Memories- Childhood possessions

 

 

Biro rubbing of the largest shell I found in my life. This is a scallop shell, and I was intensely proud and have always cherished it. The rubbing result was surprisingly effective as the shape and contours of the shell are evident. Biro was the perfect medium for depicting the linear patterns of the shell, pencil would have smudged too much.

Drawing of the heel of my first pair of shoes. Using 2B, 4B and 6B graphite pencils I created a simple yet tonal sketch. Could be improved with lighter pencil such as HB to add details such as the fraying of the leather.

A black ball-point pen copy of the ink illustrations from one of my favourite childhood stories "Toothache". This allowed me to experiment with a different style of drawing, it was very linear, and tones were created through crosshatching. Perhaps next time I would add more characters to the sketch so that it makes more sense visually.

This is a sketch of a little flowerpot man I created as a 7 year old. I called him 'Billy'. I remember being especially proud of the zig zag decoration along the pot I created. To draw Billy I used a hard pencil of HB and experimented with a precise linear technique. However I think a smudging technique would have worked well to create the dimension of the spherical head and rounded pot.

Brown crayon depiction of an old clock stand I used as a child. It has long since been without a clock, so using my memory I sketched out lightly the image of it. I like the contrast between the hard, dark line of the stand, what I could see, and the light clock, which was only apparent in my minds eye.

I photocopied an image of a book that I have read multiple times throughout my life called 'The Scent of Magic' by Cliff McNish. I also isolated the illustration from the rest of the cover, as it is soft focus it reflected the distant memories I had of reading it as a child.

I layed all of my objects out upon the photocopier and took several copies of them in different positions. I took a close up photocopy of the shell and my shoes. Then taking the images I tore them up and layered them. This was successful because the more exposes an object is, reflects how much of an impact they had on myself in my childhood.

This is a study of the lace of my first pair of shoes using a dark and a light sepia pencil. The tone and detailing of this image is particularly effective. By sectioning the shoe implies that it is an in depth sketch study rather than a final piece.

I also decided to capture the large scallop shell I found with photography. Using a macro setting I experimented with capturing different angles of the shell. The nose of the shell was most interesting texturally.

This is a photograph of a pair of earrings my great grandmother owned and has passed down through the family, since my 18th birthday they have belonged to me. They are exquisite and my favourite earrings. The simplicity of this photograph is effective and the soft cream coloured background does not distract from the earrings.