Tour de France Introduction.

As we all know this year the Tour de France came to Yorkshire. This was a rare and amazing privileged for most of us in the art and design world.  

As I am a student studying art and design, my Tutors also thought this was a brilliant opportunity to give us a feel of are future if we become designers and even artists, As when you become a designer it will be rare to get tasks you are interested in. this is the reason I chose to find things that people may not have thought of instead of just focusing on bikes n riders. I did this by first looking at my local art gallery the Barnsely Civic which by luck had put of a Tour de France/ Grand de Part exhibition and then I also saw that an art gallery in Sheffield had put up a small exhibition, that I was able to look around as well. After I had been browsing the gallery's and the internet for Ideas  I realized it was going to be a challenge for me to fill a sketch book over my summer break. 

It was only when I opened my mind and looked that little bit deeper I realized it wasn't as much of a daunting task as I thought. I soon began to realize that I could include the amazing and beautiful landscapes, well known land marks of Yorkshire and France, along with typical things that would be related to each country and place. Once I figured that out the Ideas just poured out of my head and I slowly found my self becoming more and more interested in my work. 

I was able to produce a full A4 sketch book with primary and secondary research, verity of media, two A2 mode boards, two A2 development sheets, Collagraph /Etching and Lino sample prints, a final print design sheet, a selection of final prints and an evaluation. all of my sheets including my sketch book have also been annotated either on the page it's self or on the back.

I really didn't know how this whole project would work out for me. Honestly I thought I wasn't going to get much variety or many primary images or even have half as much work as what I have. But I am very proud of everything I have done, And I have also learnt that when I sit down and focus properly and put my mind into it I can accomplish way more than I ever thought I could. 

I have posted and wrote about my printing experiences, my trial and errors and my final Prints and design sheets, so that you guys at Home can see my work and progress.