People and Place part 3: Understanding Viewpoints 3.1

 Pictures of the journey

So these are a few of the bigger or more prominent landmarks and features of the journey. I did also capture some things like textures of the journey and little details like blossom on a tree or an odd moss growing on a building.

• What is the relationship between the photos and the drawings you made in your
sketchbook?

 The relationship between the photos and drawings are that the pictures taken with the camera show the whole scene whereas my drawings are a glimpse into what I seen around me and what I chose to capture. Too me when I look at my sketches, I can remember the moments I was sitting there drawing and the smells, feelings and how I was waiting for my mum on a bench while she ran into a store to pick up something; and how during another drawing old man peak over my shoulder to see my sketch and said, “Wow that is brilliant, keep it up!”. I have a stronger connection to the sketches because I spent a lot more time catching the details of my surroundings in comparison to taking pictures which Is a picture of the whole entire scene, and less thought is involved as its only a click of a button.

• Do you see the photographs as a form of reference to possibly help you inform your earlier sketches or do you consider them to be an alternative and separate
form of visual language?

The photographs I feel work as a reference and If I wanted to, I could use the m to add details to my drawings. However, I like what I’ve created with my sketches, it’s the perspective from my eyes and it shows certain features of the environment that I personally chose to focus on. I think they both have a connection to each other but are a separate form of visual language one just has more specific focuses then the other, and the other paints the whole picture.

• Do they provide visual reference?

They do provide visual reference of the journey. I can clearly experience each photo as if I was there just by looking at them. The landmarks, intriguing features, textures and shapes are all there to look back on if trying to recreate a part of the journey.

• Did the process of taking the photos make you want to return to any of your
sketches and develop them in some way?

The photos did make me want to go back to my drawings just to add some more little details and maybe make them a bit more accurate proportion wise. In addition to the 20 sketches I also felt like adding some extra sketches of the things I may not have been paying attention to.

 

• Do I think the drawings being done first was important?

  I think depending on what I want to draw, having a solid reference that I've took a photo of is good for accuracy when I want to copy; having drawings however I think it's nice for when I want to be a bit more creative. They also carry more of connection because I remember the experience of sitting there drawing them or parts of the environment I chose to focus on at that time. This exercise however drawing first didn't really make a difference I suppose I got to rely on my own perspective in the moment compared to if I was to just have one angle or a flat photograph to copy from it's also a bit more personal.