DAN WOODWARD

The exercises for section five are actively reflective in nature. Going through the coursework it seems that they build on each other,...

This exercise had three parts, each showing elements of transition and how they are used to tell stories. Each part is designed to help...

Wow, so this exercise was a good deal of fun! To start with, I had to review my sketchbooks and add in dialogue to the characters. The...

For Research 4.2 I looked into the work of Brandon J Wallace and the way he created storyboards from TV in order to understand framing,...

I found the prospect for this exercise really intriguing. For this exercise, I had to go to an interesting location and then depict it in...

For this exercise, I had to fill up an entire sketchbook in one sitting! To make it a little bit less daunting, my instructions told me...

I have long been a fan of doodling, and it can be found in a lot of my workbooks amongst other scribbles and visualisations. I enjoyed...

When I am working, I am well-known by my colleagues for re-iterating that I don't mind if I or others fail. I only mind if we fail to...

This exercise was about combining sketches and aspects of photo reference into illustrative images that stand in their own context to...

The aim of this task was to introduce me to observing the figure. Rather than return to the route from my earlier exercises, I decided to...

For this exercise, I was to do the route again. This time I was to use a camera to capture aspects of the route. This is what I captured:...

I needed to post off a sketchbook as part of the Sketchbook Circle I am in, so I decided to use the walk between my house and the Post...

This task was to explore the phenomenon of pareidolia - seeing faces in patterns and inanimate objects. I often see faces in quite...

This exercise has taken me a while - I have been out on many journeys, collected many bits and bobs and for one reason or another, all of...

For this exercise, I was tasked with experimenting with unusual tools for making marks. So, I had a walk around the house and chose the...

I remembered that I did some blind contour drawing as part of a course I did a few years ago at City Lit in London: Going back to that...

The last research exercise showed me how a medium can be used completely differently between two different artists. For this exercise, I...

In learning how to use watercolour and ink, I am fascinated by images others produce that seem to make the most out of incomplete...

As part of my focus on looking at trees, I had some dried leaves to hand. So I set them up on my desk and used them as a still life for...

I get into full experimentation mode to discover how I can hide information in my sketchbooks!