Inspirational / Innovative sketches

"Visual journaling is a way to record life's experiences, feelings, emotional reactions, or one's own inner voice visually and verbally."

5 Sketches by others that you find inspirational or innovative and why

1- Vince Low

The Malaysian artist Vince Low is well known for his one line sketches. His style is very unique and portrays what could be done with a single continuous line.

2- Stephen Wiltshire

This 18 ft sketch, known to be the world’s most famous skyline, was created by autistic artist Stephen Wiltshire.

with in 20 minutes of helicopter gazing he was able to quickly sketch the entire skyline out of memory.

2-Chuck Close

Chuck used representational techniques between painting and photography. each picture was decided into grids, and each grid was a its own individual work of art.

What makes Chuck and his work so unique is his style. in Each painting he concentrated on the visual elements--shapes, textures, volume, shadows, and highlights--of the photograph itself.

3-  Henrietta Harris

Henrietta was well known for her distorted watercolor and gouache portraits. when asked about her style she said 

     “can only be achieved by having occasionally dipped one’s paintbrush accidentally in one’s coffee.” 

i was very drawn to this image because it conveys a precise moment when someone is lost in their train of thoughts or in their memories.

3-  Maja Wronska

Maja, an architect, is very inspired by the detailed and old and famous buildings. In this image she sketched a building in Venezia. where her main focus was the building and nothing more.

She managed to create her own unique style through her use of colour, negatives and positives.

5 of your own sketches that were important to you and say why

1- The Old man

i started of a project by researching time, and its impact on nature. 
This drawing shows a very old man with a wrinkled face, but what it makes it inspiring for me is that when ever i stare at the picture i wonder about 
-the life this man had
- was it full of sorrow or happiness?
- does each wrinkle have its own story?

2- Explanation

This image was from my sketchbook, the reason i like it was because i try explaining a matter by using only drawing and photographs as references. 

3- Detail

This was a final outcome of a proposal i had in a project. The reason i chose to draw it that was was to show all the possible details there could be. Now every time i look at this picture i notice a new detail that i haven't realised before. 

4- Process

i quite like this part in my sketchbook because through a series of images, i am explaining how to create a certain object

5- Sketch

The reason i chose this image as an inspiring drawing was because of it being my first successful quick sketch on site. i wanted to focus on the texture of the feathers, rather than anything else.

5 Sketchbook/pages you find inspirational or innovative and say why

1- Sonia Delaunay sketchbook

 A fashion and textile designer views the world around her through patterns and colours. i really like how she dissect what she views into different colour.

2-Edward Hopper's sketchbook

Hopper never used a proper sketchbook to draw instead he would use his lined notebook or whatever office supply he could reach to portray the seen in front of him before he became a painter. He drew them in forms of doodling, then hew would write a brief explanation of his view and why helices it.

3-Leonardo da Vinci

Da vinci's sketchbooks are known to be the most famous of all. All of his sketchbooks are filled with drawings, diagrams and written notes with everything he viewed and ideas he invented.

4-Picasso

Picasso used sketchbooks as a form of an experimental process.

He often  explore themes and make compositional studies through his sketches until he found the right idea and subject for a larger painting on canvas.

5- Henry Moore

Whenever Moore wouldn't be working he would be sketching all the sheep outside of his studio. Through his drawings of sheep he explored the nature of sheep, what they are like, how they moved and how their body shapes differed. it is very inspiring to know that if one was to draw the same thing over and over agin, they would come to know plenty of information.

5 Innovative cultural/creative things or events and say why

1-3d floor art

I find 3D floor art is very optical illusion like. Its a 3D representation on a 2D space. it allows people to think whether this is real or not.

2- Michael Bosanko

Michael Bossanko and many other famous photographers use light as a drawing mechanism in their photography by lowering the camera's exposure. the outcome of the images are usually incredibly creative

3- Typography

i find typography a great way of showing both a visual and verbal aspect to an image.  it is a greta technique of art by arranging type in order to make language visible with is an image. 

4- Nail art by Marcus Levine

"I never thought I would paint still life but the type of paint I use and painting onto aluminium is very stimulating. I have to accept that the final result although controlled has a life of its own."
sketching or painting don't have to be done with pencils or paint they can be done with more fun and experimental equipment.

5- Book Art

This is a different view from sketching, instead of making a 2D representation of a 3D object its the exact opposite. Here the artist Kaspen bring the 2D words into a 3D form.