Diploma Module 1 Chapter 3 - Texture and Surface Relief Study

Happy 2016!

Alongside creating A5 Sketchbook pages, I have also been using a 14cm square sketchbook for the 10 Day Drawing Course exercises.  I started using a  Schleich seagull http://www.amazon.co.uk/Schleich-14720-Seagull/dp/B00GVT5OI2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1452252972&sr=8-1&keywords=toy+gull+plastic  which had the added advantage that it was textured so I was able to take rubbings (Image 28), though due to its size this was quite a challenge. Three-year olds obviously have smaller fingers!

For the texture and surface relief study I’ll include pages from both sketchbooks. As the content of some of the pages I was creating for Chapter 2 seemed to be overlapping with work on this chapter I’ve included them here.

I started to pursue methods of obtaining a feathered effect and returned to Images 22 and 23 where I had done some sample stitching on a cardboard cutout monoprint.  I made three stitch print ‘blocks’ – raised chain band, raised stem stitch and feather stitch – from which I made prints on different surfaces, overprinting to try to obtain a usable effect (please excuse the ones that aren’t on black and white paper as they were made before I read the instructions for chapter three).

Raised Chain Band (Images 29 - 36)

Raised Stem Stitch (Images 37 – 41)

Feather Stitch (Images 42 – 47)

Not surprisingly I felt the feather stitch prints were the most successful!

I took rubbings from the Schleich seagull, either on tissue or layout paper, to pick up the fine textural markings.  After taking the rubbings I laminated them on to sketchbook pages with dilute PVA.  Some of the results were very promising.

Image 48 - 2B rubbing on tissue paper.

Image 49 -  wax rubbing on layout paper.

Image 50 shows Image 49 after it has been washed with dilute Quink ink and then discharged with dilute bleach.

From the above three images I went on to produce Image 51 which is a distressed muslin highlighted with Inktense pencils.