Part 2: Ideas - creative thinking - a subjective drawing

For the subjective drawing I chose to illustrate a pair of pumps - old favourites - comfortable and well worn.

I wrote a list of words to describe them, and from that list I chose the word feminine as the quality that I would use as the basis for the illustration.



 








I prepared a 'feminine' mood board using images from magazines and the internet, words and textural objects.

I looked at subjective work by various illustrators, including Ruth Rowland and Georgina Luck, and fellow students for inspiration.

 




I prepared my line drawing ready for the decorative part and then, using the mood board to drive the illustration, I further explored the word feminine.

This is the result.  From the mood board I took inspiration from the floral representation of feminine.


The blossoms float down and decorate the pumps.

'feminine' pumps - graphite pencil drawing and coloured crayon decoration