Animals and Creatures: Sketchbook Five

Sketchbook Five Photo Album

For my last sketchbook I drew a range of different animals with references from books and internet images and I also started to create my own animals and creatures to develop into my finals pieces.

Animals and Creatures: Sketchbook Four

Sketchbook Four Photo Album

For these images I focussed mainly on texture and the fur/feathers of the animals and I think I created some quite good techniques for future reference. 

Animals and Creatures: Sketchbook Three

Sketchbook Three Photo Album

These are some watercolour paintings from my third sketchbook. I had a lot of fun creating these and I really like the outcomes of most of them.

Animals and Creatures: Sketchbook Two

Sketchbook Two Photo Album

These are some sketches and drawings I like from my trip to Flamingo Land zoo. I really like most of these drawings because they were fun to draw and the animals were really interesting to draw.

Animals and Creatures: Sketchbook One

Sketchbook One Photo Album

These are some sketches from the live animal session we did and I really like most of the images I drew. Some images are really bad and unfinished but it was because all the animals moved a lot so it was quite hard to capture an image. 

Taxidermy

Taxidermy Photo Album

We also drew from taxidermy animals which was really fun and it was much easier to draw than the live animals because they weren't alive and moving around. 

Live Animals

Live Animals Photo Album

As another part of our Animals and Creatures project we had some live animals come in for us to draw. The animals ranged from spiders to snakes and it was a very fun experience and I think I got some really good drawings and sketches.

Flamingo Land

Flamingo Land Photo Album

As part of the Animals and Creatures project we went to Flamingo Land for the day to look around the zoo. The weather was really bad so I didn't get many drawings done at the zoo but I got some good images and quick sketches to draw from afterwards. 

Live Animal Drawing Photos

Live Animals Photo Album

Today we had live animals come in to draw and it was one of the best experiences ever. There was a range of animals to hold and draw such as a snake, a meerkat, tarantula and a parrot. It was quite hard to draw some of the animals because some moved a lot but it was very fun. The animals had amazing textures and patterns which made it more challenging to draw.

Sketchbook Five

Sketchbook Five Photo Album

These are some of the sketches I like from my sketchbook from the Marina, Durham and other areas. I am really impressed with some of the techniques and materials I used.I used Biro a lot because I think I work best in it and I can create some really nice effects with it. 

David Hockney

http://www.hockneypictures.com/
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/david-hockney-1293
http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibitions/hockney/

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David Hockney is an English painter, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer and photographer. He contributes to Pop Art and is very influential to other artists. 

Illustrations I like:

This illustration is a self portrait in the 1950's. I really like this technique he has used but I chose
this image because I wanted to show the comparison between his work in the 50's through to
the 00's.

This illustration was done a decade after the first image and I think you can see a clear
change in the way he sketches. I really like the simplicity of these images because he makes it work
really well.

I really like this drawing because it is similar to what I have been working on lately and I just think
it gives me a lot of inspiration. David also paints and photographs but his drawings are my favourite
type of work he does.

This last illustration was created in the 00's and I think you can definitely see a change in drawings from the
50's until now. He has developed a lot as in he has added more detail, colour and realism to his drawings
and I think it works really well.

Sketchbook Four

Sketchbook Four Photo Album

These are some of the sketches I like from my sketchbook from the beach. I am really impressed with some of the techniques and materials I used. I used graphite powder for the first time but I was a bit unsure of how to use it so I didn't use it much. Overall it was a pretty good day of drawing. 

Sketchbook Three

Sketchbook Three Photo Album

These are some of the sketches that I like from my life drawing sketchbook. I really like some of the techniques I have used and considering this is my first time life drawing I think I did pretty well.

George Butler

https://www.facebook.com/georgebutlerillustration
http://sgfajournal.wordpress.com/2013/09/11/drawing-in-the-media-george-butler-adventurer-and-illustrator/
http://www.georgebutler.org/

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George Butler is a reportage illustrator who travels around the world to create his work. He usually works with pen, ink and watercolour. I really like his animal illustrations.

Illustrations I like:

This is my favourite illustration of George's. I like how abstract the lines and colour are
and how the drawing is not completely perfect.

I really like the colours used in this illustration. I think that because some of the colours
aren't realistic it makes the image look unusual but effective at the same time.

I really like the shapes that have been used in this illustration. I think they fir in well with the
image and make it look abstract which I like.

Sketchbook Two

Sketchbook Two Photo Album

These are a select few of some of the sketches from my second finished sketchbook. I picked these images because I liked some of the techniques I used and some I thought turned out to be quite good drawings. 
These drawings are not the best as drawing figures/people is not my strong point but I think I did quite well.

Sketchbook One

Sketchbook One Photo Album

These are a select few of some of the sketches from my first finished sketchbook. I picked these images because I liked some of the techniques I used and some I thought turned out to be quite good drawings. 
Most of these are not the best of sketches but I do think I am improving a lot because I am learning from my mistakes and trying new things. The focus of these drawings are just things I saw at random/in everyday routines.

Miranda Sofroniou

http://miranda-sofroniou.tumblr.com/
http://miranda-sofroniou.blogspot.co.uk/2009/10/reportage-illustration.html
http://www.mirandasofroniou.com/ (lots of really good links on here)

Miranda is an illustrator who uses materials and techniques such as collage, painting and ink to create aesthetically pleasing children's books.

Illustrations I like:

I really like these types of drawings because I think they look really
effective when done in pen/ink. I also really like to work in this style
because I find it fun to do and it is such an effective and simple
way to sketch.

I'm not usually very keen on most types of collage but I really like this.
I think that the different types of pattern and shape are really effective
because it adds texture and colour to the image which makes it more
interesting for children to look at.

I am really inspired by these kinds of prints and have always wanted to design
on myself. I really like this on in particular because the drawings and colour are
so simple yet very quirky and quite real. I really like the use of colour and the
technique she has used because there is no complicated detail.

I chose this image to add because I just found it really funny.
I like the style that she draws in because she makes a simple line drawing
look ridiculously good which I think is really hard to do. I think drawings like this
can either be badly drawn and look bad or badly drawn and look really good.
(If that made any sense.)

Trip to Bradford!

Bradford Photo Album.

Trip to Bradford!
Really enjoyed this day and thought the museums were really interesting. I took some photographs of things I thought were cool and also got some good drawings and inspiration from this trip.

Hartlepool Marina

Marina Photo Album

Cold and wet day at the Marina.

Beach

Trip to the beach.

Cold day at the beach, got some good drawings and inspiration though.
Beach Photo Album