Location Drawing: The Press Room Cafe

The Press Room is my favourite cafe, located tantalisingly close to my flat and has such beautiful decor, I spent an afternoon last week drinking smoothies and drawing.

Drawings: People Looking At Maps

These are two of my favourite drawings / collages from this term's self directed work - in an effort to capture the atmosphere at the V&A, I sat for a while in front of one of the large maps in the foyer, drawing people who approached it on sheets of tracing paper, that I later overlaid onto sheets torn from the map of the museum. This is an idea I rather like, simple and effective. I think I'm definitely going to try similar approaches with different locations and tourist attractions.

School Work: Semester Two Self Directed and Location Drawings

Today I wanted to share some of the drawings I've been making, during my second semester of art school. These were all made at either the V&A or the Grant Museum of Zoology.

Fine liner drawings are still my favourite.

Currently working on: University Book Project

We're working on a book project at university at the moment, creating a bound book and a pdf around the theme of collections and archives. I'm looking at wool (obviously) and knitwear. These are a few scans from a little mock up I made of an initial idea, full of drawings and black and white photographs and photocopied ephemera.

The project is a challenge, but I'm enjoying it so far. Two weeks till deadline day!

New York Magic

These are a selection of images from a 3 day project I worked on in school, a couple of weeks back. The project was called 'Ideas Generation' and we had to combine two themes to create an idea that we would develop and make three illustrations based on. The two themes were 'New York' and 'Magic'. I got quite into the idea of consumerist vision of New York eating away at it's inhabitants.

A Drawing Tour

This summer I have moved to a whole new town, which may not sound like a big deal, but prior to this I've lived in the same house, on the same appalling bus route for twenty years. So even if I'm just in another bit of zone 6, it's pretty exciting to me. I thought I'd showcase my new area as I discover it, with a little drawing tour.

Pictured here are some of the drawings I've done so far - you can see more on my flickr.
I think my favourites are the watercolour and fine liner combinations - I've been doing a lot of drawing without lifting the pen from the page and it's really satisfying.

Drawing at the V&A

These are some drawings I made earlier in the summer, on a visit to the V&A. I am a bit of a slave to the fine liner, it's a bad habit I know, but comfort zone is so comfy! haha. I've been reliably informed that university will kick me right out of this habit! 
London's museums are full of beauty.

10 Facts

-I am terrified of moths.
-I failed my cycling proficiency test when I was 11 (I was the only child in my school to do so! Ultra gutted for my 11yr old self).

-my hair has been so many different colours, I can't really remember what it's natural one is!
-I'm a serious bookworm.

-I know the phonetic alphabet (not really useful in day-to-day life but makes me feel a bit smug on occasion)
-I start more projects than I can possibly finish, there just isn't enough time.

-I collect buttons and hoard craft supplies in general.
-I'm a blood donor.

-I taught myself to knit using youtube videos.
-I overanalyse everything.

My Portfolio: Course Application

Images from my degree application portfolio, all the projects are self-directed. You can find out all the backstory and see more photographs on my personal blog. Part I here. Part II here.

A Self-Portrait

I am a knitter, a fan of big jumpers, sketchbooks and ink pens.