Another attempt at the transfer method

I had another go at the transfer method of mono printing again working from the same portrait as before. The initial portrait pen sketch and the three new mono prints I created are shown below. Initial pen sketch used as a model for the mono prints With all three attempts below, I used a single … Continue reading Another attempt at the transfer method →

Mono prints created by other artists

I have had a look on Google and Pinterest for examples of mono prints created by artists. Here are a selection. I like the first which is almost a photographic negative of a face. The second, by Bill Murphy, is much more realistic. Both show just what is possible with using this print technique. They … Continue reading Mono prints created by other artists →

Canal views – quick pen drawings

I went out yesterday and drew the following sketches by the canal. I had forgotten my pencils but had fine liner pens with me so used those. I had to draw the first quickly because it was very cold and soon started to hail. I then headed back and got up onto a bridge just … Continue reading Canal views – quick pen drawings →

Hand – detailed pen drawing

Over the last few weeks I filled almost a whole sketchbook with drawings of hands and many of those were done in pen. I tried doing some on different kinds of paper: brown paper, watercolour paper, envelopes and so on. The one below was completed most recently. I drew it using pens with very narrow … Continue reading Hand – detailed pen drawing →

Messing about with found text

I settled on print as one of my options for unit 5 on the course but wasn't sure about which other option to do. Below, I was just messing about placing words, not really following the instructions for the relevant project for Option 3 Collage and Text. I think the meaning of the words took … Continue reading Messing about with found text →

Still life – different media

Below are drawings I completed over the last few weeks using different media, though these a predominantly pen, which I've got into a lot. I did also try watercolour and have learnt how to stretch paper for this. The use of pen means I have had to focus on the user of line, including for … Continue reading Still life – different media →

Exercise 2 Transfer Method

So, here I pressed marks onto the back of a sheet of paper while it lay on an inked up plate a number of times to create a portrait. For each sheet, I drew my head and shoulders based on the pen sketch self-portrait shown in the first image below. Initial pen skecth Below is … Continue reading Exercise 2 Transfer Method →

Exercise 1 Balance

This is my first set of attempts with mono print. I found using the varying thicknesses and textures of paper that different textures were created with the ink picked off on the paper - the thicker, rougher papers (print 3 and 5) creating the lightest prints while the thinnest paper (the laser jet printer paper) … Continue reading Exercise 1 Balance →

Additional Work (Nov-Dec 2019)

Negative space in magazine photographs A visit to the Tate Modern Figure Drawing - Yoga Pose Portrait studies Birmingham Canal

Work for assignment 4

Please click on the following links which will take you to the relevant pages of this blog that contain further links to the work I have done for this assignment. I have also included a link called 'Additional work' which provides further links to a selection of drawings and research I have done over the … Continue reading Work for assignment 4 →