Module 3 Chapter 2 - some reworking

I wasn't very happy with some of the work in my last post but one. It was OK as far as it went, but I was being far too literal, a problem which I tend to suffer from.

Sian gave me lots of ideas for pushing things further and freeing things up a bit, and this first batch of drawings were made before Summer School. They are all on A2 cartridge paper, and 2 colours of ink. The first few were made with a 1" brush. I had in mind the scrappy little drawing of steam billowing out of a chimney which was in my last but one post. The added lines are oil pastel and felt tip pen.

3.2.25

3.2.26

3.2.27

It struck me that if I used a bigger brush then I would have spiral staircases. I found a tatty old 5" brush in the garage, and it made lovely marks. I added the linear marks using the edge of a piece of card.

3.2.28

3.2.29

3.2.30

Sian saw these at Summer School and encouraged me to continue, so I have.

3.2.31

3.2.32

3.2.33

3.2.34

3.2.35

One of the things that Sian suggested was to draw some lines on the back of one of my black and white drawings from the last but one post. The idea is to cut on the lines and mount the cut shapes on to black paper to introduce thin black lines into the design. She put some work with bicycle wheels she had been doing using this technique on to her blog for me to see.

For this first one, I simple drew some  simple radiating lines on the back of the drawing, cut it up and laid it onto black paper. This is the actual A2 drawing.

3.2.36

For the next sheet, I printed out the original drawing onto A4 paper and tried various different cuts. The results are stuck  onto an A1 sheet of black paper.

3.2.37

I then isolated and cropped them.

3.2.38

3.2.39

3.2.40

3.2.41

I think these are interesting, but I don't particularly like them. 

Then I had great fun making a series of patterns using spirals torn from some of my painted papers. None of these are stuck down, so it was very quick to make a series of patterns. Looking at these, the spirals are quite "rectangular" rather than "round".

3.2.42

3.2.43

3.2.44

3.2.45

3.2.46 

3.2.47

3.2.48

3.2.49

3.2.50

3.2.51