LW Colour and Surface Visual Liabary: Task 1: Media and Technique Samples

Introduction

In this task I am going to be explaining all the different techniques I have used to get the different textures and mark makings in my media samples.

Mark Making - 6B & 7B Pencil

In this Task I am going to display the different mark makings you can create using a 6B and 7B pencil. Through using this technique I can easily tell that the 6B pencil has a much softer led than the 7B pencil. This means that the 6B pencil has a softer stroke than the 7B pencil. For example in the pictures below you can easily see the comparison of both of the pencils and it is easy to see that the 7B pencil Is much darker than the 6B pencil.

Cross Hatching

I decided to do the cross hatching technique with both of the pencils. To do this I drew simple lines in various of directions to create a cross hatching appearance. In drawings the cross hatching technique could be useful for various of things like adding contour or shadow to a drawing. In this technique I realized the lines appeared much darker and 'sharper' using the 7B pencil whilst the lines with the 6B pencil did have a dark appearance although it was not as dark as the 7B and the lines were a lot more softer to draw.

6B Pencil

7B Pencil

Dotting Technique

The next technique I used to compare both of the pencils was a dotting technique. In this Technique I decided to do a pattern which included some of the dots having to be close to each other and some of the dots being separated with a few gaps. As you can see from the two example images the 6B dotting technique is a lot 'neater' than the 7B dotting technique. I personally think this is because with the 6B pencil you had to press down on the paper a bit harder than you have to do with the 7B pencil. Because the 7B pencil has such a dark shade you only had to quickly dot the paper to create the dot which Made it easier a lot easier to smudge the dots.

6B Pencil

7B Pencil

Shading

The final technique I decided to do is shading. In this technique I lay the pencil lead slightly on its side to create a more smooth shade. The 6B pencil was easier to shade because it had a much softer graphite than the 7B pencil but the 7B pencil was a lot darker and was easier to achieve different shades for example it was easier to get a lighter shade using the 7B pencil than it was trying to get a darker shade using the 6B pencil. At the end of this technique I used the 'cross hatching' technique using a rubber to try and compare how both of the pencils erased. The 6B pencil erased much easier than the 7B pencil but it was easier to blend the 7B pencil into the erased parts than it was using the 6B pencil.

6B Pencil

7B Pencil

Mark Making - Stick Ink & Fine Liner pens

In this section I am going to be using stick ink and fine liner pens as a medium for mark making by using a similar technique which I used when doing mark making with a 6B and 7B pencil. For instance I am going to be doing cross hatching, dots and shading with the stick ink and fine liner just like I did with the previous exercise.

Cross Hatching

Firstly, when I was using a fine liner pen to do cross hatching I realized that the tip of the pen made it easy to be precise with the lines for example I could do straight, neat lines faster using a fine liner pen although the pen was always dark. The only way I could ';lighten' my lines whilst using a fine liner pen is by lightly drawing the lines and only slightly putting the tip of the pen on the paper however it was still difficult to get different shades from the fine liner.
I decided to do cross-hatching again although this time using only stick Ink. I personally found it quite difficult to use the stick ink because you repeatedly have to 'dip' the stick into the ink but the lines the stick ink created were bold and dark. I think using stick ink to outline a object would be a really effective technique although it can be a bit time consuming and annoying having to repeatedly 'dip' the stick into the ink. In the stick Ink image example you can tell that the lines are bold, dark and precise in the top left corner although as the cross hatching progressed you can tell that the lines got more 'lazy' because constantly having to dip the stick in the ink personally took a toll on my mark makings which resulted in messy, faded lines.

Fine liner pen

Stick Ink

Dotting Technique

When using the fine liner pen to do several dots around the page, some of the dots being close and some of the dots being separated I realized that the pen allowed me to do precised, strong dots in a effective and quick way. Using the fine liner pen to do the dotting technique is really effective although, as you can see in the image I did sumdge a few times. This is because its easy to mark the paper using the fine liner pen which obviously means its easy to make a mistake whilst using the fine liner if you arent being careful. Because the fine liner is easy and fast to use, I rushed the dotting technique which resulted in a few mistakes.

I found it quite difficult to do the dotting technique using the stick ink medium. This is simply because the ink was a bit stick so when I removed the stick away from the paper the ink almost 'dripped' a bit which resulted in a few messy mistakes which you can see clearly in my exercise below. However when I was using the stick ink to do dots which are separated from the other dots I found it a lot more easier to get neat dots. For example, when looking at the stick ink dotting exsercise you can see in the top left corner the dots are smudged but as they seperate towards the bottom right corner they become more precised, small and perfect little dots.

Fine Liner

Stick Ink

Shading

When using the Fine liner pen to do the shading technique I began by doing 'scribbles' across the page. I first started in the top left corner, drawing the scribbles small and close together and towards the bottom right corner I started to make the scribbles a lot bigger with more space. Once Done, I quickly went over the fine liner pen with a bigm wet paintbrush. I did this to make the ink smudge and make a 'shaded' effect. Because the scribbles were close together and then gradually went a bit bigger, once I put the water on top it created a gradient 'smoke' effect.

Fine liner

Gradient Water color technique

In this section I am practasing how to do a gradiant effect using water colour paints. Knowing how to use this technique can be effective because the gradient could be used in different ways for example you could use the gradient effect to help detail sky's such as sunsets.

I first began this technique by splitting a A4 water colour paper into 9 different sections (3 columns and 3 Rows). In the first collomn I began by simply painting in the rows using a yellow, red and blue water clour paint.

In the second column I began practasing fading the paint. I did this by adding more water to the paint to make a gradient effect towards the bottom I found out the more water you add the lighter the paint is.

In the Third column I started using the yellow water colour paint and used the same fading technique Which I used in the second collomn, Next I did the exact same with the red waterpaint although I faded the red water clour paint slightly onto the yellow faded section. I did the same thing with the blue water paint, making sure that each section is as blended as possible by using slightly more water.