DRAWING SESSION | THE PASSPORT

Visual drawing

On the 12th September we have been introduced to visual drawing techniques.
For the realization of the first project "passport" we are representing our six personal chosen objects in different ways through the use of visual representation, photographs and photocopies. The aim is to show different perspectives through our works.

One of the objects I chose is a miniature of a Smurf, given to me from my best friend as a little reminder of her and good luck present.

Author's own.

Representation of the object as it is, with lights and shadows. Author's own.

Representation of the object with the use of its negative spaces. Author's own.

Creation of a pattern with the negative space drawing. Author's own.

Colour

During the 16th of september session we talked about colour.

Colour is a way of communication which can change how things like photographs, videos or drawings appear to our eyes. It is used to identify groups, identity or brands and to organise and navigate. 

Its use can define political, religious and cultural connotations, represent gender and as believed by the artist Kandinsky, have emotional and physical effects on us. Colour can also improve or memory, influence buying decisions, tell meaning and stories. 

There are various examples in art, design and film-making about the use of colour. Here are some.

Jackson Pollock painting.

Mondrian, composition with Red, Yellow and Blue.

Notebooks, "Hey" Spanish graphic design studio.

Hue
Is the main property of a colour, infact hue is the colour itself.
Shade

A shade is a mixture of any colour with black, which reduces brightness.

Tint

A tint is a lighter  or darker variation of a colour.

Tone
The tone is the lightness or darkness of something. Different tones are created by the way light falls on a 3D object. This process creates highlights and shadows.
Saturation
Saturation defines the actual amount of hue in a colour. From a pure one (100%) to gray (0%). A pure colour is then fully saturated.

After the introduction and research of the main terminologies of colour, we started to apply each of them in our drawings of objects.
I firstly created in my sketchbook some palettes (picture No. 1) for another of my objects, a NYC taxi cab travel souvenir. Each of which tells something about the object, its history or what it refers to.

No. 1 Author's own.

After the first process, we used the colours in these palettes on other drawings to give them different perspectives and character. Here is my example.

Author's own.

These sessions about drawings and the use of colour gave me the opportunity to learn and understand a process made of different steps which can be used to get to a final outcome.