Drawing Practice , Elective 21st-24th Feb.

Elective

One modular I have done this first year is Drawing Practice, this was separate from "Fashion" and focused on the basics of drawing. This modular really helped me with drawing. I did life drawing which was really challenging but the final outcome was great. 

And now I can relate all what I have learnt back into my fashion work.

Drawing Elective Evaluation

In the drawing elective my expectations where to be able to put my ideas into visual ideas, to be able to refer back to the work done in my fashion work and challenge my self to try new things. During the elective I began to understand the language of drawing and how to use them. After a few drawing I started to understand construction when drawing and distances between the things I’m drawing.  Then I started to look the space what I was drawing and measure it accurately, But it wasn’t just about drawing it was about how to make a mark on a paper and how to respond to shape , how to make my work look more three dimensional and use space properly. I found it hard to just make a mark on the paper and not get carried away with drawing, but after a few tries I under stood how this made the shape I wanted.

Using a different types of media, I used a Conti which was a type of chalk/charcoal I used its straight edge to create my lies and help me construct my drawing. It also was easy to create study board with several pictures as it was quick and easy to use; the easel was flexible as I could move it for a different perspective of the inertia. Using different types of paper and different materials gave different effects and shapes. I could use these when drawing fashion illustrations or garments. All these skills were learnt in the first day, I felt like id really improved.

On the second day I conquered life drawing.  After learning the skills the day before I found it easier to create form and shape. When the figure was posed in a distorted way this was challenging to make it look correct this lead to me been more creative and daring when drawing. When the figure made unexpected pose changes, made the final out come look like a path had been created, this was exciting when drawing it and push me to challenge myself even more. I found myself learning new things very quickly due to these unexpected changes.

When using different materials to pencil like charcoal I found my self getting out of the habit of drawing normally I pushed my self to get as much information down on the paper and worked in unfamiliar ways, I structurally progressed and improved when drawing the proportions of the figure.

When drawing a figure in space I found this proportionally challenging, I suggested space, looked at the vanishing point, Arial perspective and the use of light and dark to convey distance a series of sketchbook challenges helped me warm up and then move on to create a bigger drawing, this is were I put all my newly learn skills in to practice. I used accurate measuring to put my figure into its inertia and I think Id come a very long way since day one.

In conclusion I think I met all the expectations I wanted to I pushed myself more than I thought I was going to and I now have a full understanding of drawing and what it’s all about. The Elective was a total success and I will really benefit from it when trying to draw fashion illustrations and garments and construction.