Within CCAD there was an event organised called the ‘Draw Weekend’ where students could go along and take part in different drawing activities and experiences along with tutors from various London art colleges. On the Friday evening, everyone gathered to take part in drawing activities such as watching the opening scenes of the film ‘Blade […]
For my Specialist Techniques module that I recently completed, I had to design the set, costumes and various props for all 3 acts within the play. One of my favourite parts of the design process was the set element. I knew that I wanted to use the idea/theme of painting frames within my design as […]
When we moved away from technical drawing within ‘Visual communication’ we began to look at a section about caricatures. To start this we did live observation work of facial features and the details of the face, mainly by drawing other people in the class! Before we started to alter the face to create interesting caricatures, […]
This is some more of the work I produced for ‘Visual communication’ when we started to look more at perspective and the use of technical drawing, rather than simply sketching and observation work. I enjoyed perspective drawing as it allowed me to be very precise with angles and measurements, which I enjoy doing and I […]
In the ‘Visual communication’ section of my course (which focuses on drawing), we started by going out in Hartlepool sketching the old Victorian buildings within the town. This was partly to practice our drawing skills and techniques, but to also get used to observation work of large scale structures. I enjoyed doing this as I love […]
This is another mini project I was set for the ‘Specialist techniques’ section of my course, where we learn about the practical elements and the skills needed for work in this industry. This time, we had to make a scale Palladian window using illustrator and the laser cutter – rather than making it by hand […]
In this section of my blog I am going to be uploading examples of the work I have completed on my University course. This first example was made for the ‘Specialist techniques’ section of my course rather than specifically for professional studies like the other section of my blog. One of the first projects I was […]