Before we were given our brief, we were tasked with quick timed studies of six objects and locations. I actually really enjoyed the challenge of this task, of trying to capture the features of the object to make it recognisable in such a short space…
Starting the second day at the museum, I felt more confident following the day before. I am pleased with my first piece as I was able to fill the whole page and included both the main objects but also the background detail which puts the…
Following my charcoal piece in the morning, I decided it would be best for my next drawing to be of an area of the museum where I can show the scale and also use the whole page. I chose the metal structure with different objects…
This was the workshop I found the most challenging as charcoal has always been a media that I have struggled with. After walking through the museum, the woven dragons on the top floor stood out to me the most as I thought they could look…
Mal ‘Maser’ Hester Protesting Against the 8th Amendment Maser is a Dublin-based artist who was very vocal through his art about his views on repealing the 8th amendment. He quickly became considered a game-changer in the Irish art scene through his brightly coloured and minimalistic…
‘The Knotted Gun’ By Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd (1985) This sculpture, also known as ‘Non-Violence’, can be found in New York, and was created in memory of John Lennon to be seen as a symbol of world peace. It has been used and still is today…
For this task I had to pick an inanimate object and write a paragraph from it’s perspective for the rest of my group to guess which I really enjoyed doing. I sit in the same spot for most of the day, surrounded by about thirty…
After my brainstorming, I decided that these two monograms were the best as my initials were still clear and they looked professional. I drew them out bigger and made sure the thickness of the black line was the same the whole way round. I then…
When we were first introduced to this part of the workshop, I didn’t know what monograms were until we were shown examples. At the beginning I thought my initials would be difficult to find a composition which worked well together while also looking sleek and…
I picked my first blind portrait to create with the wire as I felt it was the best spaced drawing. I was excited to try this out as I hadn’t heard of creating a continuous line piece with wire before. Getting started was the most…