"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.