Mood Board
For this exercise we had to choose a word from the previous exercise and collect imagery stemming from our sketches. My search re-enforced the association of bright colours with 'exotic'…
Turning Words into Pictures
There are 2 sides of the brain: the left, a verbal and rational side that deals in numbers and words, and the right, an intuitive side which works with patterns…
Spider Diagrams
This exercise required us to mindmap out all the words we could think of stemming from one word. We had 4 words: childhood, angry, seaside and festival. 'Angry' was probably,…
Writing a Brief
For this exercise we had to identify a piece that we connected with in some way and write the brief that might have been given for it. I chose the…
Last Leaf Falls
Last time I was making leaf prints with a monoprinting technique. So this time I am using those prints in my Art Journal to make an Autumn themed spread. I…
How to Turn Autumn Leaves into Art
It's nearing the end of Autumn and leaves are falling and making lovely, rustly heaps of crunchiness on pavements and parks all over UK. So, this post is about experimentation…
Assignment 1 – Saying Hello
Woohoo! This brief is all about ME. Jokes aside, it's really about my decision making process and getting me to think about how I make decisions. So I reckon I…
Getting the Gist
This is the second exercise in part one of the course. It involves choosing an editorial piece to illustrate, reading it, highlighting key wwords and/or phrases then extracting those words/phrases…
Dancing Bears in the style of Edward Ardizzone
The History of Illustration
This exercise involved looking back over illustrators from the past and comparing them to illustrators working now. It was really interesting to visit the work of published illustrators, especially those…
Venue for First Solo Exhibition
Well ...., my first solo exhibition had no significant hitches! Phew! Actually it was a very nice day, chatting about the art with some lovely people even though no sales…