Studio workshop: memento design

 

This is the memento design I produced presenting my ideas and what type of 3D object I intend to develop based around my visit to The Museum of London, and my diary entry. I redrew the key on the A2 page and labelled around the drawing explaining my idea for the development of the 3D piece, how it can be displayed, and the details I could add to it.

I now intend to produce a cardboard maquette version based around my memento design, which I will begin the development of forming four clay keys using clay. The keys will be different sized and based around the drawing I did of the medieval key

Studio workshop: The Museum of London diary entry

Dear diary my date at The Museum of London was very interesting there was a number exhibitions presenting different periods in the history of London from before the Roman’s came to the landscape, the Medieval period, London from the 1950’s – 2000’s to modern day London. The exhibits presented a number of objects, artefacts, paintings and busts produced and used during the different time periods. The museum presented each exhibited by order from the London before London exhibit being the first exhibit by the entrance and London today being the last. 

The museum had a range of objects which I produced a number of sketches off, but throughout the day I found it difficult to find objects which I felt were interesting, could produce a good drawing from and develop the drawing of the object further into a 3D piece. I also found it difficult to select objects to draw because normally when I sketch within museums they are of sculptures, paintings or other forms of art work. The change in chosen subjects and themes was difficult to adjust too. I also noted down information about the exhibits the objects I drew where in and for some of the objects I added a little detail about them. I also took a number of pictures of the objects within the museum.

Overall I found the experience dull as the theme of the museum and exhibits were boring and not artistic like I’m used to. Going to the museum was a new experience as I had never been to the museum before or to a museum which does not truly focus around the theme of art in most of the exhibits for a while. I hopefully will not be going on another date any time soon.

 For this diary entry I again based it around my overall experience, ideas for recording my overall experience, and ideas of developing the project further with my illustrations. I also recorded my opinion about my visit. 

Studio workshop: visit to The Museum of London Photos

                       

 

This is a series of photos I had taken during my visit to The Museum of London. The photos are of some of the objects I drew, and which I am considering to develop a 3D piece around, which would link to my visit and diary entry at The Museum of London.

Studio workshop: The Museum of London visit drawing and note taking

At the museum I did a number of sketches of objects within different exhibits at the museum. I also recorded the information given within the display about the objects.

 

I chose to illustrate objects which interested me, believed I could develop a good illustration from, and develop one of the drawings further as the project progressed.

Studio workshop: invitation development diary entry

Dear diary I had decided to product an invitation for myself for a date to the Museum of London. I chose to produce a number of drawings of London landmarks, including Tower Bridge, Big Ben, the Shard, the Gherkin and the London Eye. I wanted to create an invitation which clear showcases London.

I also produced hand developed font creating a different style of font form my previous versions. I scanned the drawing, transferred them to Photoshop creating a black and white version of an invitation. I later decided to produce a coloured version of the invitation, I liked both the black/white and coloured version of the invitations as I believed the landmarks were drawn in good detail and worked well together. The colours also fitted in well together creating a graphical image.

I later decided to produce a gouache version of the invitation. I never painted using gouache before which I believed was a good new medium to experiment with. I traced the drawings of the landmarks and the text onto an A2 sheet in pencil and painted the landmarks. The idea was to produce a series of images on an invitation which did not include any outline. At first I didn’t like the images I produced using gouache. Later when transferred to Photoshop I began to like them as like the other versions of the invitation the images and colours worked well together.

For the diary entry I based it around my overall experience, my thoughts, ways of working, and personal opinion about my invitation.

 

 

 

Studio workshop: gouache invitation

 

I have produced the gouache version of my invitation to my date at The Museum of London. I layered the invitation on Photoshop similar to the Photoshop colour version. I wanted to continue with the idea of creating a collage of the landmarks as I believe they created a interesting visual image for the colour Photoshop invitation. I wanted to continue with that idea and test out the idea using the gouache painted versions.

 

At first I didn't like the painted versions of the landmarks, but when the development of the invitation was completed I began to like the gouache paint version, like the colour Photoshop version the colours seem to work well together and the landmarks as part of a collage create a visual interesting image.

 

The paint fonts have been placed at the top because I felt the lettering fonts all fit in well together with the gouache paint medium.

 

I now will visit The Museum of London, documenting my experience with drawings, photos and notes about exhibits and objects within the museum.

Studio workshop: gouache painted font

I have coloured the font using gouache paint, like I did with the landmark illustrations. I coloured the fonts using the same colour so they link better together than the Photoshop coloured versions. I traced the font in pencil painting over with gouache paint, so there was no outline and just letter painted shapes.

 

I now intend to produce the a gouache version invitation of the invitation, layering the invitation similar to the Photoshop version.