Drawing Week 3: Big, Lidl, Henry VIII with Will Stevens

Will's second drawing session continued with the portraiture theme from the previous day with John Bentley. Nevertheless, the focus of this session was on primary colours. First we did some painting exercises looking at the 3 primary colours. To begin with, we had to split our paper into 6 and paint each square in the primary colours; 2 of each colour. Then we had to paint a portait of someone using an opposing colour on each square. It was interesting to see how the colours work together. I think it looks really striking and vivid.

For the second exercise we created a colour gradient which went from red to yellow to blue with each blending into one another. In this situation, we were focusing on the transition from one colour to the next, which was also really interesting.

The third exercise introduced the Lidl bag which utilises the 3 primary colours. Again we painted the same portrait from the first exercise onto the Lidl bag. The colours interacted with the background in an unusual yet harmonious way.

For the final exercise, we were split into 3 groups and each given a pile of Lidl carrier bags. We had to recreate the same portrait of Henry VIII using the Lidl bags. As you can see, each were different but bright, playful and full of character. I really enjoyed this drawing session. It really made you consider the use of the primary colours.