Origins Unit 1:
1M X 1M DRAWING TASK:

As an independent drawing task, we were asked to create a 1m x 1m portable black and white drawing, inspired by our project. Straight away I wanted to include the drawing styles we had practiced in a drawing workshop, including negative drawing and blind drawings.

I planned the techniques I wanted to incorporate and the aspects of canal street I would like to draw, such as the stacked chairs and bunting. I then went on to use different drawing techniques and materials, including oil bar, pencils and charcoal.

I used charcoal to create a 3D effect on a negative drawing of bunting. I thought it was really effective and enjoy using charcoal. I knew it would look even better on a big scale too.

One of the most obvious things about Canal Street is the gay pride colours, and the flag which hosts the colours. I used an oil bar and charcoal to draw this picture, and I think I made it look quite 3D as if blowing in the wind.

One of the first things I took a photo of, and drew from Canal Street was the stacked chairs. And after doing the 3D workshop and focusing a lot on pleats I thought it wa a good idea to create that effect with graphic pencils.

This drawing was inspired by the blind drawing I did of some chairs. I quite like it as a background pattern.

I did a couple of mini drawings to decide on composition and materials, and even portability. Because the bottom half of the drawing was inspired by chairs, to make the drawing portable I created pleats to make “Folding Chairs”.

This is my final 1m x 1m drawing:

One of the rules was that it had to be in black and white, however throughout my project I have felt that colour was one of the most important things about Canal Street. So with the bunting I cut out the flag shapes, for the idea that I could hang up the drawing in the middle of a room, and the background could serve as the colours of the flag. I thought my idea for portability worked well on large scale, as did the draping curves on the left, however was disappointed with the pleated charcoal chairs, as the effect is better on a smaller scale. Overall I was happy with my final drawing, and enjoyed planning and making it.