Megan's Art Space

Drawing is a fundamental part of any artistic practice, for me as a printmaker it is how I create an image and manipulate a copper plate. On my foundation I learnt about the real importance of drawing, however I was also shown the many different variations of drawing. In the early stages we did architectural drawing, history drawings and life drawing. I found this a challenge because I have always lacked confidence with my drawing. At A-level I felt very inferior to others around me because of how I perceived their skills compared to mine. However in Year 13 I adapted more of my own style through mark making to build up a representational image.  I did this in my final project and found a real interest in pointillism. This has been something that is relevant even in my work now a year later. This September I start my degree at Falmouth University where I’m doing the BA (Hons) Drawing degree. I chose to do this as opposed to Fine Art because at foundation I found printmaking...

I thought I would share with you the piece of writing I presented to go alongside my final exhibition at the end of my Foundation at Falmouth University. I chose to present this in the form of a hand-stitched book which I made. (This was a lot more difficult than I thought it would be, but I really enjoyed the whole process.) There are some images of my work that were on display throughout this post! I hope that this post gives to an insight into the way I work and think. The concept organising chaos was where my inspiration for this project began. This would also accurately describe my working method.    I have found that the skill and focus required to make marks and translate them into print s is what has driven my work.   Representational drawing presented limitations and has not allowed me to explore freely the emotional value of simple mark making.   I have always been interested in depicting texture through repetitive mark making.   I have chosen...

Hello again! I thought I would share some examples of my work, most of which was created in the last year on my foundation.  Mark making, drawing and printmaking are areas that I have found a real enjoyment from. Before I started the foundation I lacked real confidence with my drawing but foundation taught me new ways of thinking that has made me realise there are so many ways that drawing can be interpreted. I have learnt that it is such a fundamental part of printmaking and documenting ideas that it is something I am determined to become better at.          This drawing shows one of the first exercises we did on foundation. It was called a history drawing. After a period of time what we were drawing would be moved around and we had to capture this change on a single piece of paper.  Line drawing is something that I love to to. It captures the subject matter in it's simplest form. I tend to draw like this everyday as it is quick and means I am continu...