So – a few sketches of people here and there from this summer. Some at Brighton Pride, some on a train journey through London and some on the beach at Mersea, Essex. I’d quite happily draw all year long, but mostly you have to talk to people – (of which, I’ve done a lot over summer). WhilstContinue reading “Sketchbook: Summer People Sketches”
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3ft People Festival 2014
The following few images are those drawn ‘live’ and on the scene… (This one took all day and I don’t even like it!). It would’ve been nice to be there longer, the whole day, but my own commitments as a school mum meant that I was required to drop off the children first, and attendContinue reading “3ft People Festival 2014”
The Tension Between Communicating and Hiding
“Artists are people driven by the tension between the desire to communicate and the desire to hide” DW Winnicot OK, so what has this to do with the Winnicot quote? And is it relevant? This post is about two things really, and I am not certain if they are linked. Firstly – the 3ftContinue reading “The Tension Between Communicating and Hiding”
Bus Stop Drawings
The lady with a ‘Dalmatian hat’. I drove past her in my car whilst she was waiting at a bus stop; I noticed her hat. Incongruous hat, not in the least bit suitable. So I found myself wanting to recreate her from memory. I’m pleased with the result. I like where this is going. Now IContinue reading “Bus Stop Drawings”
Drawing on Location 3
I’m a little bit more on the look out for narrative, for the ‘story’ in what I am drawing. It’s no longer enough to just start drawing stuff, any stuff – I mean that’s fine and all – but I want to be a bit more selective. Sort out the really nice moments, interesting places,Continue reading “Drawing on Location 3”
Drawing on Location 2
An MA update: More drawing on location. I think I am getting better, because I have actually produced a couple of drawings that I like. They’re not amazing, but I am getting back into the swing of drawing both people and the environment they inhabit – and not just as two separate drawings… actually thatContinue reading “Drawing on Location 2”
Drawings in the Job Centre
It’s good to go to the job centre with the purpose of drawing. It takes my mind off the fact that I am actually going there to sign on. That’s the joy of ‘Zero Hours’ contracts but I mustn’t worry about that – I’m just going to the job centre to draw. Once a fortnight,Continue reading “Drawings in the Job Centre”
Drawing On Location 1
So the first project of my MA is to explore and discover our personal visual language by ‘observation and experiment’. The observation has to include the moving human figure in natural, everyday environments. That’s not how they choose to frame it, but that is more or less what it boils down to. I think thisContinue reading “Drawing On Location 1”
Natalie Eldred 