FMP Week 1 Day 2

Research Week

Today my main aim was to gather appropriate visual references from the world around me. I was really happy with the moments I happened to capture. As I was walking around London, I was taking photographs of the people, places and things I would normally not notice; the unobserved. At the end of the day I selected what I felt were the most dramatic images and then started to explore them through sketches and overlaying. I felt this method worked well as it allowed me to concentrate on specific shapes and images I would other wise have ignored.

As I have a theorist approach to learning, this system worked well as I prefer a systematic technique and a sequential method.

The element to this research which I did not think was successful is that my photographs only came from the people and places in London. I would rather a mix of data, ranging from different areas to make my project more interesting. I plan to go to Milan in the Easter holidays and therefore, this will resolve the issue of only collecting references from the same places.
Although I developed my data in terms of sketches and drawings, I feel that I could have developed my images using the photocopier. At the time this did not come to mind but in retrospect I think playing with size and repetition would have produced some interesting compositions.
I am intrigued to know if I could develop these images into some sort or repeat print so I shall incorporate the photocopier within my work at a later date.
My tutor told me she thought my drawings worked well so I plan to carry on with these drawings within my sketch book. I plan to produce rapid sketches as well as more detailed drawings.