Figure drawing practice - I absolutely love drawing the figure - these quick studies are from photographs though and although this is fine for short studies, I would prefer to have the model present. It makes the drawing easier anyway.
Saturday 31 August 2013
Thursday 29 August 2013
Directions
I have now 'nailed down' some ideas about how I want my work to develop and what the final outcome for this module might be. A series of paintings are planned based on the lives of women but particularly the lives of women in my home town of Derry.
My proposal describes how the shirt making industry made a huge impact on the social and economic history of this town from the mid-Victorian era until the 1990's. There were up to 20,000 women employed around the 1940's. The legacy of this industry is woven into the very fabric and oral history of Derry.
I'm also looking at the symbolism of 'the shirt' and how it was made primarily by women and worn almost exclusively by men. I'm playing around with the shirt itself and the idea of the women 'claiming' the shirt as their own and putting it on.
I'm also exploring issues around creativity, the home and how this industry, by its repetitive piecemeal nature denys creativity.
Interior of a shirt factory
Source: http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/fox.htm
My proposal describes how the shirt making industry made a huge impact on the social and economic history of this town from the mid-Victorian era until the 1990's. There were up to 20,000 women employed around the 1940's. The legacy of this industry is woven into the very fabric and oral history of Derry.
I'm also looking at the symbolism of 'the shirt' and how it was made primarily by women and worn almost exclusively by men. I'm playing around with the shirt itself and the idea of the women 'claiming' the shirt as their own and putting it on.
I'm also exploring issues around creativity, the home and how this industry, by its repetitive piecemeal nature denys creativity.
Source: http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/fox.htm
Back to basics
I started with OCA around the end of June 2013. I have to say it has taken a while to get organised - deciding to blog or not to blog and getting back into the habit of drawing and sketching every day.
Most of July 2013 was spent drawing while on holiday - mostly 5 or 10 minute sketches and also planning ideas for what I proposed to do as my final paintings for this module. I have two sketch books on the go - a small A5 for quick sketches and an A3 hardback. The A3 is already starting to feel too small and I'll probably move up to A2.
I've uploaded a few studies from my sketchbook - all half hour studies.
July 2013, Drawn from Life, Charcoal
July 2013, Drawn from Life, Oil Pastel
July 2013, Drawn from Life. Oil Pastel
July 2013, Drawn from Life, Graphite.
July 2013, 2B and 4B Pencils.
I've always much preferred painting to drawing. My drawing is quite rigid and I need to find ways to loosen this up and broaden the range of media I use. To date, in my sketchbook I have used graphite, charcoal, ink on collage, oil pastel, inktense and watercolour pencils.
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