Drawing and Film Week 4.

Contextual Reference Idris Kahn.

Photographer Idris Kahn's work appeals to me due to the technique of layering which he uses. Despite the difference in overall look and colour between mine and Kahn's pieces, I am still very inspired by the way his imagery is distorted and layered as it relates to my idea behind this unit of work in terms of fading and distorted memories.

Adding Colour.

As suggested in a tutorial before the end of term, I have been playing around with adding colour into my drawings to add more of a sense of Blackpool into them, and to stop them looking a bit dull. This has been a success. 

Photoshop examples.

Layering my photographs from the visit to Blackpool at the start of Unit X on Photoshop and using the different layering tools to blend them together has helped me to introduce some colour into my drawings, by creating a colour palette from the photographs. It has also created some really nice marks and lines and negative qualities which remind me of some of Idris Kahn's imagery without the colour. I will definitely be putting these different qualities of lines into my drawings. 

Drawing Development.

As shown in these images, I really like the colours I have developed into my drawings on top of layered masking tape and I think the consideration of lines and negative space is working much better now than my original black and white drawings. I would like to try different techniques and compositions with my drawings now, making use of different papers, sizes, layering and cut work to create more interesting drawings. Although I like the concept of the masking tape, I think that the lines created by this technique in my drawings could work better if they where more sensitive and considered.

Drawing and Film Week 3.

Projection Workshop.

Having the chance again to collaborate with other students in this workshop again was very beneficial, along with experimenting with different types of projection. Manual projection rather than digital is what I found most interesting, especially the use of an overhead projector due to the effect of drawing and enlarging it onto a surface.


  Projection workshop video edit.

Development of workspace.

This week I have been spending my time developing both my drawings and sketchbook and showing this development on my wall space- which helps me to distinguish links and points of development between my research, photographs, drawings and film making.

A group tutorial has given me lots of ideas of where to go next. I'm going to continue with my drawing ideas, and develop further with layering and cutting/slicing. I'm going to focus much more on different line qualities and the composition of my drawing- for example having a drawing that doesn't fill the paper completely and is much more considered. I'm also going to experiment with bringing colour into the drawings to see if this works or not. I think I'll do this by using Photoshop and overlaying my drawings with my photographs and bringing some colour through sensitively.

I think by overlaying this imagery I'll be able to push my drawings much further and again focus on this idea of memories of Blackpool fading.
In terms of film, I'm going to continue with the documentation of my drawings, as this is working well for me.