This painting of a man on a bench I produced was inspired by Joris Munier who is an artist I have followed for some time on instagram. I spotted this man on a bench and instantly thought of his work, so I decided to create this using the same technique as Munier. I took progress pictures as well to show how the piece developed.

This week's task was 'wild-life drawing' which involved going out and focusing on people. I found this task really enjoyable - I love people watching! It was quite difficult to get an accurate drawing since people move, but I suppose that's all part of the fun and it adds personality to a drawing. Here are a few from the past week. I used inspiration from Sara Ogilvie for the 3 people on one spread - I found this hard as I was sat in a cafe and I just quickly took a mental picture, those drawings were very quick and rough. I actually found it quite therapeutic to be sat in cafes drawing people, it was pretty relaxing, despite being a challenge.

For part of our drawing module, we were tasked with urban sketching which involved getting out and drawing on location in the city. I did enjoy this, it was a bit different for me but I found it a good challenge. This way of working definitely produces a more spontaneous approach and you aren't limited to media. I think maybe for future urban sketching I need to let loose a little and produce some more quick, experimental responses.

As part of the new brief 'urban sketching', in todays lecture, we all had to go out and draw the outside of our house. We had an hour, and I found it a really useful exercise. I found it quite peaceful actually as we're lucky enough to have a bench and grass area across the road. It did come on raining near the end so I have slight smudges but I suppose that's all part of drawing on location, and I think it adds a bit of depth to the drawing as well.