My Reflective Diary

My induction task (who am I)

My first drawing was of the human eye, I find this specific feature interesting because you can add as much detail as you want to it and make it your own, which is what I did. For all my drawings, as well as this one, I used Andy Warhol’s work as inspiration. I picked out my favourite parts of his work, for example his use of several different bright colours all combined in to one painting and the defined black outlines.

The second drawing I have competed is the four different hair styles, the reason I chose this is because I like beauty and hair and I find different styles interesting. I split my A5 piece of paper into 4 different sections for the pop art effect of Andy Warhol’s work. As well as this, I also used bright yellow for the hair colour which is similar to what this artist uses for one of his most famous pieces of Marilyn Monroe.

Another drawing I did was of one simply flower with a bright background. I liked this look because I also added light shading with a black crayon which was easy but added so much depth and detail to the petals. I also used two different shades of pick; the darker one to show the more pigmented areas of the flower.

The next drawing I created was the most inspired by my artist due to the bright colours used and bold outlines. Instead of just doing a simple standard drawing of some lips, I added some movement as it shows the bottom lip being bitten. The reason I did the gums such a dark blue was to add emphasis to the white teeth and make them stand out. I used red on the lips because I think it’s a classy colour and it made a statement.

The last drawing I did is in some ways similar to my second drawing of the different hair styles as it has the same sort of lay out which is the four separate boxes. But differently to my other drawing, this one contains shoes and all of them are exactly the same and all are completely different colours to add effect and stick to the pop art theme.

My opinion on this course

This course is extremely different to what I am used to in terms of doing GCSE art at school because at school you’re a lot more ordered and told what to do in terms of what you draw and how you draw it. Yet at college you are a lot more free to draw whatever you feel in which way you want giving it a much more personal effect.

My blog

I think I might use my blog mainly to look for inspiration off other bloggers and use it within my own work. Also I could use my own art which could inspire others.

My plants for future study

My induction task included a series of drawings and photographs I had created myself in order to reflect myself and my interests. Even though my work in this task was mainly inspired by one specific artist I feel like I am already beginning gather my thoughts and ideas about what I want to produce next which is slightly different. Due to my induction task being mainly based on brightly coloured cartoons, I feel like my next step is to create something more realistic and detailed.