From these photographs I mixed the colours of the huts, producing stripes which I then collaged together to produce the pieces below.
Thursday, 14 October 2010
Beach Huts
As part of my research into Bournemouth for my current project at Chelsea, I looked at the beach huts. After drawing the boats and various other aspects of the town, I have produced a series of colour studies from the huts so I could develop my colour palette.
From these photographs I mixed the colours of the huts, producing stripes which I then collaged together to produce the pieces below.
From these photographs I mixed the colours of the huts, producing stripes which I then collaged together to produce the pieces below.
Wednesday, 13 October 2010
Life Drawing
I was looking through some old art folders today and found some of my life drawings from when I did my A Levels and Art Foundation course. It has reminded me how much I used to love experimenting with new techniques and materials in my work, something which I am struggling with slightly at the moment.
Tuesday, 12 October 2010
Typography
This year at I have chosen to do Contemporary Typography as my elective and below are a few of the images from our first session. One key person we learnt about was Lou Dorfsman. He worked for CBS network in America as their director of design.
There is currently an exhibition on at the Kemistry Gallery featuring Dorfsmans work.
We also looked at Stefan Sagmeister.
Some questions which are key to typography..why am I doing this? What am I trying to say? Can you read it? How quick can I read it? Why have I chosen to say it in this way? The list could go on.
In the top image by Sagmeister, he actually carved the words into his own skin. Looking at the image and then reading through a few of the questions above shows that it's not necessarily about producing something thats easy and clear to read. Having the letters carved into his skin automatically makes it harder to read what is being said. The natural contours of the human body provide an uneven surface with shadows and different tones. The letters are various sizes, with some parts of the text portrait and some landscape which requires the viewer to turn their head to read it. All of this makes it much more complex than just reading a typed sentence of a blank piece of paper. However by making you concentrate more to read it, Sagmeister has also made it more likely that you will remember what he is saying, as you have had to make more of an effort. Type is all around us 24/7 and we are so used to reading and seeing our alphabet that we often read things without really taking them in.
There is currently an exhibition on at the Kemistry Gallery featuring Dorfsmans work.
We also looked at Stefan Sagmeister.
Some questions which are key to typography..why am I doing this? What am I trying to say? Can you read it? How quick can I read it? Why have I chosen to say it in this way? The list could go on.
In the top image by Sagmeister, he actually carved the words into his own skin. Looking at the image and then reading through a few of the questions above shows that it's not necessarily about producing something thats easy and clear to read. Having the letters carved into his skin automatically makes it harder to read what is being said. The natural contours of the human body provide an uneven surface with shadows and different tones. The letters are various sizes, with some parts of the text portrait and some landscape which requires the viewer to turn their head to read it. All of this makes it much more complex than just reading a typed sentence of a blank piece of paper. However by making you concentrate more to read it, Sagmeister has also made it more likely that you will remember what he is saying, as you have had to make more of an effort. Type is all around us 24/7 and we are so used to reading and seeing our alphabet that we often read things without really taking them in.
Thursday, 7 October 2010
Colour project
Some of my initial drawings from our first project 'Glocalisation' which is based on Bournemouth.
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