Life drawing , week 6

Had a lot of trouble this week, couldn't really focus.

3D Design

Experimenting with folding and scoring. The top two turned out really well, but the bottom one was done too quickly (also, meet background Leaf. He likes backgrounds and sunlight.)

Life a Drawing, week 5

No return of the dinosaur poster, but if you zoom a lot and squint you can read part of my films-to-rewatch list. Aims for next week include somehow managing to complete the shading.

Photographers

Sally Mann

1971

1972-1973

1998

You might be picking up on the whole I-like-Sally-Mann vibe going on here. I think her work is very beautiful, I particularly enjoy how she's adopted a faded/blurred effect which makes her photos seem nostalgic, almost like snaps of someone's life. 

Ansel Adams 

Evening, McDonald lake, glacier national park, 1942

The Tetons and Snake river, 1942

The contrast in Adams' work gives incredible depth to his photographs, and makes each image very powerful. Something about them reminds me of scenic photos taken by my granddad before the invention of digital cameras. 

Sandy Skoglund

Cookies on a plate, 1978

Nine Slices if Marble Cake, 1978

Yeah, alright. I'm really hungry. And I've spent the entire day watching AHS Asylum so I kind of need some bright colours if I want to sleep tonight. That being said, the order and well matched colours does make you want to sit and stare at them for an extended period. I'll see if I feel the same way after dinner.

Dangit, now I'm hungry for shortbread and party rings.l

Choosing an Object

Photos of objects I'm trying to narrow down for some fine art homework. The objects are all part of a collection, and all have sentimental value (so please turn your head if emotions are a foreign concept to you.)

The matryoshka doll I referenced a few blog posts ago (here) that was a gift to me when my grandad died. 

Seeing as I opened up the doll I thought I'd show all of the glass together as a composition. 

Little glass dragon (it'ssocuuute). As you can see, I am a little fond of Swarovski. I think my grandparents were so kind as to buy me this one. 

Yes. I have a thimble collection. I know. 

A lady who lived across the road from us had a HUUUUGE thimble collection. I mean covering-two-walls huge. She gave me one as a present and since then I've been collecting them, mostly when we go to new places (Spain, Italy, Amsterdam, Paris, etc)

In end I decided to go with the thimble because I think I can develop this the most.

Scarecrow

I made a scarecrow! I was quite pleased with my scarecrow (even if the guy underneath nearly lost his arms)

Photos from this Weekend

Went to stay with family this weekend, would love to make promises on the quality of these but I can't, due to the fact that my camera is broken and I took these photos on my phone. 

Carved Gromit by Patrick Brown for Gromit Unleashed (basically a load of artists were asked to decorate Gromit statues which my family then trekked across Bristol to find)

Photographing Letters

The letter S

I really like how the stop (bottom) photo turned out because of the lack of face, and I think the angles of the other two give nice composisitions too

The letter N

These we're more rushed and didn't work out quite so well. 

Connecting Objects

We had to buy two objects from a pound shop, these being mine:

Then we had to connect them somehow. I tried to focus on different types of shape

Connecting via shadow seemed the most interesting

Going on a Walk

Photos from this week's homework, to record a walk. I tried to focus on colourful things due to the fact that it was cold and rainy and generally grey.