Monday 27 April 2009

Drawing with Movement



As i said before, i wanted to draw with movement. I tried several techniques and ways to show this. This first was splattering emulsion paint, this gave an interesting texture and was very fun to do! The other image is blowing ink, it looks kind of like a spider, and if it is suitable i would like to use it further. Other things that i tried were marbling and dripping different types of paint.

Wednesday 15 April 2009

Light graffiti





























As i was looking for new ways to show movement through photography, i came across the idea of light graffiti. Again it is using a long shutter speed on the camera but involves running around like sillys with a torch! So taking a friend with me, armed with a tripod and several torches we had our own attempts at doing some light graffiti.

The first two pictures were taken at a park in Bristol. We decided to use bicycle lights as they were a lot brighter than any other torches. Also it comes out a lot more blue and it looks good with the red lights. I especially like the second picture as it looks like a butterfly. It was taken on a see-saw which also went round and round.

The third picture was taken in a friends garden as it was beginning to get dark so it has given a really unusual light which is very blue.

The last two pictures were taken down at Seaton beach (Devon). The first picture, taken at the harbour, we tried to show how you can outline and exaggerate a picture by drawing around an object. I think that it is quite interesting and if i was drawing objects then i would like to do more of these. This last image is of me and my friend skipping along the seafront. We were swinging our arms as we skipped which makes it look like we are bouncing.

Overall i am really pleased with these sets of images, and there are plenty more of them! Its a quick and easy way to fill up the sketchbook!!