Exercise 1.2 - Making Mistakes

Sheet 1:
Faber Castell Gelatos pastel collection.
I have never used these before, so I was excited to try them and I really liked how they turned out.

Sheet 2:

Charcoal Pencil.

I have used this before but not very much. It's quite messy but can make some interesting lines.

Sheet 3:

Acrylic paint markers. I've not used these much, except for adding little details to abstract paintings, so it was interesting to use them to create a whole sketch.

Sheet 4:

Zig waterbased markers.

I have used these a lot of adult colouring books and recently for colouring swatching for paint ideas. I really like these pens.

I did find this task quite fun, I liked choosing the supplies to work with and had been waiting to try the Gelato’s for a little while and was very pleased with how they worked.

I also felt quite stressed as well, I think because I was using mediums I wasn’t comfortable with and I’m not used to drawing ugh quick, loose sketches. I think the perfectionist in me was rearing it’s ugly head again.

My 4 books:

For the book with pockets, instead of glue I used washi tape because I thought it added a fun touch.

It was really interesting trying the different methods of cutting to make the books, I like book 2 best, because I like the way it folds and I like how my drawing turned out with it.

I'd like to try adding to these books in the coming exercises.

Here are my 4 books added into my japanese bound sketchbook, using washi tapes.