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Observational drawing
Media and techniques
I draw a yellow pansy and used line, texture and colour media and techniques.
I really like to use fine liner pens so enjoyed line and texture one. I used the same pens but depends on the shade I put these drawings are totally different.
I like the bold appearance of black lines too. Feels like no excuse for bad mistakes.
Colour one, I used the water colour paint. Maybe I should use smaller brush next time for more details.
I also tried digital drawing. The brushes which I used was the one which you gave it to us so it was interesting to try new texture.
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Observational drawing
Colour
This time about colors. I used calligraphy ink, fountain pen and brush like last time.
I love the way the ink blurred. I learned from your lesson that I don’t have to draw perfectly. So I more relax and enjoy drawings.
Making colour graduations and fading was a bit challenging but managed well.
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Observational drawing
Shape
These are hand drawing with calligraphy inks. I really enjoyed using a fountain pen for drawing. The line is so delicate and sometimes I used brush for the larger area.it’s good show the depth of color as well.
I did some experiments with digital. Flip function is so cool to make nice work to make and so easy.
I love this dandelion image and I could change colors next time or I can use this for my screen printing!
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Observational drawing
Texture and pattern
Showing the depth and texture was quite difficult with normal color pencils. I needed more color pencil color variations. I can see the big difference between adding fine liner pen about texture and pattern. These are much more interesting and clear.
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Observational drawing
Depth and perspective
I enjoyed this class. I felt doing these in one class was a lots to do but overall quick sketch made these works interesting.
I like the roughness of lines but very bold and dynamic.
I learned a lot about perspective which is great!
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Observational drawing
Proportion
I used a fine liner pen and watercolor this time, too.
I like the fine liner pen because I can draw small details really well. Flowers proposition and patterns are very well balanced. Very impressive!
I couldn’t do well with tulips leaves to show depth but I think flower parts are really good.
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Observational drawing
Structure
I do love mushrooms so I really had fun to drawing in this class.
This time, I used watercolor (the first one is with fine liner pen) . The way to mix the colors is beautiful and sometimes can not control it which make this painting more interesting look.
I felt showing depth was quite difficult but overall I think i did well.
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Observational drawing
Tone
I used pencil and watercolor for 2nd artwork. It’s nice to use different media so I can pick up good points of them and use it.
Sometimes it’s difficult and take times to do tones. I think it will work with bold approach.
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Observational drawing
Line
I really enjoyed to draw these plants. I can see the beautiful patterns this thistle and showing light and dark with pencil was quite easy to do.
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Outcome 3 - Produce Developmental Drawings
Jellyfish symbolizes energetic flow, entanglement, and Reiki.
I checked some Jellyfishes x-rays and did This sketch with ballpoint pen.
I did the marbling on some blank paper before so decided to mix up with this jellyfish drawing.
I used Ibis paint X.
I really like the blue marbling one which looks like they are in the sea and able to show their slow and elegant movements.
I also enjoyed to using a lot of different digital effects.
During the lesson, I’ve got an idea about octopus as well. I thought drawing all body of octopus is boring so, just choose their legs and sketch by hand. And digitally mix both legs together. It looks totally new creature.
Last two are slightly different, I prefer the one which blue colour is stronger because make this more energetic and dramatic.
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Outcome 3 - Produce Developmental Drawings
My son is really interested in beard dragon and I also think their looking would give me some different style which I normally do so I decided to draw it.
I use a ball point pen to draw this.
First, I use procreate and did simple line drawings. I thought their eyes give me strong story for the self so, draw line around eye and made people focus on it.
I like this background very much. It is very cheerful and funky very suit to this beard dragon. I still wanted focus on the eye so this time use a circle shape for a change. Then, it looks very nice! I’m very happy with this result.
This one was inspired by Jean-Michel Basquiat.
I’ve never been to his exhibition but I heard his exhibition was huge great success in Japan. I wish I could visit there!
It’s surprise me that simple colorful lines make totally different type of arts! Very bold and powerful!
I wanted to do different approach for this beard dragon.
I thought it would be fun to make patterns with it. It’s kind of mad idea but looks quite cool.
I tried different colors and effects also combine with earlier designs.
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Outcome 3 - Produce Developmental Drawings
First, I decided to draw a Fox from a photo and draw a fox’s skull. I used Sumie ink and Japanese calligraphy brush for a change of texture and colour. This ink is quite easy to tone like dark or light colour.
Step 2 :
Using an app called Procreate and mix up these 2 drawings.
I like the contrast of black and white lines. Very bold and have strong impact. I just put bone layer on the fox’s face drawing. Background is very rough and it’s really suit this aggressive image.
For this one, I used only fox’s skull drawing. I changed the sizes and angles then put couple of them. It looks like a little bit dinosaur’s fossils. Close up the one tiny bit of drawing makes interesting new creatures.I also enjoyed a splash of blue on this in the end.
This time, I used one of my fox’s mask drawing one did before and fox’s face drawing.
Piled up these two created a new creature. More serious and mysterious looking which I like. I also can see this as tamed animal to humans.
People’s eyes go to these red ears and because of red and white it gives a feeling of celebration.
I wanted play with background so,used thunderbolts.
This is a bit strange one. I wanted make a totally different work from others.
I redraw fox’s face with using line drawing style and cartoon style of squirrel on this. I wanted to show the fox has eaten cute squirrel.
Background I draw a fox in Japanese words and modern typography. (キツネ)
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Developmental drawings 3 MASK
Outcome 2
Develop ideas progressively
Three fox masks. Back was the one I draw before in degital.
Mix up with the other class's brief ( Scottish culture) for background and bend face on the top. I like the digital was because so easy to change shapes.
Another changing face shape one. I like this black bold line of mask like Kirie effect.
I cut mask's ears and made a digital collage. Scary monster looking.
I feel a bit strange about Skelton looking fox masks but lines are dynamic and quite like it.
I like Escher so I used one of his artwork and crop and made a digital collage with this.
I got aJapanese kimono pattern image from internet then made a collage. Very mysterious.
I love this noise effect art. First, I thought too much but ended up space art looking work which I satisfied. Colors are so vivid too!
Two opposite colors masks. I made an angle this time to play.
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Developmental drawings 2 MASK
Outcome 1
Research and investigate visual source material
I used water colors to paint this face and mask. I wanted to show real identity is behi the mask also showing desire for what I want to be.
I made an actual mask for my son. It was a cake box and he loved it!
Based on Suzune mask. I quite like the bold strong black line which cartoon like.
More like a street art version. Add tongue to make fun fact.
Double faces. The catching rope to reveal real me.
Last one is the face which on broken glas. used opposite colors to make more interesting.
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Developmental drawings 1 MASK
Outcome 1
Research and investigate visual source material
Surprisingl, I really enjoyed digital way of works. I also feel sometimes overwhelmed by the volume of selections digital materials we get.
Simple sketch of fox mask.
I used fox's photo and put mask over it.
usually I don't use neon colors but it was cute.
I like the texture of black paper and scratch white lines.
it was easy way to use glitc effect but very attractive style you can make.
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Printmaking timeline (500BCE to 1200AD)
131 BCE-worlds first newspaper
Acta Diurna was worlds first news paper invented at Roma.
It was actually not paper which used carved stones or metal boards to show messages such as public notices,announcements and other noteworthy information for public Roman citizens from empire.
Wikipedia. (2020). Acta Diurna. [online] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acta_Diurna.
www.sutori.com. (n.d.). Sutori. [online] Available at: https://www.sutori.com/item/131-bc-acta-diurna-the-acta-diurna-sometimes-translated-as-daily-public-recor.
200 AD- Paper invented in China
Some people says paper was invented much earlier than 200AC.
However, the truth is not clear. Before paper, papyrus or animal skins etc…was used since paper invented,to make good or better quality papers they did lots of experiments to mix up different ingredients like hemp, many different kinds of plants,the steam of grasses, vegetables and tree barks.
Cartwright, M. (2017). Paper in Ancient China. [online] Ancient History Encyclopedia. Available at: https://www.ancient.eu/article/1120/paper-in-ancient-china/.
687 AD- Oldest European book
Gospel of John the pocket gospel book decorated leather binding was made and it was written in Latin. It was discovered after being closed inside hermit monk’s coffin.
It was beautifully made and written and so tiny as well. The person who made this must have been really artistic person.
My Modern Met. (2018). Europe’s Oldest Intact Book Is Discovered Inside the Coffin of a Saint. [online] Available at: https://mymodernmet.com/st-cuthbert-gospel-oldest-book/ [Accessed 25 Jan. 2021].
700 AD- Wood block print invented in China
Printings used to be ink rubbings text on stone tables for cloth but envolved to this curving wood block method and until 19th century this is the most common East Asian printing method of printing book and other texts. (Europe start using this method several centuries later.)
Wikipedia Contributors (2019). Woodblock printing. [online] Wikipedia. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodblock_printing.
868 AD- Oldest dated printed text (Diamond Sutra)
The Diamond sutra was printed in Dunhuang in China at 868AC. A block printer created 17 and a half foot long scroll of Buddhist text which contains 6000 words. This book was translated to lots of different languages nowadays.
Daley, J. (2016). Five Things to Know About the Diamond Sutra, the World’s Oldest Dated Printed Book. [online] Smithsonian. Available at: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/Five-things-to-know-about-diamond-sutra-worlds-oldest-dated-printed-book-180959052/.
1041 AD- Movable type invented
Movable type (typography)which made from baked clay invented in China.
However,in China, Japan which use Kanji writings countries, movable type wasn’t so popular cause of difficulty (alphabet was much fitter for this method) compare with European countries.
Columbia.edu. (2019). The Song Dynasty in China. [online] Available at: http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/songdynasty-module/tech-printing.html.
1282 AD- Water marks were introduced
Water marks were first introduced in Fabriano, Italy. This method was really useful to prevent counterfeiting of stamps, paper money and extra.
Printmaking skills made artists easier to duplicate their arts instead of doing from scratch again so it was great invention for all over the world.
cameo.mfa.org. (n.d.). Watermark - CAMEO. [online] Available at: http://cameo.mfa.org/wiki/Watermark [Accessed 25 Jan. 2021].
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