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Filling an A4 sketchbook with one object?

  • 24-10-2010 1:04pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 145 ✭✭


    My midterm project is to pick one object and fill an A4 sketchbook with studies of it, each page being individual....
    any ideas on what object to pick?!:o


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,095 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    The 'traditional' object is a scruffy runner as there are loads of angles and details you can record and concentrate on. I think it has probably been done to death but something with the same amount of information would be good.

    A few possibilities
    a bicycle
    a backpack
    a cardboard box/carton
    a wooden chair possibly with something fabric thrown over it
    a pile of dvd cases

    when you remember how many different media there are to represent your object with you may decide that something like a teapot or a jug might be sufficient. By the time you have used torn paper, oil pastels, pencil, charcoal, watercolours etc you may be glad you chose a simpler shape.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,000 ✭✭✭spinandscribble


    A object that has different elements to it, be it line/shapes/surfaces/tones will give you more to work with. Old mechanical equipment is great for this but bare in mind using man made objects means there is no room for error, it'll be obvious unlike using a organic form. In a way which you'll pick will depend on your strengths.

    Treat every new page spread as showing/investigating another part of the object. When using different media don't be tempted to show it in the same pose each time.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,381 ✭✭✭snorlax


    I had to do this for a leek. I disected it and did a lot of studies using different mediums/ colour/ black and white and tissue paper :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,019 ✭✭✭Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy


    we were doing drawing there on Friday and we were using basic shapes to represent the object, that could fill a few pages for you? :confused:


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