Continuous Line Drawing

Last year when I learned about continuous line drawing i found it dificult to keep my pencil/pen on the page, it didn't feel natural to me to keep my media on the page. But with practise I got used to it and I really came to like the technique. I love how messy the drawing looks but you can still tell what it is a drawing of. Here are a few examples of continuous line drawing I have found on the internet.



I plan on using this technique in my 'a tale of two prints' project, mainly because i havn't done it in a while and also because i just love to use this technique.

The Development of Printmaking

 

Definition - A machine that transfers lettering or images by contact with various forms of inked surface onto paper or similar material fed into it in various ways The device is used for printing many copies of a text on paperThis was invented by a german inventer called Johannes Gutenberg.

The printing press had dramatic effects on European civilization. Its immediate effect was that it spread information quickly and accurately. This helped create a wider literate reading public.

However, its importance lay not just in how it spread information and opinions, but also in what sorts of information and opinions it was spreading. There were two main directions printing took, both of which were probably totally unforeseen by its creators.

First of all, more and more books of a secular nature were printed.  Scientists working on the same problem in different parts of Europe especially benefited, since they could print the results of their work and share it accurately with a large number of other scientists. 

They in turn could take that accurate, not miscopied, information, work with it and advance knowledge and understanding further. Of course, they could accurately share their information with many others and the process would continue. 

The printing press also created its share of trouble as far as some people were concerned. It took book copying out of the hands of the Church and made it much harder for the Church to control or censor what was being written.

Foreshortening

I have been practising some foreshorting ready for when I do life drawing. Foreshorting is when the object you are drawing has a part that is close to you, when you are drawing someone lay down, they may not always going to be lay directly infront of you, they could be lay at an angle. This is where foreshortening comes in.

 

Here i have drawn somebody with their legs up to their chest. As you can see the legs look larger than they would if they were stood up, this is because the legs are closer to me. This is what foreshorteing is.

 

I found this task rather easy as when i was drawing, I just consentrated and drew what I saw and not what I couldn't see but knew was there.

Life Drawing

Today was the first session of life drawing I have done since last year. I don't feel like my drawings are as good as they can be as it has been a long time since i have done it so hopefully as i keep doing life drawing, they will improve and i will get my proportions right.

14.11.2012

A Tale Of Two Prints Project Ideas

For this Project I have to choose two different Themes and create a print of each theme. The themes are..

• Contrast
• Decay
• Time
• Architecture
• Pattern
• Poetry & Literature
• Colour
• House & Home
• Scale
• Current Affairs
• People
• Places

I really like the idea of 'Time'. When I saw this theme, a lot of ideas came to mind - Clocks (grandfather, watch), Numbers, Decade, Second, Minute, Hour, Time Travelling, era's (70s, 80s), The Rabbit in Alice In Wonderland, time bomb.

I also think that House and Home would be a good one to do. I could take this idea anywhere. Firstly i could start of by drawing primary sources from my home. I could also take House and Home to Family, Pets or just the materialistic things inside the house. I could also merge House and Home to Architecture and draw the foundations of the house.

Looking into more detail about house and home I have come up with a few ideas.
- take pictures of the house, (panoramic) also photography style ones (close ups etc.)
- collect things from house , draw on them, paint on them, use them in collage
-collect secondary and primary sources and draw from them
- find out the history of the house
- birds eye view
- continuous line drawing (pencil, sewing)
- family members
- pets

Historic Print

I have been researching for Historic Print makers. A printmaker I have come across is Albert Durer.

 

This print is called Glorification Of The Virgin (The Life Of The Virgin), c. 1502. This is a woodcut. I love the detail in the print, its hard to believe that its been made from carving into a piece of wood. This print is being sold online for £12,592,40.

 

Contemporary Print

For my new project ''A Tale Of Two Prints''. I have been doing some research on some contemporary printmaking artists. I have come across an artist called Tobias Till. He has done an A-Z print of London. A print for each letter in the alphabet. For example, A - Albert Memorial B - Borough Market C - Carnaby Street. I love this idea. Tobias does his prints using the lino print technique. These series of prints are on display at The London Transport Museum.