For this independent study, I wanted to focus on getting the technique of conveying movement improved. I really find movement very difficult, especially as this semester i'm trying to do less scribbled drawings, and it's so easy to slip into it when i'm trying to draw quickly.
I believe the most successful pieces are figure (2) and figure (8) in the way they convey movement, I don't think the rest are very good but they are experiments so I don't mind.
I definitely preferred pen over ink and brush in this exercise as I had more control of where things were going. I would have used charcoal, as I like this to do quick movements but I don't have different colours of it and I think the colours are also a key part in making it look like a moving piece. Particularly the blue and red technique.
(1)
Observed Drawing - Guitar Playing
Fine Liner and Red Pen
5 Min
I wasn't particularly proud of this piece, although it was a good starting point.
(2)
Observed Drawing - Guitar Playing #2
Byro Pen, Red Pen and Blue Pen
10 Min
This second piece was much more successful. I felt I captured the movements well and that using two colours and taking my time were what made the difference.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4cLvDte8iI&list=PLrdnztWm2mx7sJnb9MrjRsyAoNDxmxCTJ
Homesick Stanza/ An Ode to Home - Spoken Word Poems by Miguel Guerreiro Lourenço
(3)
Secondary Source - Poetry Video of Friend Filmed by Me
HB Pencil and Coloured Pencils
5 Min
Here I focused on portrait and facial movement as the camera was fairly zoomed in and he looks up at the camera now and again. I like this piece but it would have looked better in pen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vjPBrBU-TM
Sia - Chandelier (Official Video)
(4)
Attempt at Capturing Dance
Fine Liner
This went wrong, the dancing was too quick in the video so I decided to do another one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc1esMeDb5k
How To Slow Dance - Social Dancing 101
For the next three pieces I played this video again and again and tried to capture movement. To begin with, in figure (5) I used ink as we'd used this in class and I liked it, but I misjudged the size and found it difficult. I decided that I'd take a more simple approach so with figure (6) I did silhouettes, but they ended up looking terrible. Lastly, in figure (7) I used byro and it worked out much better. It still wasn't perfect though so I found another video to work from.
(5)
Slow Dance Tutorial Attempt #1
Ink, Water and Brush
(6)
Slow Dance Tutorial Attempt #2
Ink, Water and Brush
(7)
Slow Dance Tutorial Attempt #3
Byro Pen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz_f9B4pPtg
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky / Nina Kaptsova - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy / 2010
I found this video a lot better to use to show movement. The ballet dancer repeated movements while she danced through the song and I could replicate them on page. I am not happy at all with figure (9) as I think it just looks messy, possibly because of the use of only red ink., which I think I may have watered down too much. However, I'm really happy with figure (8). I did the red figures first then the black, and it goes through the entire dance left to right, finishing with a curtsy. I feel this is one of the most successful pieces in showing movement.
(8)
Ballet Dance Attempt #1
Ink, Water and Brush
(9)
Ballet Dance Attempt #2
Ink, Water and Brush
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