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Process Portfolio

Practical Study: Hands
1.) I was playing around with the idea
of attempting to master drawing
hands as that was usually one of the
points I failed at when trying to draw
the human body realistically. I took the
lessons that we were being taught in
class, those being the three S’s (Slow,
Snail and Specific) and I was able to
capture the lines on the inside of a
clenched hand quite well as can be seen
in the sketch below.
All of the photos and drawings present are the candidates own work
2.) I then wanted to learn about the
skeletal structure of the hand so
that I could capture the
imperfection and detail better. I
copied the drawing on the right
from a biology textbook and
attempted to capture every detail in
the outline of the individual bones
in the fingers. I also tried shading in
the thumb with cross-hatching.
3.) I the took the
knowledge I gained
from the first two
exercises and took a
photograph of my
hand and attempted to
draw it in detail.
 Escher was born in
Leeuwarden, Netherlands,
Critical Investigation: M.C. Escher and grew up wanting to be
an architect as the son of a
civil engineer. After
Maurits Cornelis Escher, also known as M.C. spending most of his
Escher was a Dutch graphic artist most famous for childhood in Arnhem, he
his surrealist and mathematically inspired enrolled in the School for
lithographs and woodcuts. Many of Escher’s first Architecture and Decorative
artworks were of the Italian countryside as that Arts in Haarlem in 1919
was where he resided but after moving to where one of his teachers Photograph of M.C. Escher from the
Dutch National Archives. Taken
switzerland he developed his style into what he encouraged him to pursue November 23, 1971 by Hans Peters

called “mental imagery”. This consisted of making making art. In 1924 he

mind-bending artworks such as “drawing hands” in married and moved to Italy.
1948 (below) and “waterfall” (right) in 1961. “Reptiles”, M.C. Escher, Lithograph,
1943, National Gallery of Art,
Washington, USA (below)
“Waterfall”, M.C. Escher, Lithograph,
1961, The Art Institute of Chicago (right)

“Drawing Hands”, M.C. Escher,

Lithograph, 1948, National Gallery of
Art, Washington, USA (left)

One of Escher’s most common themes in his art was that of

metamorphosis. One object morphing into completely different object.
This can be seen in many of his artworks such as “Metamorphoses I and II”
where he experiments with the technique explicitly and “Reptiles” from
1943 (right) where he creates a feedback loop of metamorphosis with a
circle of reptiles. M.C. Escher loved to create art that warped the mind.
 All of the photos present are the candidates own work

Experimentation: Photography - Nature

Mud Mushrooms Trees Reflections
I wanted to try out nature
photography so I went to my
local forest after a large rain to
see the most mushrooms and lo
and behold I found them. I also
found many other natural
curiosities and captured them
in my photographs. I played
with the camera settings until I
came out with the perfect
photos and then refined those
down to a selection of twelve
that are on display here as well
as the photograph that is being
used as the background for this
process portfolio.
 All of the photos present are the candidates own work

Experimentation: Photography - Motion

I wanted to capture the different
stages of a creature in motion, so
I walked out into the forest with
my dog, paced around one
hundred meters away from her
and called for her run towards
me. I then proceed to take a burst
of pictures and the outcome is
shown on the left. I selected the
last nine frames from the photo
burst to display as in the others
my dog is too far away to notice a
difference in her body position.
You can really notice the natural
kinematics of a dog in motion in
this series of photographs and the
points where power is applied and
where muscles tense.
Works Cited
- Escher, M.C. “Waterfall, 1961 - M.C. Escher.” Www.wikiart.org, 1 Jan. 1961,
https://www.wikiart.org/en/m-c-escher/waterfall
- Escher, M.C. “Drawing Hands, 1948 - M.C. Escher.” Www.wikiart.org, 1 Jan. 1970,
https://www.wikiart.org/en/m-c-escher/drawing-hands.
- Escher, M.C. “Reptiles, 1943 - M.C. Escher.” Www.wikiart.org, 1 Jan. 1970,
https://www.wikiart.org/en/m-c-escher/reptiles.
- “M.C. Escher – the Official Website.” M.C. Escher – The Official Website, https://mcescher.com/.
- “M.C. Escher — Life and Work.” M.C. Escher - Life and Work,
https://www.nga.gov/features/slideshows/mc-escher-life-and-work.html.
- Peters, Hans. “Eerste Exemplaren Van Boek ‘Werelden Van M.C. Escher’ Uitgereikt in Het Gemeentemuseum Te Den
Haag; Foto Van M.C. Escher: Nationaal Archief.” Eerste Exemplaren Van Boek "Werelden Van M.C. Escher"
Uitgereikt in Het Gemeentemuseum Te Den Haag; Foto Van M.C. Escher | Nationaal Archief, Dutch National
Archives, 23 Nov. 1971,
https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/onderzoeken/fotocollectie/abd864f0-d0b4-102d-bcf8-003048976d84.