Jonny with hammer

Jonny with hammer, acetate and ink on paper, 210 x 297 mm, 2014

Amber with objects

Amber with objects, Ink on paper, 594 x 841 mm, 2014.

Amber

Amber, 420 x 594 mm, Ink on card, 2014

Drawing Studio Practice

When I think of certain people certain objects appear into my mind. Objects that either resemble them, they often use or fit their personality. So I decided to explore this. My Project is based on people in my life that I associate with objects.

For Research I firstly drew objects that I affiliate with people such as bottles, scissors, microphones etc.. Then I sketched from life and from photographs the people in my life that I associate objects with. I did these drawings in a linear style like that of David Hockney and slightly more detailed drawings like that of David Epstein.

Developing my work I tried different ways of combining the objects and people together to demonstrate that they were connected. At first I drew the objects directly onto the portraits of people however I felt that the extent of lines made it too harsh. So I experimented with using tracing paper, inspired by the work of Francis Alys, and acetate. Furthermore I drew the people on the real life physical objects that I associated them with, though I realised later that this was not worth pursuing as some objects would be incredibly hard to draw on top of.

So I revisited the idea of drawing objects on top of the portraits of people and found that some of the facial features fit inside the object as a sort of frame. So I drew a partial portrait in the composition of the object that I associated them with. I found that doing this in a line drawing lacked depth so I pursued the drawing in a more detailed way like that of Jacob Epstein. This is what I did for my final piece.

Jacob Epstein

Jacob Epstein was born in America on 10th November 1880 and died in August 1959. He moved to Europe in 1902 and became a British citizen in 1911. Primarily known as a sculptor he often produced controversial works which challenged taboos on what appropriate subject matter was for public artworks.

However I have been influenced by Epstein's portrait drawings which are simple without lots of exaggerated shading and detail yet still retain realism.

David Hockney

David Hockney is an English painter, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer and photographer. He was born on the 9th July 1937.

He is considered one of the most influential British Artists of the 20th century.

He was an important contributor to the Pop Art movement of the 1960's. Pop Art employs aspects of mass culture such as advertising, comic books and mundane cultural objects. It is widely interpreted as a reaction to the then-dominant ideas of abstract expressionism as well as an expansion upon them. It is also similar to the Dada movement through its similar use of images and found objects. The Pop Art movement also utilises irony a lot.

I however have been influenced by Hockney's line drawing portraits. I like the way that they are simple as they are without colour and shading. I have tried to emulate this in my work.

Drawing Statement

When I think of certain people certain objects appear into my mind. Objects that either resemble them, they often use or fit their personality. So I decided to explore this. My Project is based on people in my life that I associate with objects.

For Research I firstly drew objects that I affiliate with people such as bottles, scissors, microphones etc.. Then I sketched from life and from photographs the people in my life that I associate objects with. I did these drawings in a linear style like that of David Hockney and slightly more detailed drawings like that of David Epstein.

Developing my work I tried different ways of combining the objects and people together to demonstrate that they were connected. At first I drew the objects directly onto the portraits of people however I felt that the extent of lines made it too harsh. So I experimented with using tracing paper, inspired by the work of Francis Alys, and acetate. Furthermore I drew the people on the real life physical objects that I associated them with, though I realised later that this was not worth pursuing as some objects would be incredibly hard to draw on top of.

So I revisited the idea of drawing objects on top of the portraits of people and found that some of the facial features fit inside the object as a sort of frame. So I drew a partial portrait in the composition of the object that I associated them with. I found that doing this in a line drawing lacked depth so I pursued the drawing in a more detailed way like that of Jacob Epstein. This is what I did for my final piece.

Francis Alÿs

Francis Alÿs was born in Belgium in 1959. He studied architectural history at the Institute of Architecture in Tournai and engineering in Venice before relocating to Mexico city in 1986 originally arriving as part of a French assistance program after an earthquake. This is where he now lives and works as a practicing artist.

His work mainly involves looking at the cultural and economic conditions of particular places, usually conceived during walks of urban areas. He is widely known for his documentary style projects addressing economic and social injustice in Latin America.

However his drawings on tracing paper is what has influenced my artwork.

Life Drawing Model Sitting On A Chair