I
started working with a solid line capturing the full form of the horse with
muscle detail and extras such as nostrils and cheek. I was using pictures of horses
from the internet to do these drawings but later drew from videos I’d taken of
horses.
I moved on to working looser and with the looser mark
making the line got lighter and thinner. I was trying to show more movement and
capture quick glimpses of moments I was watching. The drawings worked best when
I drew without pausing the videos and with some imagination.
I'm currently looking at Guy Denning as I find his loose drawing style really powerful and full of energy. Guy Denning is a portrait artist who does fantastic sketches using graphite and charcoal with bold powerful line work and accidental line work that happens to form with his energetic way of applying materials.
I want to work similarly with my work to try and create the same movement and energy with my horses that he does with portraits. On YouTube he has his own channel where he uploads videos of himself painting and drawing. This has been an invaluable source to see how he works and is something maybe I would like to try out for myself to really show the development process of my drawings and then I could potentially edit into those clips.
He also inspired me to do a blog as my diary for this project because I love his blog 'A drawing a day' where he literally uploads a drawing each day without fault and has done for a fair few years now. I loved the way this displayed his work, you could clearly see the progress and development going on each day. This is how I want my blog to appear, I want it to be very visual and clearly show my development throughout the project and I want it so it's there for me to keep track of my progress and see exactly what I've done and so that I can easily compare two sets of experimentation by the scroll of a mouse.
