Sketchbook review

My current project is based on the title of  'Piccadilly Gardens'.I wanted to ensure that my sketchbook was as visually striking as possible so i tried to keep text to a minimum and only used wording that was vitally needed. I feel that my work is very abstract and can understand how people fail to grasp what it is that i am trying to portray. I have stuck to one type of drawing/mark making in particular, this being line drawing with a pen. I was really fascinated with all the lines and structure that Piccadilly had to offer and was keen to try and capture this within my journal. My work is all done either at the gardens themselves, using the surroundings as my inspiration or from images i have taken. I have tried to keep each page as neat as possible with only one image/drawing per page so the viewer isn't overloaded with information.

I want to move my project forward so that instead of focusing just at line structure at the gardens i can instead use lines that i find around me. I am intrigued to look at man made marks, ie paint on tables and water splashes from bikes. I feel that this will be a really interesting angle and will have some striking visual outcomes within my sketchbook. 

I want my work to be slightly more loose than it currently is as i feel i am trapped within the boundaries of my previous course. I am extremely cautious when it comes to showing my work to a group as i have a lot of self doubt about my work and feel that people will judge my drawing ability. I am aware that to improve my drawing i need to start working on a larger scale and to just be free with my materials. I want to try and produce as many detailed drawings as i can and am hoping that by broadening my project to man made lines and found lines i will have a lot more to go on. I will start to record any line i see around me, even if it doesn't appear to be very interesting as these lines all track my journey through the project and my thoughts. Each line could in some way move me forward to a new line and will hopefully provide plenty of scope for samples and experimental work.

I will try to make sure i have ample research to work from in the final two weeks of this project, as up to now i have been solely working from first hand knowledge and my own images. I have been told to look in a movement called systems art as this links in very wells with the path that i am taking. I am really pleased with the two workshops that i have taken (weave and dye cloth fiber) and have gained some valuable skills that i hope to future in the coming months, particularly the weave. I am excited by the samples that i have cretaed and think they really tie into my project well.