WEEK#7&8 FINE ART

During the first couple of days of doing Fine Art, we did a lot of quick drawings in the studio, where four installations were set up. Each of us brought in an object which we placed on the installations, and we were encouraged to draw each of these installations by moving around them. Initially, my drawings were quite precise and controlled, which I realized then lacks a sense of dynamism and became much of a bore. I then changed my way of drawing into a sketchier, looser style which introduced dynamism into my drawings. I also moved around the four installations a lot, allowing me to complete a variety of drawings, mainly using charcoal and pencil.


On Tuesday and Wednesday, we were told to explore the city and take a series of sequential photographs of the busy and dynamic streets, where things are constantly moving around us. Oxford Circus being my destination of choice, I stood at a crossroad and took sequential photographs of moving buses, cars and people crossing the streets, using a streetlight as my point of focus - which was the only thing that stayed constantly still in all my photographs. I also did a few quick drawings there, although I thought this was difficult as things were moving by so quickly, therefore continued at home to draw from some of my photographs.
On the same day, I also visited the "Move" exhibition at the Hayward Gallery, which I found very different to any other gallery as this explores the relationship between art and dance, using sculptures or installations to guide sequences of movement. Here, I saw multiples of very interesting installations that required the participation of the viewer, such as to go inside it or walk through it, as well as dancers and choreography which made the exhibition seem full of life and movement.


We began drawing specific objects from the installations onto acetate with a permanent marker. Each of these objects have to be drawn three times from different angles and all together we each had 15 drawings. With these acetate drawings, we were encouraged to play around and experiment with them using our images taken from the previous days. Putting the images together, I used white acrylic paint to block out parts of the images which I wanted to remove and scanned them onto my computer to make a short animation. However, I'm not very pleased with this animation as the images put together don't look like they are moving but instead look like still shots to me...


During our last week, I took lots of photos from Portobello market of objects and places that interest me. Most of my photos are very colourful images of prints, patterns and objects, as well as vintage jewellry and decorations. I began experimenting with these photos by drawing from them and cutting them up, but what I want to focus on most was COLOUR. I began using watercolour and acrylic to paint objects, using colour non-descriptively in a more abstract sense.