AN INDISTINCT VISION

23 February, 2012

Fashion Show

Here are some fashion illustrations I did for the Castle Fashion Show programme. Being rather out of practice with fashion illustrations I did a lot of experimentation with pencil, ink, pen and watercolour, but finally settled on using just watercolour. I had to illustrate figures based on the type of clothes that would be modelled on the catwalk - it is definitely a lot trickier drawing figures from the imagination as opposed to copying from a photograph.

I found myself having to rely heavily on the influence of David Downton's work, especially in this drawing of the red ball gown. However, hopefully with more illustrations I can begin to develop more of my own identity. To see a rough layout of the full programme, head over to my talented friend's blog Miyake Design.

I am now working on my entry for Castle Arts Week Exhibition - first prize wins 100 pounds. Wish me luck!

16 February, 2012

A little bloglovin'

Just (finally) joined the bloglovin' bandwagon. Click the link to follow me! Follow my blog with Bloglovin

12 February, 2012

Life drawing

At university I get to go to life drawing sessions every week for the wonderfully cheap price of 2 pounds per one and a half hour session. I haven't drawn nudes since sixth form at school, and a naked man (gasp, horror!) would never have been let into our all-girls Catholic school.

One of my resolutions is to go every week until my drawing skills are waaay better than present. In my opinion, hands and feet are extremely difficult to get exactly accurate!

23 January, 2012

Happy Chinese New Year

Recycling an old painting I did for my A level art in honour of Chinese New Year and the Year of the dragon. 恭喜發財！Painted using oils on a wooden board. The background effect was done using shellac and gold leaf was used for the mane and tail.

Black and White

I love experimenting with film photography despite being a complete amateur at it. These were taken with my old nikon film camera that I had when I was 9. My very first camera. I've recently started using it again and loved how the black and white film turned out. There always seems to be more mystery and intrigue around grainy film images, probably because you're never really sure how they will turn out. The waiting brings a little suspense too - some of these photos are from a year and a half ago, yet I only finished the film and got them developed in December.

Street Dancers at Trafalgar Square, London

Subway station, New York

Street corner, New York

Tumblr

I have now added the addictive activity of Tumblr to my list of hobbies, and am fully indulging in sartorial images with the same blog name. Click here to visit!

31 August, 2011

Another portrait

The beginning of my attempt to draw my grand-godparents. Although they are not related to us, we met them when they answered my mum's advert for a nanny to care for my sister when she was 3. After all these years, I still can't believe how lucky we are to have such incredible grandparents who aren't even related to us.

I am incredibly lazy at finishing drawings, so I am trying to make an extra effort to do so this month.