Sketches of Main Idea



    When planning my idea and thinking about environment i drew these quick sketches to plan it out. The first one of the outside of the tent, with my posters in front. Second one is of the inside of the tent and how it would be decorated. These are quite dull sketches that could be improved by shading or adding colour to help differentiate the details. But as they are just quick sketches they will do. especially as this idea never ran through due to lock down.

  Good thing that when planning, i also sketched out my original solo idea before collaborating. I will now be continuing this idea of freak show posters pulling you to a small tent.
Afterwards i used chalk and acrylic paint to hand paint this image of a circus tent, with a brush for some smaller details. I do enjoy the classic tent appearance with red and white stripes. However later down the line in my work i consider having a monochrome tent to take the joy out of the vibrant circus as it is all a lie. Despite this being a small painting project to get me started, i enjoy the lack of detail behind the tent, so the tent is sole focus, however i would like to build up detail up front of maybe a person walking up the path.

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