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Tony Glenville

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Clement Louis

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Before starting my course I was slightly apprehensive about my learning being solely being online due to COVID as I felt that it might hinder my engagement in the course. I actually found that I had quite the opposite response. I loved being set a brief and then given time to work individually and the time away from others has really made me focus on how to improve my technique on my own terms, not imitating someone else’s.

I struggled with the drawing of materials. I found myself torn with what I wanted to achieve. The materials I am often drawn towards, woven; leather, lie on opposite ends of the spectrum. One with a grooved surface and the other mostly flat and shiny. With practice I want to be able to capture the materials texture and movement with a more conceptual approach, without losing the materials qualities. However I really enjoy shading and so I pushed myself to try this in other mediums than a pencil such as watercolour and pen. I feel helped to elevate some of my experiments which might have been a bit lifeless. My aim is to really push myself at this as the material itself is a real interest on mine as I am to not only design garments but to make the fabric as well.

I found the video tutorials on gesture really beneficial as it showed me where to start which is something I’ve struggled with when attempting quick form drawings. It helped me to capture the movement of the whole body even in images where the body seemed straight which will help me to embody the direction and theme in my future work.

Going from my foundation course of which my specialism had a primarily textile outlook focussing of flat design, I am relishing in the work looking at how fabric sits on the body.