Yorkshire Sculpture Park

As a class, we visited Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
I have never visited the sculpture park before, so it was a great chance for me to get some inspiration and discover some new artists and art forms.

I really liked this piece. I have seen the poppy installation at the Tower of London, so for me it was very interesting to see the poppies in a new and completely different location. It represents how the place may not necessarily affect the purpose of the piece. It shows that wherever it is, people will appreciate it and its meaning.






I've always been inspired by Rob Ryan's work, I love his use of Typography and cut-outs. Its so delicate and neat, and it really shows that he has taken his time when creating these pieces. I love that even though each one is very similar (in style), each one has a different meaning and tells a different story.

I enjoyed seeing the sculptures which were hidden away. For example, we found this bridge, just simply from walking around the park and coming across it. I like that the typography is simple yet effective.

This Iron Tree really stood out to me. I love the colouring of the iron, it really reflects the texture of an actual tree, even though it has a completely different texture to touch. Its been put together so well, and has a lot of detail on the surface, simple markings make it even more realistic.

People.

I have always struggled to draw people, especially when moving.
I'm constantly practising and trying different techniques.

In the last couple of weeks, i've drawn a few people in different locations.


This image was drawn using a black pencil, I like this drawing as it isn't perfect and has a few lines out of place, it almost shows the movement of her hair and face.





In this drawing, I chose to draw onto coloured paper, to allow me to experiment with drawing in white. I really enjoyed drawing the highlights in the image rather than shading and shadows of the person.

Then, I decided to draw a person using this 'sketchy' technique. I enjoyed the quick way of drawing this, it allows you to shade as well as outlining the figure in a very quick method.

Interior Drawing

After doing Exterior Location drawing, we were then asked to do some interior drawings.

I sat in the same spot and drew the space surrounding me.
Again, I only gave myself roughly 10 minutes to draw these spaces. I found this method to be successful last time, and I also enjoy this 'messy' style of drawing, it feels a lot more natural and can create some interesting mistakes.

When drawing these images, I sat on the floor, which gives the images an interesting view point, and i think it comes across in the images that I was looking up to draw the space.

Location Drawing

Throughout this project, we've been asked to photograph and draw our surroundings. 
We started off with exterior space. I gave myself 10 minutes to draw each image, just to see which part of the space I drew in the most detail. I had an interesting outcome, as it made me realise which part I found most interesting and which I take the most notice of.

For example, in this image, I spent most of my time putting detail into all the objects in the foreground, and spent less time on the actual buildings behind. I chose to do this because I found the space very old fashioned, especially with the old building and old phone box. This little space isn't fitting with the rest of the modern buildings surrounding it, which is why I focused on the detail on the smaller objects, to hide the modern space around it.


Then, I moved to Huddersfield train station. The statue is the main focus, it stands out in the whole space. I chose to do very little detail on the train station in this piece, just to allow the statue to stand out, much like it does in person.





I'm very interested in typography, so for this piece I chose to only illustrate words that surrounded me in that space. Which included; road signs, shop names..etc.

Mindmapping and Note taking

I always struggle to get started on a new project. So whenever I feel uninspired or unmotivated, I start with a key word in the middle of a page and mind map around it. It helps me to link and associate words together, and helps my ideas flow.

The next step after mind mapping would be to select a theme found through the mind map and take notes on that specific subject. This allows me to research the topic and make little notes/reminders to myself to help me research further into that topic.

For example, this project brief is ‘Sense of Place’. I started off with a very broad mind map, noting down any words which link with Sense of Place, including; Location, place, senses.. etc. 

From this I created another mind map focusing on the topic of ‘Place’. Again, I linked more words, and discovered the idea of Nightmares and Dreams. Which helped me to discover a completely new angle on ‘Sense of Place’. This then started my inspiration for the beginning stages of research.

Future Genealogies: If Cats and Dogs could talk?

In our first Seminar, we were asked to pick a topic to discuss. This was our chosen topic, as a group we decided to create some unrealistic ideas, to make it more humorous and interesting.
It includes products which animals would use if they could talk, for example- breath spray, doggie soothers, chimmy choo toy… etc.