PART 1
Over the Christmas break, we were given the task of drawing skylines, cityscapes and paronamas in two different locations. I chose to draw at Worcester and also draw from home in South Wales.
I like the roughness of the drawings, such as the castles. I used pen to draw these and since they were old, I had to be a little careless with the pen and not use straight lines all the time. I should have used this in the tea background drawing as I feel that the lines are too precise but the overall result was pleasing.
I used mostly wet media for these drawings. Using only two colours was tricky at some points but it was interesting to attempt. My favourite result is the Millennium stadium as I had used two shades of blue but I added salt to create a cloud like effect on the sky. The John Lewis building, I feel, didn't work that well in pen but I wanted to experiment with it to see the results.
These two buildings are my examples of a skyline and paronama. I used pen on the top one, which is a skyline of Cardiff centre as I felt that I could bring out the small details on the buildings more. With the church building in my home area, I used pencil as it can bring out the eeriness of the church as I believe that they can be quite scary, especially at night.
Since these buildings were mostly very old, I used tea bags to add the colour to the drawings, which make them look very rustic. I've focused more on the old architecture here and I've used Cardiff to represent the more modern architecture. I am pleased with the outcome with the painted building as the pink and purple work very well together.
Charcoal can also help amplify a building's creepiness which is why I used it on the Bryngarw building in the top left corner. With one next to it, I used the charcoal to show the atmosphere and the time of day, along with the red and orange. My favourite piece here is my old school building, which is on the bottom right. The purple and grey work well here as the show the tone of the building. I am improving with water colour blending and it is something I still wish to get better at.
PART 2
This is located in Bryngarw park and this my representation of FRIGHTENING. I used pencil to create the shadows and to make it look more chilling in its appearance. Next time for improvement, I could use charcoal or paint and zoom in on the door a bit more.
This is located in Aberkenfig, and this is my representation of TRANSCENDENT. I believe that a church represents above the range of normal or physical human experience so that's why I chose to draw the symbol of the church itself. I used water colour pencils in order to create a wash out effect so it represents something heavenly.
This is located in Cowbridge and this is my representation of FEVERED. This usually means displaying an excessive degree of nervous excitement, agitation, or energy but rather than a person, I chose a building that was busy due to what was on the walls. All of the ivy makes the building look extremely busy, frenzy and hectic. I used thin pen and pencil to show the vines and to show the dirtiness of the window.
This is located in the Bridgend Industrial Estate and this is my representation of EROTIC. It was tricky for me to find a building for this particular representation but I eventually did find one as this to me, represents a male genitalia due to the shape of it. I only used charcoal for this as I want to improve with the material as well as my new use of chalk.
This is located in Bridgend and this is my representation of MUFFLED. I found this interesting as I feel like the construction sheet on the building is actually obstructing it. The use of chalk and charcoal enabled me to show how the sheet look in the wind as well as the shadows.
This is the Police Station in Aberkenfig and is my representation of PASSIVE. I used acrylic, charcoal and chalk here, which turned out very well as it shows how grimy and dark it is. I think that it represents passive because there isn't really any hope once someone is behind bars and I think that the window represents someone accepting or allowing what happens without active response or resistance.
Douglas Huebler Location Piece, July 1969
Artist's book in the form of a series of 16 photographs, two maps, text page and printed envelope documenting a mapping piece by Douglas Huebler that took place in New York City, and Seattle, Washington. Originally published as part of the "Artists & Photographs" portfolio. "In New York and Seattle an area was arbitrarily selected within which a person in each city photographed places that he, or she, felt could be characterized as being (1) "frightening" (2) "erotic" (3) "transcendent" (4) "passive" (5) "fevered" and (6) "muffled." Within each area each person made two entirely different sets of six photographs after which all four sets were sent to a third person (the artist) with no information that would make it possible to ken any one of the photographs with any one of the words originally specified. The four sets (24 photographs) were then scrambled altogether and 12 of these arbitrarily selected for this piece; to those were added 4 photographs that had not been made to characterize any kind of place. 16 photographs, a Xerox map of New York and another of Seattle join with this statement to constitute the form of this piece." -- Douglas Huebler, July, 1969.
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