Male form life drawing #2

Today there was a second session on the male form. It involved a different nude model posing in a fashion that was very similar to the last session, which was last week.

I sketched the model in a multitude of ways, and I will post some of my favourites below. For this session I used a pigment ink pen, which worked really well for providing shading, and lighting. I am currently in love with this pen.

The pigment ink pen.

Every time I have a live session like this, I notice that my skills improve. After comparing my first nude sketches, to my ones after today, I have made astonishing improvement, and I feel happy about this.

For this image I used both my left, and right hand. My right being my weaker.

Thomas.

Olivia Keith

Olivia Keith is a reportage style artist and sculptor, who is currently a resident of Lancashire. She creates very beautiful artwork, and for this blog I will be mainly focusing on her reportage pieces. I love her style of creating reportage, and some of her work almost reminds me of the techniques, in how I create my own reportage pieces.

She is currently studying for her MA (MA means Master of Arts), in fine art, at UCLan, which is based in Preston, Lancaashire, United Kingdom.

http://oliviakeith.co.uk/photo_10561240.html < image reference at this link.

As you can see in her piece above, she uses a lot of different line formations. Some are sketchy, and this piece is an overall bold, and striking image. It reminds me of my own reportage work, that I have created in my sketchbook.

Above is an example of some of my charcoal reportage work. It heavily resembles the work made by Olivia Keith. It (like hers) features bold, strong lines, as well as little colour. I compared this piece, to the image above this one, by Olivia.

 This particular image really inspires me to create more of my reportage artwork, this is something that I will be doing over the Christmas break. She creates reportage work in a variety of styles, which I will showcase below.

http://oliviakeith.co.uk/photo_11707316.html > image reference at this link.

This image is a very different style to the previous image I talked about this one is almost a stark contrast, as it features colour, and is less scratchy, and more refined.

http://oliviakeith.co.uk/photo_4685694.html > image reference at this link.

As a side note, she also creates sculptures. This is something that I personally find interesting. As you can see, this is a large scale sculpture, made from natural elements.

Interestingly, her site contains an online CV section, in which I can tie in with my professional studies research.

Thomas.

Reportage Update

At this point in time, I have almost finished my reportage sketchbook assignment. I have still yet to complete 2-3 more books, so over the christmas period, I will be going around newcastle, and maybe even York, to get some new images for my reportage sketchbooks.

Thomas.

Female form life drawing

I'm posting a new blog, about the human form session that I participated in a few weeks ago. In that session, a lady posed for sketches.

She did a variety of different poses for the class, such as standing up in certain ways, and also sitting/lying down. This range of poses helped me to try sketching her, from new angles each time, which made each image that I sketched fresh.

This session was very interesting, as it helped me progress my human form style, and also helped me to draw better, in the female style too.

I will add some select images below, that I sketched during the drawing session below.

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Techniques used here, continuous link, blind contour drawing, using colour, bold lines, multi media.



Thomas.

Male form life drawing

Today, as soon as I arrived into university this morning, I entered the lecture theatre, where there was a male nude model present.

I sketched the model in a variety of poses, using a fine and thick pencil. The session contained a few tasks set by Amy, for instance, creating sketches of 2,3,5 and 10 minute variants, as well as other styles, like using my weakest hand to draw and covering my left or right eye.

The session was very similar (almost parallel) to the previous life drawing session, of the nude female model. Both of these sessions have been really helpful in gaining practise in drawing the human figure.

It was the first time that I have attempted to sketch the male form, using a live session as visual aid. I found the whole experience as beneficial to me, as the last session which involved a nude female model.

The entire drawing lesson lasted a little over an hour, and I left the hall with an assortment of different styles of nude sketches.

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The above images, are some of the sketches I made during the session.





Thomas.

Eddie Pena

http://www.eddiepena.com/category/reportage/

Eddie Pena, one of eight mambers of studio 1482 (link to webpage here > http://studio1482.com/catalog/?artist_id=7eddie) is a reportage artist/illustrator, (born in New York City, in the year of 1974), whose specialities include animation, storyboarding, concept design, illustration and of course, reportage drawing. He received his BA. At parsons school of design, majoring in illustration.

He describes himself as an early lover of comic books, and he claims to take "sequential story storytelling and storyboarding to a sophisticated level with knowledge of schools, culture and the great masters of drawing.

He has developed his work for such large companies as 3M, JibJab and L'Oreal.

I am quite fond of his style, as it sort of matches my own, when it comes to reportage. You can see in the image below, which is my own reportage piece, how my style in this piece, is very similar to his style, in the piece below mine.

In my own personal piece, I created basic line art, and added the basic shading using grey watercolour paint.

He, like me, tends to create his work in a simple, and sketchy way, using basic shading, minimal colour and simple detail. You can see how the illustration below, relates to the one above. Basic lines, some darker shades below this layer.

http://www.eddiepena.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/chantees_01.jpg <Image reference at this link.

The drawing above is created with pen and ink, and is of a group of "chantees".

http://reportager.uwe.ac.uk/epena.htm

Rob Conway

http://www.robconway.co.uk/ < (All info used in this research blog can be referenced at the link to the left).

Rob conway, is a talented reportage illustrator, who produces a wide array of different work styles, and techniques. He is based in Birmingham, England.

He is an artist who works with 'Action Space Mobile', and works in collaboration with others. For example school children with special educational needs. He also runs 'creative wellbeing sessions' for adults dealing with mental health issues.

http://www.robconway.co.uk/illustration/188379_walsall.html < image reference at this link.

He also runs workshops that involve a variety of different crafts, such as banner painting, mural work, card making, T-shirt printing and book making.

As an addition, he also works for the New Art Gallery Walsall, delivering the education programme to schools, and books in the library.

Some of my work is very similar to his reportage style, I took some inspiration from Rob Conway's art style. I will include an example photo below, as an image featuring my own reportage work.

As you can see, my work (above) is very similar in terms of mark making, and colour. Like Rob, I have used rough lines, to sketch structures, and objects. The pier on my illustration, is very similar to the crane on Rob Conway's sketch, I tried to emulate this style, for this piece.

Thomas.

Pinterest, and link to great images

This is a great link from a well known site, for finding a large amount of reportage artwork, illustrations, and of course the talented artists who develop this work.

http://www.pinterest.com/nanuchavda/reportage-illustration/

I will be making an account with Pinterest, and I'll be perhaps blogging on there too. Of course I will link my blogger account, and my google plus, to my Pinterest page. I think Pinterest will be of great aid, in terms of research, and personal exploration.

Thomas.

Franki Wilde Life Drawing

I'm just making a post to update, detailing the life drawing session that I took part in a few weeks ago.

The lengthy session involved drawing, and sketching Franki Wilde, a specialist burlesque dancer, in a variety of different styles, techniques, materials and poses. She was a very interesting character, and the session really helped with drawing movement and poses. Apart from her figure, her dress was a very great item to draw, due to the texture and feathers.

With this, I sketched a range of drawings, from continuous line, to quick 30 second drawings, blind contour drawing and drawing on top of other sketches.

I produced half a sketchbook based on these life drawings alone, with interesting, and experimental results. This session really helped with my human figure skills, and human anatomy.

Thomas.

#experimental #burlesque #life #drawing

Here is a link to Frankii's website > http://www.frankiiwilde.co.uk/

Thomas.

Krisna Chavda

Found this great illustrator on Pinterest :) love some of her work... I would recommend a look :)

Krisna Chavda is an illustrator, surface designer and a self described traveller. She creates reportage images, as well as other types and genres of artwork. I really love how she uses her line art.

https://www.pinterest.com/nanuchavda/ < image reference at this link.

https://plus.google.com/104843786426592624368/posts/2h3fJGf1QA2

John York

John York, a commercial illustrator who uses a lot of charcoal, and pastel in his work, to create stunning pieces. 

http://www.artistsandillustrators.co.uk/johnyork/artwork/28072 < image reference at this link.

He trained at Medway college of art, during the 1960's. He was a graphic designer and visualiser, before his retirement. In his retirement years, he has claimed, that he has had the time to rediscover painting, and work on his drawing skills. His retirement has also given him the opportunity to work more in pastels, and other mediums.

I really like his work, I love how he has used charcoal to create well shaded pieces, that contain depth and a lot of tone. As someone who likes the use of texture in artwork, this really features a quality, balanced texture, with its distinct charcoal look.

http://www.artistsandillustrators.co.uk/johnyork/artwork/28072


Thomas.

Miyuki Sakai

Miyuki Sakai is a very interesting illustrator, who uses sewing techniques, in continuous line formations. She creates beautiful, and highly detailed pieces, with extraordinary care, and attention to perfection. She in my opinion, is one of the most unique illustrators I have researched to date #research #reportage

She grew up in Osaka, Japan, and she claims on her webpage, that she used to watch her mother make her family's clothes, using a needle and thread. This is probably the reason why she decided to adopt the unique idea of using a sewing machine.

http://www.miyukisakai.com/frameset/Frameset-portfolio.html < image reference at this link.

She began her career as a freelance illustrator in the bustling city of Tokyo, after graduating from an art college in Kyoto. over the span of her career as an illustrator, she has won, and received many awards, a notable one being a bronze prize for the editorial design category in the ADC 2011 awards.

http://www.miyukisakai.com/frameset/Frameset-portfolio.html



Thomas.

David Ochiltree

A very good, and highly detailed selection of charcoal illustrations, by David Ochiltree. 

David Ochiltree is an illustrator and artist, who has had over 30 years of artistic experience. He works with many genres, from children's illustration to such genres as architecture. He has produced commission work for many different corporations and people, for example to name a few, I will list them here. Cadbury, Oxfam, city councils and many educational institutes.

http://www.ochiltree.org.uk/Larger%20images/graphite/field.htm < image reference at this link.

Apart from using charcoal, he uses many other various mediums, such as pencil, ink, watercolour, pastel and digital.

His gallery, is stunning in my opinion. :) #reportage

http://www.ochiltree.org.uk/charcoal/charcoal.htm

Collaboration

This link shares an example of illustrator collaboration, a neat story about an illustrator, and her four year old daughter.

Angela Hendricks is an illustrator who creates work collaboratively, but with an interesting twist. Her 4 year old daughter adds to pieces that Hendricks creates, creating interesting results.

http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/mica-angela-hendricks-daughter-collaboration < image reference at this link.

Collaboration: 

Combining the skills of others, with yours, to enhance source work, that may have previously have been unobtainable.

http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/mica-angela-hendricks-daughter-collaboration


Thomas.

Sketchbook three

https://plus.google.com/photos/104843786426592624368/albums/5932319291556762481

Sketchbook two

A link to reportage sketchbook two. Like I said before, sight misunderstanding, will be posing future sketchbooks primarily on blogger.

https://plus.google.com/photos/104843786426592624368/albums/5932317463877883537

Sketchbook one

A link to every photo in my first reportage sketchbook :) slight mishap, will be posting future books using primarily blogger, instead of google plus.

https://plus.google.com/photos/104843786426592624368/albums/5932309902746740129

Flamingo land

Hey there :)

Thought I'd update my blog, highlighting that my studies will now be of animal anatomy, and drawing a range of various animals. I would also like to highlight, that this Wednesday (9/10/13), I will be venturing to flamingo land as part of a univeristy trip. 

The day will consist of drawing, and studying live animals, using a wide variety of techniques. I will have my entire art equipment at hand, so I'll be ready to experiment, and venture outside of my comfort zone.

I will post my photos, and my drawings to google+, and I will also entitle a new blog on blogger. I am really excited for it :)

Thomas.

Book 4

Hello :)

Thought I'd make a blog to keep tabs on how far my progress is coming along, I'm mid way through my fourth sketchbook, after completing one A4, one A5 and one A6 book. I am currently working in a small, square sketchpad, and I am filling it up with everyday drawings.

Monday, I start sketching animals, so I am very looking forward to that, will be a busy day :)

Thomas.

Durham

2/10/13 Durham Trip

Had a visit to Durham city today, loads of interesting things to sketch, the first stop was the cathedral, I found the courtyard beautiful, so I attempted several drawings in this area alone.

Durham indoor market.

I also took many photos of reportage imagery, so I could try using different materials later on, such as charcoal, and ink.

A very well rounded day, and I will be drawing off the photos I have taken over the next few days.

Thomas.

Introduction

Hey All!

This is a blogger debut for me, so I'll briefly talk about my own personal background information.

I am an Illustration student at CCAD, and I am currently working on filling up 10 reportage sketchpads, all of different sizes. (A5-A3)

My aim is to use a wide variety of materials as possible, and even include some digital based work (not just reportage).

As this is my first post, I'll keep it brief, but expect more blogs over the coming days/weeks/months :)

Thomas.