These illustrations were created with a combination of fine-liners and coloured pencils, bringing in an element of colour that hasn't been present within my work thus far.
Convergence:
This piece (as well as all of the other pieces created during this trip) used a lot of colour, exclusively colour, in this case. This illustration tried to capture the way the light hit one of the sculptures, using a pair of complimentary colours to emulate the warmth and coolness of the sculpture, and the way the light hit it.
I thought that, while a good exploration into the opposites of colours, the piece didn't have a great deal in terms of depth of interesting representation.
I thought that, while a good exploration into the opposites of colours, the piece didn't have a great deal in terms of depth of interesting representation.
This is a leaf. It fell on me whilst was doing a much better illustration and I figured 'why not?'
So this is a literal impression piece of a leaf that I made. It does capture the nature of the leaf and the colour is very representative of the leaf itself as, it's just a leaf.
I don't think this leaf is very interesting, but that's just me.
This is one of my more favourite pieces. It was created by observing objects present in the environment and sketching them loosely with a fine liner, then colouring them in ever more loosely with a coloured pencil.
These illustrations have a great deal of dynamism to them, and are very enriched by their colour (with the less is more mentality that a striking amount of little colour is perhaps better than just block colour)
These illustrations have a great deal of dynamism to them, and are very enriched by their colour (with the less is more mentality that a striking amount of little colour is perhaps better than just block colour)
Opposites:
While it may seem that, besides the two separate materials used to create this illustration, these two elements are in no way opposite to one another. And while the exclusive use of fine-liner on one element to sketch it, and pure coloured pencil on the other, gives an astounding amount of contrast and 'opposition' to the two pieces; the elements themselves are actually opposites too, with the hand being a living person's hand, and the poppy being made out of plastic and metal.
This piece is probably one of my favourites overall, if not simply because the hand is rather well drawn and captures something of a story in its presentation. I like how the two elements work with one another, as well as their execution in their materials.
This final piece is also amongst my favourites, as it too (I think) capture something of a narrative.
This illustration captures what I would do more than anything when coming to the Sculpture park; the clash between man and nature. Though I didn't think it'd be as blunt as this.
The security camera and light were drawn in fine liner, which I hoped would capture a sense of coldness and lifelessness, whilst the trees and nature behind it were all composed of more colourful and natural pencils, drawing a huge contrast and opposition between the two elements.
