Tour de France

For this project it was all based around The Tour de France. We were told to make a sketchbook with many annotations, Photographs and drawings of either bikes, riders, maps, (3x) artist research and anything of our choice based on the project. In my opinion i wasn't really interested in this project at first with it being all on Tour de France. Specially with just bikers riding so many miles through towns and villages. But eventually when i started getting ideas what to draw and design in my sketchbook, i started to enjoy the project a little. I decided to do A4 Sketchbook, because i perfer small paper when am drawing and with me not interested in the project i didnt feel up to it. During the time of The Tour de France, we visited a bike show at The Civic in town. Inside there was many displays showing The Tour de France over the years. Especially, models of bikes and tires. Furthermore, there was alot of good information and images to help me with this project. I took many photographs while i was there, it was really helpful visiting the Civic. For my first page of my sketchbook i designed a simple and basic front cover with just the title 'Le Tour de France' in very big letters. Also i only used black paint for the colouring of the letters. Secondly, i decided to have a mind map for my second page. I added alot and many good facts based on The Tour de France, i do think i could have made my mind map more colourful and outstanding. Instead of, writing basic facts on the subject. Thirdly, i decided that for my third page i was going to do a simple collage from a newspaper we were handed from the Civic. I cut out jerseys on what the bikers wear, bikes and the main title 'Bike Show.' My fourth page wasnt at a good standard in my opinion. Because i'd drawn a biker on a bike, cheering after going through the finish line. With a photograph of a biker years ago stuck at the corner then on the other side i stuck a saying based on The Tour de France saying 'A LIFE LONG LOVE OF ALL THINGS PEDAL POWERED.' I strongly agree that i could have done better on this page. The fifth page in my sketchbook was really good and more outstanding in my opinion. Because i'd drawn from a image online and re-created it in watercoloured paints. The image was seven bikers on the road, racing for The Tour de France with sidewalks at the side. This page is my favourtie so far. Because of how i concertrated on the colours and details of the image i was re-creating. Sixth page in my sketchbook i made a collage. Of a famous biker called 'L'ORTOLAN.' It took a long time to collage, but i was really pleased how it turned out in the end. The seventh page in my sketchbook i looked online for images based on Tour de France and found a photograph some took of a road with the direction to The Tour de France and with a field and road in the background. For this page i decided to be more creative and push my comfortable state with using different media and i decided to use pastels. I dont use pastels often because i hate how they smudge and make a mess of work afterwards. But at the time that was the only different media i could use, once i completed the drawing and coloured it in with pastels i was really impressed with myself how i used the pastels. The next page of my sketchbook i did a drawing of a painting which showed a village area and the bikers in the distance. It took me sometime to re-create this painting. Because there was alot of detail in this painting also i had to mix watercoloured paints alot to get the exact colour. Next two pages i did some more collaging. Because i dont really do collage and with the photos i took from The Civic i decided to stick the photos down and make a collage. My last page i did a drawing of a sculpture in a tree done in Harrogate. I re-created this image in shading pencils. Because i am confident when shading and drawing in pencil, with it being easy to rub out mistakes and keep going over it.