Context Of Practice: Studio Brief 2 (A Whole New Sketchbook)

 In reflection, I can now see a tangible transformation running throughout this sketchbook. Initially, I found it particularly frustrating, but now as I begin to liberalise my application of line I find that my portraiture has vastly improved.

The first examples begin in a somewhat awkward fashion:

The use of gestural brush in this instance appears to give the image a more humane feeling, rather than the dry linear images of before.

I began to add more additional lines to give the impression of depth and sculpture to faces, this appears to give Bond a more haggard and beaten look.

Though the below example is quite poor in terms of visual accuracy there are several things I can learn from it; half tones can reduce the flatness of linear imagery, and that large-ish portraits don't have to be time consuming.

The top two of the below studies are the closest to what I deem successful, they have a unique aesthetic, born from sketch-book repetition and struggle.

I have long applied this quick methodology to the inanimate, but for some reason I had not made the mental leap to use it on the figure.

I now have the green shoots of an idea concerning the project, I shall continue to use the document in order to document the visual developments.