Author Archives: sophiatate

I took inspiration from my photography of the architecture at the Tate Modern to create a watercolour image. Referencing my original photo, I created an abstract representation of the empty place I viewed as a non-place. The staircase serves little purpose; the photo shows people sitting or standing while waiting. It could be seen asContinue reading “NON-PLACES: Analogue Development”

Completing an introduction to graphic design (a typography workshop) increased my interest in text and its potential uses. But was this in a new graphic design sense, or had I just found a new language/tool to enhance and develop my fine art practise in the future? Our brief was to manipulate text in order toContinue reading “Identity: Fine Artist”

The result of a fairly instructional drawing session with an 8 and 5 year old. Advice on basic proportions was accepted by the older child, who produced remarkably unique illustrative portraits. A continuous line drawing (top left) was my favourite outcome of the two hours spent drawing with children. Despite an initial desire to learnContinue reading “DRAWING WITH AN 8 YEAR OLD”

BRIEF: Use coloured materials to replicate/represent textures seen in “the trolley”.

Using a reference photo (selected from the outcome of a performative workshop) I experimented with different styles of painting. The unplanned nature of the reference photo allowed me to associate this context with the Cubism movement, which strays from the confines of realism. I firstly painted a section of the image in a more realisticContinue reading “CUBISM”

The brief: photograph texture around the campus. I focused on textures that also contained visually pleasing or interesting colours, shapes and lighting. The task of selecting an everyday object to capture close-up and form a complete image from was enjoyable to me. I was motivated to experience the editing process of choosing a collection ofContinue reading “PHOTOGRAPHY”