Painting in progress

Painting inspired by 4 separate photographs of people in a lift. It's been a while since I last painted so I've yet to find a focus in the painting, my plan is to add in detail and darken the background. I'm hoping to get more of a sense of claustrophobia and the awkwardness of being in a lift with strangers.

I'm finding the lighting difficult to get right as each person was photographed separately but my aim is to tie everything together once some more detail is added.

Green Woodpecker

Pencil on paper - mother's day card!

Charcoal on paper - Princes Street

 

 

 

Drawing is made up of 3 photographs taken from Princes Street Gardens, Princes Street and Waverley Bridge in Edinburgh. 

Quick Charcoal Portrait

First portrait in a while, found it hard using pencil so switched to charcoal which made getting an overall figure a lot easier, especially as my drawing skills aren't very accurate at the moment. Switched between drawing from life and drawing from a reference photo.

The Past Year

There's been a long break since my last post, partially due to artist's block and partially due to the distractions of life! Have started to look at broadening my horizons a bit  lately- probably the biggest change has been my dabbling in stage make-up. Having completed a weekend course at the Royal Conservatoire in Glasgow, I've moved on to practicing (with the help of friends) and will hopefully be involved in helping with dressing at the Kings and Festival Theatres' wardrobe department.

The fine art side has taken a step back for me. After graduating I tried to keep going along the same lines as my degree show stuff but I don't feel 100% inspired by the same ideas anymore, or at least I'm pretty out of touch with it. Doing a little bit of volunteering with Yuck 'n' Yum introduced me to the world of Zines - now that I live in Edinburgh  I'm hoping to connect with similar groups, also since Yuck 'n' Yum are no longer producing their own zine.

Another sideline has been with me helping to design a couple of my friends' tattoos, which has greatly appealed to me and as been very enjoyable.

 This design was based on the person's idea of a playing card, where he wanted to include the word "Joker" and for a top hat to be involved. He didn't much want a particular figure with an identity as the joker, more of a simple design. I added the pocket watch simply because it adds to this "traditional gentleman" persona which he likes.

This one was almost to be a simple reminder of a relative/ancestor who lived and worked in a lighthouse. The person also is from Orkney and so lighthouses give a strong reminder of home. I think this one needs a bit of work - it will have to be much more clean-cut if it is going to be translated as a tattoo.

Again not the best quality photo of a sketch, this was the first design I created and probably the one I'm most happy with so far, particularly as it ended up being used at the person's final tattoo. The words on the swallow's wings have a personal meaning to this person and the characteristics of the bird reflect this person's personality and reminds them of past experience and of home.

End of Degree Show!

The past week has gone in a flash - I think what I will remember most is the temperature of the studio which was an absolute oven.

That aside, meeting some lovely people and seeing the fantastic finished work of my peers made the week worthwhile for me - also I read a book from start to finish which for me happens only every 2-3 years!



couple of bits of info:


http://www.dundee.ac.uk/djcad/degreeshow/studentsexhibiting/fineart/miriamwilson/


http://www.scotsman.com/the-scotsman/scotland/visual-art-review-duncan-of-jordanstone-college-of-art-design-1-2298533

Studio Preparation for Degree Show

Photo taken by Lynne on first day of installation... Took us 2 whole days to chip the paint off that floor!

Phew! Got there in the end

Lead up to Assessment

Newest drawing

Can't believe this was just two weeks ago - had so much still to do at this point!

Semester 2 Final Year at DJCAD

Here are a few bits and pieces I've been working on - including two pieces which are now framed and ready!

Portrait by Jennifer McKinlay

Jennifer KcKinlay recently graduated from Duncan of Jordanstone, she specialises in large portraits made up of pencil or pen marks, sometimes detailed patterns which you can only see when you come closer. 

http://jennifermckinlay.blogspot.com/

Even though this drawn in a semi caricature style, I still think it looks more like me than any of my self-portraits! I also like the confident marks she makes which must have taken a lot of practice.

What I have on my studio space wall just now

First few pieces/sketches

 - mainly worked from photos

 Out of my sketchbook:

Recent Drawing of Hadi, charcoal pencil - quite pleased with how this turned out

Stencils were quite nice to play around with :

More recent bits and bobs

BIG painting - was a bit scary scaling up to bread and butter paper!

                                                 

Don't have a particular plan for the degree show yet, might do loads of small portraits but not sure.
Have been doing a lot of small sketches and unfinished paintings recently.

Start of 4th year

Started off by doing some simple sketches to get practice on my drawing (which had slipped considerably over the summer...)

Few more drawings from this year...

Old animation projects

Here's a couple of random things I did in 1st year instead of doing the projects I should have been doing...

3rd Year Life Drawing

These are just a few drawings from my second semester - I can't show some of the collages as they contain photographs of a life model and I could get told off!