"sequence and mark-making" project

This time we were briefed to make a sequence of images, based around a household object, including ourselves and a place/location. We also had to pay careful attention to the marks we used to depict the story. My object was the sieve. Here, a girl pulls apart the wire netting of the sieve, and cuts them up into varying lengths. Smaller pieces of wire become ants that crawl along the floor and eat away the dense darkness surrounding the girl. Longer wire bits grow into trees, that break up the darkness further.I really enjoyed drawing that story. I'd drawn several others, and they were too abstract. I had a sort of idea about this sieve wanting to be alive, so I started drawing and figured it out as I went. 

"Animals and beasts" project

This was a difficult one- we were briefed to observe and draw other animals using colour and pattern. I hardly ever use colour so that was a challenge. The first drawings are from dead animals, which is why they are so finished. I used acrylic, and then pastel on top- scratching into the top layer to reveal the bottom one. The sketches are from living animals in Vauxhall farm and the fish in the Horniman museum. These were much harder because of the constant movement but also more interesting to do.

 

'The Imaginary watchmaker' project

This was about what a tool is- and I think, to make us see that everything can be a tool. One dictionary definition is: Something used as a means of achieving something. So first we had to draw 5 tools and their uses.

1: the hand.

2: the drawing.

3: the eye.

4: the name.

5: the flute.

And then we had to make our own tool. These are a few sketchbook pages to figure out what to do.

I decided to make bread as a tool that fills up the belly- and I added pieces of paper (with instructions from Yoko Ono's Grapefruit book) inside the bread buns, to fill up the mind. I don't usually make things like this, but I actually enjoyed it. With drawings, you can never be sure you will change someone's mind/heart, but with bread, you're sure to fill up hunger.

Finally we had to quickly make a guide to our tool.

summer project

Here's some work from our summer project- we were briefed to make drawings of our hopes, requirements and expectations, as well as basic personal info. At first I found drawing my requirements so hard, but in the end it was one of my favourite tasks because without realising we require many many things every day- same went for expectations.I drew all my hopes in circles, because that seems like a kind, open shape. All my requirements are based on a horizontal straight line - because requirements are simple, you need them. And expectation in rectangles- a hard, maybe cold shape- we don't really think about our basic expectations, there's something arrogant about assuming these things will happen.

1: Birthplace.

2: Age.

3: first hope: to make drawings that will change people's hearts.

4: Fifth hope: to see the world.

5: Fourth hope: that we will stop climate change.

6: Fifth requirement: I need/require water.

7: Second requirement: I need/require food.

8: Fourth expectation: Everyday I expect that the sun will rise.

9: This is what I hope my future will be.

10: And this is one of my hobbies- imagining other places and other lives.

Some french artists, designers, illustrators

A page from David Beauchard's graphic novel "L'ascension du Haut mal". Image from http://media.paperblog.fr/i/579/5790877/lascension-haut-mal-david-b-L-yEOy_1.jpeg

Drawing by Antoine de Saint Exupery from "Le petit prince". Image from http://www.mtlsd.org/mellon/teams/ironbrigade/images/the%20little%20prince%20-%20birds.jpg

Illustration by Claude Ponti. Image from : http://a404.idata.over-blog.com/2/43/82/96/okilele.jpg

Trailer for Sylvain Chomet's "Les Triplettes de Belleville". Video from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Npro9kjyaJk

Video from a puppet performance called "Pierrot" by Philippe Genty. Video from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SphHaiW7fzg

Photograph of the "banc d'arguin" near Bordeaux, taken by Yann Arthus Bertrand. Photo from: http://www.yannarthusbertrand2.org/index2.php?option=com_datsogallery&func=wmark&mid=3219

Le repas, ou les bananes, painted by Paul Gauguin. Image from: http://www.impressionism-art.org/data/media/188/gaugin-paul-12.JPG

"La guerre" painted by Henri Rousseau. Image from http://enflanant.hautetfort.com/media/00/01/802469114.jpg

Sculpture of a woman, found in Lespugue cave, made by someone some 25,000 years ago. Image from http://cdn.lrb.co.uk/assets/edillus/clar05_3506_01.jpg.