2D Drawings

I decided to try out some 2D drawings and leave sculpture behind as the experiments I had produced, I felt, weren't working very well and didn't feel up to standard. I produced these drawings below with ink and charcoal, drawn from photographs my tutor gave me when she, herself, visited Africa. We had a discussion of what to expect whilst out their and she gave me a bit of background information on how African women's life's are much different to ours. 

This piece above and below is my favourite. I like the range of brush strokes used in the piece and the emotion created in the woman's face.

Using coloured charcoals worked particaulrly well in this piece as it emphasises and highlights the shadows and tones of the woman's features.

This piece, above, works because of direction of light hitting the woman's face. One half of her face is completely in shadow whilst the other is completely exposed. This gives the drawing more of a 3D, life like feeling and compliments the different range of strokes created on the page.