Thursday 4th September: Journeys and Objects

Thursday's class, aside from being a further introduction to the course, Moodle, and other tools, revolved entirely around the homework we had been set on Tuesday; that is, to bring in 10 objects of personal importance, including three photographs, and to document our journey from home to college. I chose to record my journey in four sketches, shown below; in order, they depict my room, the road to the station, a standing view of the inside of an overground train and a seated view of a Jubilee line train. I chose each of these because they represent the places I spend most time during the course of a typical journey, and tried to emulate the feeling of an ordinary journey in my drawings. (Pictures to come)

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In class, we looked at a few of the other students' journeys, most of which were recorded in photographs, though a couple had been drawn or filmed. Zarine's journey was written down as she travelled and then read out to the class; along with drawing, this was my preferred method of documenting a journey, as it allows you to adapt your experiences to match your thoughts most closely, rather than having to rely solely on objects or scenarios in the world.

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After the break we all got out our ten items and were instructed to draw pictures of them, thinking about perspective, positioning and combinations to make a point with each drawing. I found this challenging at first; I am not especially good at drawing from still life, and taking that a step further to create something new rather than merely represent the object on the page was something very new to me. In the end, though I didn't manage to fit in every item, I got two drawings done, shown below. (Pictures to come)