Tram Drawings

In my current work this term I have been creating drawings of the tramworks at the West End of Edinburgh. I went to Haymarket area one day a couple of months ago and was shocked at the scale of the disruption and mess of the tram works there. It was a kind of awe inspiring chaotic-looking mess and this is the feeling I have been trying to capture in my drawings. I started with two ink & pastel drawings based on some on-site sketches which looked quite traditional. So then I decided I wanted to try something more contemporary. Using an overhead projector, and inspired by the work of the artist Julie Mehretu, I produced these two pieces: