Life Drawing

Attempts from my first life drawing class at Brookes.
A1 size. Black marker, pencil and charcoal.

Oxford Botanic Gardens short project

A1 sheets from the sketches I made whilst at the Botanic Gardens.
The leaf cut outs below are done using photocopies of leaves I collected from the floor in the gardens, then used a scalpel to carefully cut/scratch out the shapes of the buildings and trees. 

Photographic series from Oxford Botanic Gardens

A series of photographs taken during my week long project of fine art.  We were given a spot on the map of  Oxford to go to and do a project on, luckily mine landed on the Botanic Gardens which turned out to be really interesting.  Although inside the vast and drippy greenhouses was fascinating and beautiful, I found I was far more gripped by the way the plants inside pushed and pressed against the clouded glass and the shapes and patterns this created.

sketches from Oxford Botanical Gardens

Charcoal and biro sketch.
Below is a sketch of the entrance to the gardens using a mocha I was drinking.   There's also a bit of charcoal in it too.  In the archway is a list of all the things that were going through my head at that time.  It was drizzling so they're not very cheerful.