Cartoon Drawing
Before we started our class, we were asked to follow a TED Talk video about our ability to draw. It was a fun session and it really showed that drawing doesn't necessarily mean you have to follow a certain art style. This workshop sort of allowed me to take off some pressure off my shoulders because I'm kind of hard on myself when I can't draw something the way I envisioned it to be. So, I'm kinda glad that our lecturer showed that video to us as it allowed me to see things in a different perspective.
Contour Drawing
For our second class activity, we had to do something called Contour Drawing. I've heard of it before and I did some attempts just because I was curious but it just turned out to be sort of disfigured. So, when we were asked to do a contour drawing exercise in class, I was pretty ecstatic for it- until I learned that we have to do a Blind Contour and Semi-blind Contour Drawing.
Blind Contour Drawing
So for this activity, we had to pair up with 2 different partners and mine are Chloe and Sarah. We then had to draw them without looking at the paper. I tried a few attempts here and there but they all ended up looking very much disfigured and not like my classmate at all. It was sort of funny but also sad cause I really messed up their face.
Subjects
Chloe Sarah
Semi-Blind Contour
For the semi-blind contour, I used Sarah as my subject and I thought it would be easier since I can look up but apparently not since I still managed to mess up her face proportion. What was really difficult for me was the fact that I couldn't lift up my pen the whole time I was drawing so I can't really organize where the lines were going to go which jumbled up my whole drawing. But I don't mind since this was a new experience for me and I sort of enjoy it. Is it something I would do again in the near future? Maybe. But am I going to try to master this skill? Maybe not.
Urban Sketching
After our contour exercises, we continued onto our last activity for the day- which is Urban Sketching. Urban sketching is basically sketching any outdoor places such as buildings, people, scenery and almost anything that's located outdoors. I personally like this activity, but the only problem I face while doing these kind of sketching is getting the perspective right since I always end up drawing the subject that I want weirdly.
Location: Tealive
Time: 11:45 a.m
Medium: Paper and pen
Location: Construction site
Time: 12 p.m
Medium: Paper and pen
Location: Starbucks
Time: 12:10 p.m?
Medium: Tissue and Pen
For our added assignment on researching an urban sketching artist, I had to look up for a few artists before I found one that I really like. I couldn't find their full name, but they go by Mario AG on Instagram- which seems to be the only website they use to showcase their artworks. From what I can gather through their description, they're an architect and they do commissions. I couldn't really find any other information but their art style is the one thing that draws me to their drawings.
The reason why I chose them as my inspiration is because I like the simplicity of their sketches. Sure there are some incarnate detailing that they put into their drawings but I like how their medium are mainly paper and pen. This is because I don't really like coloured drawings that much. I prefer a simple black and white drawing most of the time since it looks more "clean" and true to the essence of sketching. And even if they did use colours, its mostly minimally used or just for some background colours.
Another thing that I like is how their subject matter are buildings. I find it to be quite visually pleasing as they are able to capture the image as it is and transfer it directly into their drawing. I'm sort of envious of their skills but I've only been doing urban sketching for a hot minute so I don't think I should be comparing myself with them.
Overall, urban sketching is a very fun activity to do and it can really help improve your perspective and sketching skills- which I'm severely lacking in.
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