Bikes and Prints

 Tuesdays session was alot more productive than the last. I felt like I actually learnt something in that session which is always a good thing. At first we had a discussion about illistration and why we chose to be in that specialism. Then we were asked to draw a bike. We had 5 minutes to use whatever material we wanted to draw a bike. Nearly all of us drew the bike from a side angle. I found it really difficult rawing from my imagination and panicked for a second as i couldnt remember what the frame of the bike looked like and almost forgot it had pedels!!  Even though the wheels weren't round and the frames were all different, you could tell that they were all bikes.

  

After we'd discussed the bikes, we then had another short amount of time to come up with some wuick sketched of dog exercise machines. I also found this difficult at first and worried about the neatness andclarity of my line drawings. Not my best work but I guess that doesn't matter when they're rough sketches. 

 

After a break we collected our monoprints. I really enjoyed the print session. I think it gives a drawing an extra element and makes it both more eyecatching and interesting to the audience. I' hoping to use alot of print this year whether it be monoprinting, screen printing or etching.

 

  

 These were my first prints. I quite like the effect of putting chalk onto the slate before putting it through the press, as well as the pattern the mesh creates. However, I had done monoprinting before and had never put it through a press, and so decided to do it the way I was taught by simply placin the paper or newsprint ontop of an inked slate and drawing ontop of the paper with various different objects.

 I think I preferred the way these turned out to how the ones i put through the press came out. I like the simple line drawings and the blotching ink patches.