The image I wanted to test out with different materials and expand on was my postbox. I thought that since they come in a variety of shapes and colours, this would be a great opportunity to experiment with different mediums and angles. I took my first pencil drawing of a postbox, and shaded it in a bit more, to see how dark I could go with just pencil. I love adding shadow to any image so this was my first approach to the second part of the brief.
I then went and had a go with pen. Last year I used to etch all my drawings. I barely ever drew in pencil so I thought i would have a go at doing it again after having a break from it for so long. I think this ended up to be one of my favourite out of the final 8. Though etching is one of the most time consuming mediums since it is all about intricacy, I think the more you take your time, the better it will look. I also wanted to have one of my drawings at a low angle, and I think I achieved this here.
Next I jumped into colour. Obviously my first approach to this was pencil crayon, not a medium I use very often. But I also really like this result also. I opted for a different type of post box this time and also considered the background, just to make at least one of my images less flat. I found pencil crayon to be really nice to mix colours and build up depth with, and I think from this part of the brief, I now want to try pencil crayon more often.
Then I went with wax crayon and I feel slightly apathetic to this style. I think it looks alright, but it was SO hard to add depth and mix colours unlike pencil crayon and the other mediums I use. I love to build up shadow and it was slightly impossible to do so with the wax crayons I were using. For what I did, I am happy with, but it is definitely not my favourite outcome.
After those, I then dabbled with paints. I am new to watercolour and I am always nervous to work with it because it dries to fast, but I really like how it ended up looking. I chose to draw it from side on so I could play with shadow, but every time my water colours dried then looked ten times lighter than when they were being applied and my paper kept crinkling up so I left it as this. I did draw it in pen liner first, but I actually think it looks better as opposed to if I drew it without.
Acrylic was next and this was more enjoyable. Apart from the top of the post box I like how the shadow turned out. Again, I was nervous with this material because I barely ever paint, but taking that into consideration I don't think it looks too bad. I went for a traditional post box head on, but I feel like it is a true representation of the colour.
I was then bored of the colour red and using paint so I went back to my favourite medium: digital. I went for a realistic painting look for this postbox, through adding highlights and dark shadows, as opposed to a graphic design looking piece. This actually took me a little while because I wanted to get it to look as realistic as possible, but I am very happy with the result. And it has still proved to me that digital painting is my strongest point.
Then finally I tried with a graphic design looking post box and I like the end result of this too. I think this took me about the quickest amount of time, and I did it on Photoshop. I again wanted to attempt with a different colour palette, but tried my hardest not to blend where possible.
Overall, this was another part of the brief that I really enjoyed. I was able to experiment with a variety of materials but with extensive focus. I am able to see where my strengths are and where I could improve, and in general I am happy with these 8 images.
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