Wednesday 19 October 2016

Day 2 reportage #NewGenDesign16

Embracing the cold, windy, wet weather of Manchester I decided to draw outside on location until it got difficult to add a mark to the paper.

Waiting in the reception area at the co-op building to go to Pomona Island

Workshop collaboration at Insitu Architectural Salvage with MMU students and ArtEZ

Olympic Parade #GBHEROESMCR

Manchester Olympic Parade 17/10/16

A drawing of the Manchester Olympic Parade, trying to capture the moment before it poured down with heavy rain, in true manchester spirit, celebrating the victory of the Olympians at Rio 2016.

A4 drawing

Fine liner drawing on location, digitally added flat colour on photoshop

Outside Exchange square

Day 1 reportage #NewGenDesign16

I spent the day at "New Generation" conference held at the Co-op building drawing and capturing moments during the symposium and workshops.

Observational drawings all drawn at the event

Fineliner

Sunday 11 September 2016

Manchester United

Sketching the exterior of Manchester United's Stadium

A5
Fineliner, Watercolour

Tombrow marker, Watercolour

0.1 Fineliner

Saturday 10 September 2016

Illustrating with AJOTO

An afternoon drawing at London Road's Firestation - "We are made here" event where many artists, designers and makers showcased their work.

A fantastic opportunity to illustrate using Ajoto aluminium pen which was very smooth, free flowing and lightweight to sketch with. Alongside with promoting Ajoto Pen I got to promote my artwork and illustrating style.

Here are some quick sketches I did at the event:

This event was a brilliant place to network, meet designers,promote artwork also buy prints and products.

Thursday 8 September 2016

Embroidered Canvas

Recently I have been experimenting with different materials that I don't normally use as often, I decided to commit to a whole day of experimenting by enrolling myself onto a workshop "Embroidered Canvas" with Priscilla Jones.

This workshop was a chance for me to explore a mixed media approach to develop my work using paint and free hand embroidery techniques.

Workspace setup

Process of building up layers on canvas

Adding colour to the canvas first, without knowing what the final outcome will become. I started to paint a lighter, pastel style sunset background. I used a base coat of white matte emulsion mixed with some coloured acrylic paint. Once I painted the canvas I started painting on fabric, adding texture by using painting blocks made from string on mount block.

Once the fabric was completely dry it was time to stitch together and create a composition

It was great to finally get back onto the sewing machine after 2 years. Slightly rusty it took me a while to get back into it, although I loved it and hopefully I will get a chance to do more embroidery in the future.

My aim was to create a landscape styled outcome. Once I had arranged the position of the fabrics joining together I stitched them together and also added some stitches to the buildings to look like windows and panels on the building. I then added the the composition onto the painted background canvas to create a final outcome.

Final outcome from the Embroidered Canvas workshop

Sunrise Landscape

A4 Canvas

Acrylic paint, Matte emulsion paint, Printing blocks, Cotton fabric, Lace, Thread

Wednesday 7 September 2016

Countdown Studio experience

Drawing from photo reference
Fineliner, Watercolour

Watching countdown live in the studios both from the gallery and in the audience was a chance for me to see what happens behinds the scenes, when filming for a tv game show. I also got the opportunity to meet Rachel (presenter), watch the directors, sound and vision mixers work and shadow the studio manager for the day at Dock10

Monday 22 August 2016

Old Fire Station

A great opportunity to look around London Road, old fire station before its new redevelopments undergo.

Courtyard of the firestation

Drawings done on location sat outside in the courtyard

A5

Fineliners, Watercolour pencils

Interior drawing on location

A5

Fineliner

Added colour via photoshop

colour scheme inspired by actual theme within the building

A5

Inside the abandoned Coroner's Court

Fineliner, Watercolour

A4

Entrance of the firestation

Fineliner

Thursday 28 July 2016

My first Urban Sketch event

On Sunday 24th July I attended my first Urban Sketching Manchester Sketch Crawl Event which was around Manchester City Centre - Spinningfield

John Rylands Library

Fineliner & Promarkers

Observational drawings inside The John Rylands Library

Fineliner & Promarkers

A quick drawing outside whilst waiting to meet back outside the Library to see everyones sketches

Thursday 30 June 2016

Along Oxford Road

Fineliner and Promarker

Somewhere along Oxford Road MCR

Mancunian Way

Fineliner and Promarkers

View from Oxford Street near Sidney Street

Section of "The Mancunian Way"

Palace Hotel

Fineliner and Promarkers

Palace Hotel - Oxford Road (Manchester)

Manchester Central Library

Fineliner and Promarkers

Where old meets new

Fineliner

Observational drawing of Manchester Central Library

Lahore Fort

A4
Fineliner and Promarkers
Illustration of Lahore Fort (Shahi Qila) - Pakistan

Thursday 12 May 2016

The Peppered Moth Animation

Final outcome animation for Unit X

Animation based on The Peppered Moth species found in the 18th century during the Manchester Industrial Revolution. This animation shows the life cycle of The Peppered Moth, how they adapted to survive pollution by changing the colour of their wings over generations. I was inspired by The Peppered Moth story after visiting Manchester Museum Special Collections.

Complete Animation

Backgrounds drawn using Fineliner, Soft-Pastels, charcoal

A4 Tracing paper, 200 Frames drawn for Moth movement

Digitally edited- Dragon frame,AfterEffects

Music composed by Peter Byron-Smith