A fleet or pose?
To force the fleet I experimented with bolder materials. I tried my child's felt tips, ball-point, my new Spectrum pens - love these and need some bolder colours - old fabric pens, and made a few pencil drawings, which I managed not to obsess over. I'm particularly fond of the sketches made of my son drawing... I had bold medium and a little boy constantly changing position... Ideal for capturing fleeting moments.
This was all about just responding to his movement, but also retaining small details while I was drawing. Mental notes were made about foreshortening, how his head was positioned, his hand positioning and the curl in his toes.
My work space
This next drawing was created gradually over the space of one working day. It is the view from my desk. The primary figure is facing me, positioned at the left, scanning across office. The other figures were added throughout the day, as and when I was available to draw. I would like to try the same exercise, but from a better vantage point. Desk dividers obscured my view of other colleagues.
I made a sketch, partly from reference and part memory. This was a boat trip in Italy. The weather was overcast and a lady in the foreground was wearing a red semi-transparent rain coat over her regular jacket. The other people on the trip have been sketched from memory. I made this drawing using ball-point, felt-tip pens and Spectrum Noir Alcohol pens. The layered colour and blotting of the ball point have accidentally created the effect of bad weather and a transparency in the lady's coat. I don't experiment and mix materials as much as I should, but I've thoroughly enjoyed working on the exercises for this assignment and using some new materials in my figurative drawing... I'm now gathering ideas for new pieces.
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