This week we went to a trip to various places in London such as the Royal Festival Hall and Tate Modern to practice our documentary illustration skills. For the trip I solely focused on drawing people on sight so none where done from photos.
We were given a series of tasks including sketching people in 2 materials. I chose pencil and biro and decided that biro would be more beneficial because of the permanence of the marks, making me be more bold with the marks I made.
These sketches where from the Tate Modern. I think the sketches improved throughout the day as I became more confident in drawing in such public locations.
At the ‘Poets in Vogue’ exhibition we had to sketch a couple objects that interested us so I chose these collars with eyes in the middle and a dress. I loved the boldness of their colours and wanted to add a hint towards that by layering some of those colours over the black biro sketch.
This exercise tested me as we had to draw 1 figure with our right hand and 1 with our left hand. I’m right handed and rarely try using my left hand so considering this I’m pleased with how the figure turned out.
Samuel Green Illustration 