Documentary project

I chose to document Waitrose for 9 weeks at the beginning of term. It isn't the typical place to draw for a documentary project, but i liked because that art student drawing in a supermarket. I got to draw people buying food, wondering around with their screaming children and also i got to explore the shop in more depth than i normally would have.

Its a weird experience drawing in a supermarket when its normal everyday use is for shopping in and buy food. But i took my sketchbook and a fold away stool so i could get my drawing done, sat somewhere not in the way of the costumers and slowly forgotten, but now and again someone would come up to me and see want to see my drawing.

I really liked drawing in the fridge section of the supermarket, but it wasn't ideal to sit and draw there for long periods of time because of the cold! I liked drawing in that section because it was still, there was a fish and meat counter that never moved, it was an easy starting point, i could sit opposite in a little tucked away corner of the refrigerated shelves and draw. Also, it was a good place to get a basic drawing of the counter and then i could draw in the workers in behind and the customers in front.

The finished book was printed on cream sugar paper with a yellow card wrap around cover. Maybe I should have thought about the waitrose green for the wrap around cover, it would have tied in with the project much more than the yellow, but either way i'm really happy with my outcome!

Thought the book, my drawings have been drawn with a range of pencils from 3B -9B and also some charcoal drawings make an appearance. I added the spot colour digitally but used a brush to make it look like pencil to add to the aesthetic. 

The last page is one of my favourites because when it came to the final stage in photoshop i didn't know what i could put on the last page. Then i remembered that at the time the 5p and 10p charge came in for plastic bags in supermarkets, also the plastic bag is needed at the end of the shop, i thought it would make a great last page to end the book!