memories into models, models into drawings, drawings into paintings

hello third and final year of my Illustration degree! As the first post of the academic year, I have a couple of photos to show of my recent endeavor.

Paintings made from drawings

original drawings

Drawings made from a model replica of Ham House made by my fellow classmate Emily Martin. Sadly I didn't take a photo of her model.

So, over summer I have been working on a set uni project called Drawing Fiction where I had to choose off a list of possible sites to explore: I chose Hampton Court Palace (it sounded the most potentially fantastic out of the rest). From here, I was then asked to draw the place from imagination, observation and memory.

For our first Studio day, my tutor organised a workshop where we built our chosen places from memory out of mount board and glue. It could have been a room, a corner or the whole site: I chose to construct the whole site. From the models we made drawings by cropping in on certain elements. Then we were asked to draw from other peoples models - which leads me onto these drawings and paintings.

I just saw from my drawings a flicker of an idea - drawn out (more considered) onto wood and painting with flat acrylic.

This whole projects purpose is to provide me with space and opportunity to develop my drawing practice, to analyse and evaluate my own drawing methodology and my perspective on drawing.

Boats on Pink Lake (Lake Retba, Senegal)

I made this screen print during my second year of uni. It was an edition of 15 and they all sold out! I plan to get some business cards printed and this will be one of the designs.

I had the idea for this print when I was scrolling through photographs of beautiful places around the world. This one is inspired by a photograph of Lake Retba, the red rocks below the lake turn the water a bubblegum pink; I saw the photo and thought 'screen printing would produce that flat bubblegum pink'!

Interview for Open House

I have had another interview with Camberwell College of Arts, this time on their OPEN HOUSE event. The pictures look fantastic; it was a really nice day working with kids and giving out free balloons ^_^

An interview with Camberwell Blog

I forgot to mention that I had an interview about my practice on the Camberwell Blog. The photos are a bit dodgy so i'm working on some better ones!

A little something of my own

Amy and Jasmine in their uber cute outfits!

A manga series I am working on independently. I hope to get the first few chapters down and printed this summer ^_^

These girls are in their battle outfits! Think X-men Evolution meets Tokyo Mew Mew.

UAL

I was commissioned to design 5 icons for 5 creative workshops during an OPEN HOUSE event at Camberwell College of Arts.

The client was please with a previous 'early bird' design of mine. So I took that further and responded to each workshop in a simple and communicative way.

'Ceramics'

'Darkroom Experience'

'Letterpress'

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'Screen Printing'

'Stop Motion' 

End of 2nd year Show

Harley Pethybridge

Chloe Wyatt

Rosalind Wilson

Freddie Edwards

Fred Hoffman

Alice Cocks

Charlie Hazeldine

Theo Chin invidulating

SH1UB

Emily Martin

Looking down through wooden beams

Tom Adams

SH1 BR

Hisaho Toshida & Nanami Takeuchi

SH1 FR

Shop

 Last Thursday saw the private view of Parallel Cities, our collaborative exhibition between 2nd year Ba Graphic Design and Illustration. The night was described as a house party; we had a live band, bar, shop, art, cafe round back and a garden space. It was a brilliant atmosphere and a lot of people said how impressed they were. Seems we've made a great impression and raised high expectations for next year!

If Buildings Could Talk print series

Another amazing day of screen printing!! These are for a new project, Parallel Cities, and in particular these refer to the life of Camberwell College.

Lithography Workshop

Check out this stunner!!! FWAAAA, look at them marks!! 

A three week Litho workshop and so pumped to keep experimenting with this. I love working at capturing a powerful sense of atmosphere. A friends mentioned how the darkness of the image is quite different to how I present my personal self. And I think it's good to challenge people's pre-conceived ideas of what work I make. That's my mysterious side...

Stencil screenprint

Another day in the printmaking studios! I was using stencils cut out from newsprint paper as it then doesn't cost! And this way I didn't need a pre-planned image to expose ^_^ Here is a picture of Sophie and it was her first time screen printing - she loved it!

Watercolour Sketches

Today I was in the studio creating these beauties!! They are for my illustrated children's book I am working on ^_^ 

Prints

I've been doing some printmaking; here are the fruits of my ventures!!

Screen Printing

Epic day in the screen printing room at uni!

When the prints are dry I will post a pic of Boats on Hillier Lake, Australia, screen print, 2014! 

I was never keen on screen print. I preferred the idea of etching, where you have more control over the image, like drawing. However, now my world has been opened to the real of screen printing. I saw a photo of boats on Hillier lake and though this would look fantastic as a screen print. Also, it's just really fun and hands on.

Last note - the technicians at uni are ace!

Editorial

Lizzie Heath, 'Office Desk' 2013

One of my projects for uni looking at editorial illustration. I painted this sweet thing which is about a spy who was let go from the CIA who went on to write a book parodying her life. I had a clear visual idea of how this piece was would be executed, noir film-esque block colours and isometric perspective.

Two artists in particular that were relevant to my emerging visual language were Chris Ware and Patrick Caulfield.  

Patrick Caulfield, 'Sun Lounge' 1975

Chris Ware Uknown

http://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/patrick-caulfield,-r.a.-1936-2005-155-c-idfhf20t5g

http://www.comics101.com/squibcentral/?mode=project&action=view&project=Squib%20Central&chapter=71