Drawing Week 1

A few weeks ago we had a drawing week, every day we were using different drawing techniques to draw certain objects from our Box Clever boxes.

The First day was all about the different techniques and how the way you hold or the movement you make determines the outcome of your drawings. We first had to draw just the outline of all the objects in our box.

Then we were told to draw in response to key words such as wet, smoky, dotty etc. I used one of the leaves from my box as I thought the silhouette would be a good way to show the different techniques.

The next day was focussing on Winding and Wapping. Winding is essentially winding different materials around an object to create a pattern of vertical stripes. Wapping is the same but with horizontal stripes. This is a common technique used by textile designers as it is a quick and easy way to determine how certain colours work alongside each other and if a particular pattern/design is feasible.

I used a colour palette from the items from my Box, which was Autumnal themed.

I found this technique really relaxing and enjoyed playing around with different colours and materials and finding out how different colours interact with one another.

The third day was focussed on details, we had 15 minutes to draw one of our objects in as much detail as possible. Then were told to hide the object and the image and draw it from memory.

 This is the first image

The image from memory

I'm very impressed with my memory skills.

The Last day we were concentrating on mark making, we had to isolate parts of our objects and just draw the details we see, picking up any patterns and markings. These are a couple of my swatches.

I really enjoyed the drawing week and I definitely feel a lot more confident in my drawing ability then I used too.