COP3: Starting To Use Ink

I have began to use ink in my sketchbook as a way to loosen myself up and I love it! I never knew that this could make me draw more freely and it is and I think I am beginning to produce some really interesting stuff. Pencil work is nice but I find myself over labouring the drawings and making them look too perfect or not knowing when to stop on the details so the ink medium is perfect for me because it's making me stop spending so much time on one drawing and begin to work more freely.

COP3: Practical Responses so far

I have been enjoying the work that I have been producing recently in COP. I feel like I am branching out from my usual way of working and trying something new. I want to push myself out of my comfort zone by working quickly and not perfectly, which I think is producing some really interesting outcomes. 

COP3: Self Evaluation 5/11/17

It has been slow going with my essay, I am not going to lie. I am struggling with motivation and depression, so getting out of bed to do work has been really difficult for me. So, as of late, I am quite dissapointed in the work that I have produced so far. For the writing part of this, I think I struggle the most, even as someone who did an English Literature A Level, I thought this would come more easily to me but it turns out it's not.

The practical side of this is coming a bit easier, as I have been quite enjoying drawing cats. I want to challenge myself to be more free with my drawings and not get so particular about how I want things to look. My tutor mentioned using ink and loosening myself up as I got myself into the headspace of all my drawings having to look 'perfect' and 'refined'. I do want to try and get out of this and become more open to different ways of working because I think that it will help me to evolve this project and enjoy working on it more.

The drawings that I have so far have been enjoyable, I am trying to work on drawing with the influence of popular idioms. For example 'scaredy-cat', however I wanted to try and not make it so obvious as to draw a scared cat but explore the ways in which I can put across this impression using my illustration. The ways in which I have done this, for example, is being quick and light handed, as if scared to draw details.