Skyline Slides

A few weeks ago at college I found some plastic wallets containing projector slides. After making my paper skylines I had the idea of displaying them in the separate little compartments of the wallets. This took a lot of measuring but it was worth it, as I am pleased with the outcome, although I think I may now move away from the paper cutting and explore some other possibilities within my project.

Using White

We were set the task of creating 2D studies from an object of our choice using only tones of white. This meant we really had to think about how to approach creating our pieces, and I found it very challenging. The object I chose was a shell, and I focused on its texture and the lines on the surface, as they were similar to my 'skylines.'
 
Firstly I made some A4 studies-

 

I chose to enlarge a section of my last study, and based on this, create an A1 piece, once again only using tones of white.

 

My finished A1 study - string, tissue paper, chalk and paint.

 

 

 I then made my object from white paper and placed it back onto my A1 study. When I placed my paper shell back onto the paper, it looked like a shell on a beach.

 

 

Making skylines from paper

At college our tutor taught us some basic book making techniques. I really enjoyed these and so decided to use some of these methods in my project.

I drew two of my skylines on either side a concertina book (basically zig-zag folded paper) that I made. I found that this was a really nice way of displaying them.

 

I then thought I'd try cutting the skylines into the concertina to create silhouettes. This was really effective and I really like the delicacy of the pieces. I then explored the different ways of arranging the concertinas I had made.

 

I like the contrast of the light and dark shapes that is created when I photograph the skylines folded up. It also creates more depth, almost like a 3D scene.

 

I created a concertina from one of my actual skyline drawings as I wanted to cut out the detailed shapes of the chimneys and satellites.  

 

 

 

We also learnt how to make a blizzard book. These are quite complex to make at first but I like the star like shape that the book makes. I attached sections of a cut out skyline onto each of the 'pages,' but I don't really like the final outcome as it doesn't look much like a skyline.

 

 

 

 

 

Skylines

I decided to develop my skyline idea further, and so firstly went on a walk around my local area in Sheffield and record the skylines around me. To draw all of my skylines I look only at what is in front of me and not at my page - I believe this creates a more 'free' drawing with a less predicable outcome and more varied shapes.

After drawing these, I thought about creating more abstract skylines - such as the shelves and windowsills around my house.

 

I really like the contrast of the angular shapes and the more curved objects in these drawings.

I overlapped quite a lot on this page - it has created quite a complex image.

 

Some of the skylines were very simple so I decided to overlap on certain pages. Overall, the abstract skylines create much more interesting shapes, and I like the small areas of detail in some of the drawings.

 

Document Project

Our first project is 'Document.' To start, we were told to go on a walk around Chesterfield town centre and record our walk in any way we wanted.

Whilst on my walk, I drew the skyline of the market square using continuous line without looking at the page. I was really drawn to this page after my walk, and so decided to photocopy the page and try and connect the three images to create a repeating pattern.

 

The overlapping lines had created some interesting shapes, and so I decided to use a viewfinder to focus in on some of these and work from them.

 

On the left page I drew all the different shapes from my skyline drawing.

 

Enlarged sections from my skyline drawing, using paper and paint.

 

A shape created using cut outs of all the different shapes in my skyline drawing.

 

 

Self Portraits

One of our 'independent study tasks' was to make a self portrait in whatever way we wanted. Instead of doing a realistic drawing, which wouldn't have looked anything like me anyway, I decided to use maps. I placed a sheet of tracing paper over a map and tried to draw a face like shape following only the lines of colour, roads and contours on the map. This was much more difficult than I thought it would be, but I am really pleased with the outcomes, as the types of lines show the different parts of the map I was working on (the more detailed the lines, the more urban the area).

 

 

The drawing on the map (above)

 

On the photocopier I overlapped the two drawings. I really like the shapes created by the overlapping lines, and the two faces merged together have created their own little island.

Body Parts

I have FINALLY remembered to update my blog!
I am now on the Pathway Stage of my course and I have chosen to specialise in Fine Art.
During the transition stage we were given the title 'Body Parts,' a mini project to develop ideas for. Below are images of some of the ideas I explored.

 

This pair of lungs are made from a plastic wallet, wire and thread. I then drew on top of the plastic wallet using pen. The idea to make these came when I found an old inhaler in my house, and I thought about making something 'growing' from the inhaler. For some people, an inhaler is a vital part of their everyday life and so this is what I wanted to show.

 

I then went on to explore this idea using the inhaler more, as well as think of some other medication that people heavily rely on in today's society.

 

Creating images using watercolour and collage.

 

 

 

 

I am really pleased with these small collages as the limbs actually look like they are growing out of the trays, which is quite disturbing.

 

 

Using thread (above) and pen (below) to show how paracetamol travels through the central nervous system to relieve pain. These two images don't have the same visual impact as the collages and so I am not as pleased with them.

 

 

 

Body Parts Group Work

 

Once I had moved into the Fine Art area, we were put into groups and had to use the ideas we had developed to create an abstract body with different parts. I decided to work on a long leg, showing the muscular structure using collage and chalk in the colours red, white and blue (as these were the colours I used most commonly in my sketchbook work).

 

 We were really pleased with our final outcome, as elements of everyone's work and ideas were represented, and all the different parts fitted together really well.