Veiwpoint 

My chosen category: 


The morning after. 

I have a part time job at The Royal Shakespeare Theatre, my role involves many night shifts so this seemed the most fitting category for me. 

When I come in after my work, late at night, I will often leave a collection of objects on the kitchen table which will of course still be there the morning after when my children wake up. 

As the exercise asks, I use my digital camera and start photographing my objects. My torch, my ID, my book, earpiece, purse, lipbalm and handcream. 

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2.  Which format best illustrates your words? 

I feel this viewpoint best highlights 'the morning after'. The slight chaos of this is the true, untouched scene I leave behind when I come in after work. Looking down on these items, offers a clear view. 

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I must confess, I found it a little hard to get excited about this selection of objects, despite them being a true reflection of my night time activity,  so I took to doing a series of quick sketches using thick felt tip to bring some energy about the objects, whilst continuing to study the view point: 


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My favourite angle, cropped down using an L-shape: 

Which angle best fitted the word your objects illustrated? Why was this? 

This is my favourite viewpoint and best answers this question. This view is more focused on the key items I need to work through the night. It is more concentrated, with the circle of the torch taking the eye to the left, with the watch subtly resting on the time, a hint of time.  Using the L shape creates a more interesting angle. 

Now for this final sketch, as asked for I used pencil. I doubled the scale, a rectangle of 25cm x 10cm. I wanted to retain some energy, so again I worked quickly. 

Did changing viewpoints make you think differently about your choice of objects and arrangement of them? 

Yes. Changing the viewpoint added new interest. What could be quite stale objects individually, actually as a collective can look interesting with a different veiwpoint, especially by cropping out the empty space as I did with my L shape above. 

Reflection

It as interesting to see a collection of simple, basic objects as a collection. Looking at them from different angles made me appreciate a different perspective. The new detail you can see from looking at the same objects from a different angle. 

Perhaps the objects I selected though, could only interpret 'the morning after' to me on a personal level. As much as this is a real scene taken at my kitchen table after a night shift at work, I appreciate that this may not be easily interpreted. 

The best part of this exercise though was drawing quickly and instinctively with felt tips. I read that for your roughs it's important to contain energy, sketching this way does bring the energy that I needed to make my objects a little more interesting.