Interesting Objects

Interesting places

People in places

It's been pointed out that I draw a lot I floating figures, so I made a real effort to try to draw people in their surroundings, even if it was just finishing the chair they are sitting in.

Not looking

The final challenge I set myself today was to try drawing people, only looking at them, not at the paper. They're not the most beautiful drawings, but they are mostly recognisable as human, so that will do for now!

Fitzwilliam museum

I spent all day today in the Fitzwilliam museum. I wanted to try to capture my theme of curious people and curious objects. I overheard someone saying that they often had groups coming in for talks in the mornings, so I made sure I was there, pencil in hand when the museum opened.

After a while the groups all separated, to wander around the museum, so I drew a few of the rooms and added people as they appeared.

After all that, I needed a tea break, but couldn't resist drawing these two old ladies!

Tonal drawings

We had another tutor on Tuesday, author and illustrator Alexis Deacon and he suggested I try doing some more tonal drawings, starting with the shadow areas and working outwards, until an outline appeared. I drew this guy in the library because he was working at a computer and stayed there for quite a while!

It was a really weird way of working, not having an outline to begin with, but I think it worked ok (apart from his face! I think I needed a sharper point on my pencil!)

I spent the afternoon in the market, trying out this new technique. Unfortunately, people there did not stay still and I found that I just couldn't get them down on perp quickly enough.

So I went to the Fitzwilliam museum. And three hours later...

I feel a bit bad that the horse doesn't have proper legs, but I was so hungry by that point, I had to leave!

That evening I dug out my pot of stag beetle pieces (I knew they'd come in handy!) and drew some of them too!

People

We had a lecture yesterday and I had some free time before it started so I drew some of the people hanging around in the student common room. I think some of them spotted me, but they didn't seem to mind too much!

After our lecture, a few of us went to the public library to draw people. We were all desperate to draw a little (maybe one year old) girl who was having the time of her life throwing a the books on the floor and climbing on the book train in the children's section, but she would not stay still!!