawing that the person previously had already drawn on, creating a very unique, stylised scenario. On our second panel each, we decided to be more personalised, therefore we spent more time on detail and perfecting each panel so the sequences would match and make sense regardless of where they were situated. Throughout this process we also had breaks of matching and mixing all the panels together in a line to make sure that there were no glitches or missed mistakes as we went along. I had wished we made each panel stand out a little bit more by using bolder media such as a marker or perhaps added colour to give the myriorama more character and a sense of atmosphere. Although, working in a group environment definitely helps me get out of my head a lot more and brings a sense of satisfaction to have created something as a collective rather than just by myself, which can often be the case for a lot of people in the industry of illustration.