{"id":19581,"date":"2021-10-12T06:47:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T06:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.london-artcollege.co.uk\/news\/?p=19581"},"modified":"2021-09-29T14:30:06","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T14:30:06","slug":"jane-zonnenberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.london-artcollege.co.uk\/news\/2021\/10\/jane-zonnenberg\/","title":{"rendered":"Jane Zonnenberg"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the past 18 months a lot has been said about the benefits of doing art or simply being creative, and I\u2019m sure I won\u2019t be able to write anything that hasn\u2019t already been written or said in this regard.\u00a0 However, having said that, I don\u2019t need much encouragement to do art and never go anywhere without a sketch book.\u00a0 For years I sketched whilst travelling, and regularly caught fellow commuters (and train guards) peering over my shoulder.\u00a0 My favourite topic is people and I adore drawing characters (as you can probably see below), so this year I indulged myself and signed up for an Illustration course. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My objectives for the course were (and still are) twofold: I wanted to do a course that would push me in a direction different to the one that my timid self would naturally take.  My second objective was to build up a portfolio for my second career.  (I have a Finance background, so an artistic career is quite a leap!).  I gave myself the additional challenge of digitally creating the assignment submissions for the simple reason of wanting to create quality digital art that can easily be submitted\/manipulated or even \u2018repurposed\u2019 for personal projects such as creating stencils, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As an artist, it\u2019s interesting and daunting (in equal measure) submitting work to a third party for feedback.\u00a0 Like any creative, I go through the cycle of feeling angst, endless second-guessing of my interpretation of the brief, and generally getting myself into a spin over whether the work is good enough or not.\u00a0 But I\u2019d like to think that I have to go through this as it\u2019s all part of the process of growing as an artist. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So far, I have completed three assignments on the course.\u00a0 I don\u2019t have a particularly scientific process for developing and preparing the artwork \u2013 my process typically goes something like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n