The idea is to study unique and unusual characters in and around the town of Hartlepool before incorporating what we have learned into an installation that will be on display in the folio of the college itself.
The work must include at least five characters and five prints.
During this first week we have been partaking in a number of life drawing workshops to help us build up a broader range of studies to base our work upon. I have always enjoyed life drawing and enjoyed these workshops immensely.
One of the first of the three life drawing workshops we met Nigel the biker. He pulled up outside of the college and still perched on his 'hog' we all started to draw his very intricate self. The above image is one of my favorites from the day. While the most interesting feature of Nigel had to be his jacket (which was covered in patches and badges) I've always enjoyed portraiture.
The next character we met, was Chalky the Yorkie. Chalky came in wearing many different layers all with different textures, patterns but all in black and white. It was a challenge to try and capture all of that information during the time scale we were working with. The above image was created using graphite and I used the pencil in different ways to generate differing textures and gradients.
This one is also of Chalky while he sat with a cup of hot chocolate and had a chat with us. Chalky done his art degree while he was in his forties, which just proves that you're never to old to learn. A sentiment Chalky himself said during this chat.
I went back to fine liner for this piece and while I am very comfortable with this medium it was much more difficult to properly communicate the intricacies of what Chalky is wearing. Still, he does look very cool and reminds of a character from the Matrix.
This one was done using fine liner and is a portrait of Chalky the Yorkie. Chalky was sat very close for this piece and I wanted very much to try and capture a likeness as exact as possible.
The next life drawing study brought a very colourful character. This lady was very slim and dressed in a variety of colours, the more predominant being green. She posed in a number of different ways, the one above and below are my favorites from that day.
Once again I found myself focusing on the face, trying to capture the likeness as well as the mood of the pose.
These final three were done using secondary source from photographs. I love the pose of the ghostly woman, while it was the intensity of the eyes of the two gentleman that I have tried to focus upon.
It is images like these which would fit with the theme that the group has chosen for our installation.
We will attempt to create a Hell scene, with demons, evil doers and those damned for eternity.
Wish us luck.
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