Carnaby stree in the 60s - 2 characters

Character design progress so far:

60s Carnaby Street Mood Board

sketches made of gathered references

female character development sketches

life drawing pose reference

character pose 1

life drawing pose reference

character pose 2

MIMA visit

Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art has work from many influential artists who changed the face of art into what it is today. Though I'm not always a fan of the works themselves, the processes, experimentation and thought behind them are very inspiring and worth appreciating. Hepworth's sculptures in particular were very beautiful. After sketching one of her pieces for five minutes, we then moved around it and drew it again from another angle. Then the sketches were exchanged so the final drawing was on top of someone else's. The picture below has the pencil work of my classmate Katie and my drawing in red over the top.

study of a section of painting using wax on white paper (tea stained)

3 studies of a Barabara Hepworth sculpture

12/11/14: Skulls

looking at a skull, experimenting with different mediums. The black sugarpaper was reused, obliterating one image and starting again so that textures built up on the paper. The pigments were applied by sprinkling the powder onto the page and rubbing it in.

charcoal on white paper

charcoal and white & black pigment on black sugarpaper

white pigment and charcoal on sugarpaper rubbed with black pigment

white and blue pigment on black sugarpaper rubbed with water and white pigment