Observing in the style of a chosen artist

Andrew Solgado

 

This is a study of a jar filled with marmalade in the style of Andrew Solgado. I conducted this study to begin to explore the style in which this artist works in. This artist actually paints organic objects but I decided in aid of a simple experiment I would draw a more non-organic object, using simpler lines and focussing more on his paint style. Solgado use a very expressive technique palette not necessarily using the exact lines provided. I believed that the most suitable media for this would be oil pastel as applying white spirit allows me to alter the opacity levels.

 

Observational studies Page 2

This is a drawing done in pen. I did this sketch to explore the object in a different media. This media adds a very different element to the object. This media adds much more solid lines and makes if fairly hard to explore the transparent qualities of the object. I believe this is because the media lacks a range of tonal qualities and simply applies in a single tone, therefore to add tone I must use lines of ranging distances.

 

 

After exploring the media of pen and finding it very hard to create a transparent illusion, I tried mixing media to create this. In this drawing I used Biro and white oil pastel. The viscosity of the oil pastel smudges the ink of the biro. This makes it very easily to spread the ink, creating tone. This spreading of tone creates the illusion of reflection and shadow.

 

 

 

After discovering this method I used it to create an image of the glass with a hand in the foreground, attempting to mix organic and non organic content. To do this I had to take a picture of the objects I was studying as when I began to study them I found that changing perspective even slightly completely changed the nature of the distorted image behind the glass so I took a photo therefore creating a solid state image that would be easily re-constructible.

 

 

Before drawing this image I thought it wise to make an undistorted study of the object. So I drew a timed sketch in a very aggressive manner, allowing myself only a little time to study the image, therefore creating a more expressive unique image.

 

 

 

After this I made a study of the same organic object (a hand), but this time through a curved piece of glass, distorting the shape of the object. I decided not to draw the glass in but instead study the effect the glass had on the object. I found that the glass made an extreme perspective pulling things in the foreground very close and pushing the background very far away, almost like a fisheye lens.





 



Observational studies

This image is a study in pencil of a glass bottle. This relates to my theme due to the transparent nature of the object. To capture this I used very light marks on my sketch. This use of light marks gave the image a transparent illusion.

This image is a very quick study done in pencil attempting to capture the bottle from a unique perspective. I did this sketch very quickly to improve my use of perceptive drawing.

This is a continuous line drawing of a glass bottle. I did this sketch in order to further extend my understanding of the object by capturing the lines of the object. On this sketch I gave myself a time limit. This time limit allowed me to make a more concise study of the object.

 

 

This is a line drawing exploring movement in the object. This object had two states. Open and closed To explore movement I drew two different sketches on top of one another, of both states of the object.