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Tennis ball:

- synthetic
- strong smell
- spherical
- rubber lines
- textured
- neon
- soft
- for sport - a small part of larger events/competitions - vital
- makes a sound when used
- nostalgic value as I used to play tennis
- personality: hard-working, believes in teamwork, selfless

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Speed drawing workshop - dominant hand, 5 minutes

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Bottle:
- two parts that fit together
- contains colour and text
- cool to the touch
- smooth
- specially-designed shape - narrower neck to make it easier to hold - has been designed with the consumer in mind
- two types of plastic
- just as important as the drink itself
- marketing/advertising - crucial to the brand - advertises the product - designed to look appealing
- personality: outgoing, has its life together

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Speed drawing workshop - non-dominant hand, 3 minutes

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Continuation of considered drawing workshop - timed drawing and continuous line 

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Similarities between both objects:
- can be held in your hand
- man-made
- float
- both are mass-produced, but to me the bottle has more personality
- serve a function
- both objects feel like part of a series

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This image shows a series of 5x5cm thumbnails demonstrating how my objects can be drawn using different drawing techniques.

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Close-up photo of one of my small-scale drawings

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A5 line drawing to practice this technique on a slightly larger scale.

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Experimenting with graphite sticks, ruling pens and ink and stick, focusing on mark-making

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A3 ink and stick drawing of my bottle using my non-dominant hand. I did this drawing standing up, on paper taped to a wall, as a change from working flat.

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Ink and stick drawing of both my objects together, using my dominant hand.

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Sketchbook pages showing the outcomes of the speed drawing and considered drawing workshops, and the ink and stick drawing of both of my objects together, along

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Close-up ink and stick drawing #2

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Close-up ink and stick drawing #1

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51cm x 51cm close-up ink and stick and graphite drawing

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Graphite pencil drawings of my close-up ink and stick drawings

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screen recording showing all of my photography compositions

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Testing out the effects created by holding a yellow photography gel up to the camera

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Testing out using a lamp and gels for my photographs

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Quick pencil drawings of four of my favourite photo compositions

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2B pencil drawing of one of my photos

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Purple coloured pencil and biro drawing of my bottle.

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Collage No.1 : experimenting laying black and white and colour photographs, and photographs of my drawings

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Collage No.2 : Dada (inspired by Andre Breton’s ‘Exquisite Corpses’)

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Collage No.3 : Abstract - in this collage I wanted to focus on textures in my photographs and the mark-making in my drawings

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Collage No.5 : ‘Cut up’ - As most of my previous collages have all contained colour, I wanted to produce a predominately black and white collage to allow the viewer to focus on the range of textures and patterns contained in this collage. I used a craft knife to cut out most of the shapes as many were very precise.

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Collage No.4 : ‘Pattern’ - I experimented with paper weaving to produce this effect, using two copies of the same photograph, one in colour and one in black and white. I layered the two images together with one upside down in order to show the two bottles side by side.

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Starting point for my ‘Cut up’ collage (No.5)

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Image used for my paper weaving collage 

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Reflection on ‘Gaga for Dada’ (Vic Reeves)

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Reflection on ‘Gaga for Dada’ (Vic Reeves)

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I found this video very enlightening as my previous knowledge of Dadaism has just been from broad research of various art movements. I was unaware of the link between war and the origins of the Dada movement, which I found very interesting as although it partially explains the bizarre exhibitions of the Dadaists, (as a response to the situation), it also raises just as many questions. In addition to the examples of artworks included in the video, it is the spirit of the exhibitions that I am hoping to convey in my own work, particularly in my collages.

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Collage No.6 : ‘Repeat’ (Arte programmata) - As I did not have multiple copies of the same image to produce a clear repeated effect, I used a black and white and a colour copy of the same print of a collection of photographs, then connected them in a way that created a glitching, repeat effect.

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Collage No. 7 : Layering - I aimed to make my objects stand out by making them the only coloured shapes

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Narrative photo

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Narrative photo

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Image showing my paper bottle model from different angles 

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Paper and cardboard reconstruction of my bottle - I wrapped one of the panorama photographs of my bottle around the outside to show what I was aiming to reproduce, and to involve some of the real colours of the bottle in the model.

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Dismantling my tennis ball

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I have used a craft knife and scissors to break apart my objects, as well as tearing them to create more organic edges to my shapes. Both of my objects have lost their function as a result of the alterations I have made, which has made me look more closely at the textures and patterns on the surface of the bottle. My destructions have also revealed the black rubber interior of my tennis balls, which has added a new dimension to it as an object, in terms of both colour and texture.

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Documenting my objects colliding during the process of fragmentation

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Video showing the process of my tennis ball being altered. This revealed the black rubber interior of the ball, which contrasts with its soft, neon exterior.

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Screenshot of an article about the Barber and Osgerby exhibition showing objects halfway through their manufacturing process. This was suggested to me as something to research in order to view everyday objects (like my chosen objects) in a different way. 

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https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dezeen.com/2014/01/22/barberosgerby-in-the-making-design-museum-exhibition/amp/

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Combination of drawings of my bottle logo and outlines and filled in shapes of sections of my tennis balls and bottle.

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A2 page showing the outcomes of the deconstruction of my objects. I drew around nets of the tennis balls after I had cut them open and flattened them, used parts of my bottle to create rubbings using a graphite stick, drew the outlines of different sections of the bottle, created stamps of a piece of my
bottle and the flower-looking tennis ball net, and drew pieces from observation. I used watercolour pencils, fineliners, acrylic paints, a graphite stick, highlighters and pencils to create different effects and to represent the parts of my objects in different ways.

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Documenting the flattened fabric covering of a tennis ball; I really like how organic the shape looks, particularly as it is so different from the original synthetic, man-made, mass-produced object.

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I made cardboard stamps in the shapes of the flattened fabric covering of a tennis ball and the label from my bottle. I drew out the shapes slightly smaller than life-size in order to create range in the sizes of the shapes on my piece of paper, then I used the stamps with acrylic paint to reproduce the shapes quickly and in different colours. I also realised that just painting the edges could quickly create an outline of the shapes without having to draw round the actual object each time.

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Printing using the rubber pieces of my tennis ball and black acrylic paint

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Experimenting with rubbings using pieces of my bottle

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Section of my large page showing my acrylic paint prints and a graphite stick drawing of my cut-up bottle.

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Combination of outlines of the fragments of my bottle, graphite drawings and graphite rubbings.

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Observational graphite stick and pencil drawing of my bottle after I cut it into pieces. For this drawing I wanted to produce an outcome that looks more realistic than my previous sketches - I initially set out to use only a graphite stick for this drawing, but I quickly realised that it was too thick to create precise lines so I started using a mechanical pencil as well.

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Close-up section of my observational pencil drawing 

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Colour photograph of the reconstruction of my plastic bottle.

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One of my 3D reconstructions next to the printed pattern I created using pieces of the tennis ball. I thought this 3D model is very organic looking, so I placed it next to the prints I made to show the similarities between that and the floral-looking shape on top of the 3D model.

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Side view of one of my 3D reconstructions

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Digital repeat collage showing one of my 3D constructions from different angles 

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Black and white photograph of one of my models, highlighting the shapes created by the shadows.

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Photograph showing both my 3D object reconstructions together.

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I set out to use photographs of my objects and photos of my drawings to create a slightly abstract self-portrait, inspired by the Surreal Me WMT. I used pens, fineliners and coloured pencils to work into the piece and make it look more detailed. Although I do not really like how the piece turned out as a whole, I like the textures I produced in the hair (see fig.1), and the way you can see different layers if you look more closely (see fig.2).

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WMT1 - Surrealist-inspired self-portrait 

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WMT1 - Surrealist-inspired self-portrait 

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In order to represent myself in a surrealist way, I tore up images from a hair dye box, drawings of a mouth and an eye, and a black and white photo of me, then layered the pieces over a colour photo of me to create a fragmented effect. I then used a dark burgundy acrylic paint to add a different element to the piece and make it look less symmetrical, then wrote the names of some of my favourite bands on the right-hand side to put a bit of personality into this artwork. I also used white cotton to connect the two halves of the black and white photograph of my face, which I think makes it look a bit more eerie and makes you focus less on the unbroken photo of my face and look around the other features instead.

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Experimentation - using bubble wrap as a printing tool

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Mixed media outcome; combining collage, white pen, black fineliner and acrylic paint. For this piece I decided to try something new and a bit more abstract than my previous collages, so I worked in layers, first arranging my images, then using acrylic paint in a similar colour scheme to block in areas and break up the existing shapes. I then used more wispy marks and experimented with using bubble wrap to create further texture, then worked into the piece using pens crea

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Surreal me close-up #2 showing the stitching

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Close-up section of my observational pencil drawing

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Close-up photo of my ink and stick and graphite drawing to show the marks and textures in more detail

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Photo of my drawing next to my 3D object reconstruction.

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Ink and stick and graphite observational drawing of one of the 3D recreations of my objects. The black ink helped me to create a high tonal contrast within my drawing, and the graphite stick allowed me to include more shades of tone, which makes my drawing look more realistic and detailed.

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Image showing which sections of my drawing I chose to focus on and draw on a larger scale.

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Ink and stick drawing no.2: this time I decided to use a wash to add more tone to my drawing instead of using graphite. I used quite a dry brush when doing this to maintain the same effects of rough mark-making.

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Ink and graphite drawing no.1: image showing my drawing before and after I worked into it with a graphite stick.

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Ink and stick drawing no.2 of another zoomed in section of my previous drawing.

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Ink and graphite drawing no.1: I used the ink and stick method to re-draw the zoomed in section of my previous drawing, then used a graphite stick to add more details and tone.