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Responding to a Brief - Exercise 2.5: A rose by any other name
For this exercise I didn't find any suitable plants in the house, and cuttings I took from plants outside proved difficult to draw. So I...
Dan Woodward
Aug 27, 20232 min read


Responding to a Brief - Exercise 2.4: Architectural illustration
In this exercise, I explored aspects of architectural illustration. The task specifically asked me to create an illustration that "shows...
Dan Woodward
Aug 21, 20236 min read


Responding to a Brief - Exercise 2.6: There and back again
For this exercise I was tasked with documenting a journey, focusing on the beginning, middle and return. I had been wondering how to do...
Dan Woodward
Aug 4, 20233 min read


Responding to a Brief - Exercise 2.3: Everyday Fashion
For this exercise I was tasked to draw a range of people in different clothes, varying my attention to sometimes draw the whole outfit...
Dan Woodward
Jul 17, 20239 min read


Responding to a Brief - Exercise 2.2: Drawing on Location
While I was due to go to a concert in the end, I decided not to use that event for this exercise. I wanted to be fully present for my...
Dan Woodward
Jul 5, 20232 min read


Responding to a Brief - Exercise 2.1: Drawing on the familiar
When I started this unit I saw it as a welcome opportunity to get back to using my sketchbooks to draw from life. During and after the...
Dan Woodward
Jul 5, 20234 min read


Responding to a Brief - Exercise 1.4: Visual Depth
I've had to tackle perspective a number of times over the course of my studies, and it is something I enjoy yet am slightly obsessive...
Dan Woodward
May 30, 20232 min read


Responding to a Brief - Exercise 1.3: Less is more
For this exercise, I needed to explore colour palettes. Specifically the challenge of using a limited palette. As I was writing out...
Dan Woodward
May 28, 20235 min read


Responding to a Brief - Exercise 1.2: Mixing and Matching
This was another fun exercise that I was pleased to complete at the start of this module, it really managed to get me back in the swing...
Dan Woodward
May 28, 20237 min read


Responding to a Brief - Exercise 1.1: Draw, draw and draw again
I was looking forward to this exercise. When I read the brief it seemed like a really good way for me to let go of some of my...
Dan Woodward
May 18, 20233 min read


Visual Exploration - Exercise 5.3: Creating Connections
Reading through this exercise I noticed that my 10 selected images did not fit well with the exercise brief. Indeed, one of my chosen...
Dan Woodward
Jan 11, 20232 min read


Visual Exploration - Exercise 5.2: Creative Audit
The main reflection I have as I complete this exercise is just how 'bitty' this module seems to have been. Looking back it feels...
Dan Woodward
Dec 19, 20222 min read


Visual Exploration - Exercise 5.1: Reflection on Part Four
Usually, I do a separate reflection post after I have received formative feedback from my tutor. This, time - it's actually the first...
Dan Woodward
Dec 19, 20226 min read


Visual Exploration - Exercise 3.4: Small
For this exercise, I again altered my approach in order to make progress. Initially, I wanted to explore the idea of small through option...
Dan Woodward
Jul 5, 20225 min read


Visual Exploration - Exercise 3.2: Slow
For this exercise, I had to change direction due to the destruction of my studio space. Originally, I had decided to choose Option 1 -...
Dan Woodward
Jul 5, 20225 min read


Visual Exploration - Exercise 3.3: Big
I really wanted to choose option three for this exercise: a large-scale landscape painting. However, I still experienced massive...
Dan Woodward
Jun 7, 20223 min read


Visual Explortion - Exercise 3.1: Fast
For this exercise, the section gets going by throwing you into trying to create quickly and instinctively. I was pleased that the...
Dan Woodward
Mar 6, 20222 min read


Visual Exploration - Exercise 2.7: Composing Pictures
For this exercise, given that the text allowed for the possibility of creating digital collages, I thought it would be fruitless to find...
Dan Woodward
Feb 20, 20222 min read


Visual Exploration - Exercise 2.6: 'Cut-Ups'
This was a surprisingly fun exercise. I had bought two popular tabloid papers on the previous weekend and started as the exercise...
Dan Woodward
Feb 17, 20222 min read


Visual Exploration - Exercise 2.5: Word Processing
This exercise seemed to be very similar in structure to Exercise 2.3, so I decided to take a similar approach in my execution. I followed...
Dan Woodward
Feb 16, 20222 min read
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