Drawing workshop and Weaving
- Summer Hope
- Jan 10, 2018
- 2 min read
In this drawing workshop we were introduced to drawing in a 'linear fashion' meaning 'arranged in or extending along a straight or nearly straight line'. This technique was very useful in the sense that it would be easy to reflect the image into a weave. Using another specific colour scheme, this one made up of reds, oranges and greens I have cut out different widths of lines and placed them onto my A3 pages in different ways, this has enabled me to experiment with composition and contrast of line, colour and pattern. By looking at the shapes from my primary source buildings I have created simplistic collages to represent the textures and patterns. I like this style of working because it's quite abstract, neat and breaks up my drawings and buildings to a simple image. I like the way that a building can be broke down to just a simple line or colour; it doesn't need a whole drawing to describe what it is.
Developing from this point in my sketchbook, I have carried on experimenting with my work based on this idea, but by adding triangular shapes into it, and also going back to the idea of perspective:
I have briefly gone back onto looking at my 'perspective' idea as this relates to use of line and composition, I like this left hand page because it shows the simple lines of perspective but also has a off-loom weave, these two contrast with each other; thin, delicate lines compared to thick yarns and materials woven through cardboard, however they're both still based on the same building. On the opposite page I have kept to the style of abstract and introduced triangular shapes to be a large part of this image, looking closely at the patterns and shapes within the building I have reflected these into a composition/image. Again, I really like the contrast of different thickness of line and how these look placed together.
During my weaving workshop yesterday, we were free to work on what loom we wanted to and to carry on with our weaving, making sure we keep note of the specific patterns we're looking at and using and the different colours we're using as well to ensure that if we wanted to produce a weave like this in the future we'd know exactly what pattern to use and what yarn to use. Weaving on the loom within NUA can be quite restricted because there are set colours that have been placed on the loom by our teachers, so in a way it's hard to get them to relate to our sketchbook work. Despite this, I do really enjoy working on the loom as it keeps everything neat an tidy looking and you can clearly see what you're doing. In this workshop, I used to loom that had 3 different colours within it's warp; pink, orange and yellow, for this weave I used a range of shades of pink, yellow, blue, and gold, I tried to keep to a fairly frequent, repetitive pattern and in some parts I experimented pulling the yarn out of the weft by creating a small loop, this made my weave look more interesting and less plain.
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