This final part of the course felt like a bit of a call back to tactile mark making from Topic 2–drawing and mark making to convey many different types of available information, this time not necessarily physical or touchable, but audible or showing what movements was capable of creating. It also reminded me of drawing …
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Topic 2: Sound
This topic is an investigation into ways to interpret and describe sounds on the page, through various drawing methods and mark making techniques. I worked through in order, and it was fun to see how my confidence and technique changed throughout the topic. Exercise 5.4: The sounds that machines make For this first exercise I …
Topic 1: Movement
This topic was all about mark making that can be done while moving the body and using all parts of the body to create pieces of larger-scale artworks. As a disabled student, with a chronic illness that saps my energy, and as a wheelchair user I have had to approach it slightly differently than the …
Drawing through movement research point
For this research point I looked at the work of Rebecca Horn, Jim Bond, Tim Knowles, Callen Schaub, David Bohm and Jiri Franta, and a little at the work of Tony Orrico and Heather Hansen.It is a fairly long wall of text, so for ease of perusal I highlighted the main things I learned or …
Reflections at the end of part 4
My main points of learning from this part of the course have been, I think, that I have all the needed skills, I just need to refine how to apply them and not rush the initial stages of laying down marks on the page. I can make good thumbnails and imagine what I want to …
Topic 3: Fabric on the body
Exercise 4.10: Silhouttea This exercise was the introduction to the depiction of drawing the body for fashion designs. I started with two fashion magazines and pulled out all the images that had full-body figures shown. I practised first in my sketchbook just drawing some random figures to get a feel for drawing the human form. …
Drawing for fashion research point
I had a look at eight different designers and artists and their approaches to drawing figures and clothing. Below is the result of that research, my notes and observations, and what I hope to take away from this research. John Booth From this interview I read that he has “[His] instinctive, un-laboured collage techniques combined …
Topic 2: Drape and Colour
Exercise 4.5- Linear Drape for this exercise all pieces were drawn with continuous line– the first two without looking at the page at all, the third looking at both the page and the subject. It was good to stretch the drawing muscles again after the time spent collaging, and I was glad to find I …
Colour Theory Research
A brief explanation of colour theory. The colour wheel is made of twelve main colour hues, although there are infinite varieties of colours you can mix. The main colours are:Primary: Red, blue, yellowSecondary: Green, Orange, PurpleTertiary: green-blue, green-yellow, orange-yellow, orange-red, purple-red, and purple-blue Every colour can be mixed by using just the primary colours, and …
Topic 1 – Shape and form
Exercise 4.2 – Comparing my two collages I can see that my first collage looks a little more playful, but that the overlaps of paper look less messy and less muddled on my second collage, and they look more like wrapped bundles. This is especially noticeable on the bottom right bundle. The composition on collage …
Reflections at the end of Part 3
These topics felt a lot like the basics building blocks of being able to draw a full piece of artwork. I can see from my first artworks in this section that my observational skills and the ability to transfer that to the page have improved as I progressed. The exercises used mostly pencil, but from …
Topic 5: Taking the Picture off the page
Having watched the research videos I feel excited about the prospect of starting my own project and seeing how it turns out. I expect it will look nothing like I initially imagine and grow to become something other. I have taken on board that the finished pieces can have structural, almost architectural, essences. This was …
Rebekah's OCA Learning Log 