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Way back, we had a maths teacher who is said to have advised students, ‘If you can’t answer the question, draw an elephant’. This is the obverse; a series of art questions I find I can’t answer because of their … Continue reading Assignment 4
I made the decision to submit this piece as the assignment. Above is the version digitally contained in a black surround using Paintshop Pro. The raw images are below. None has been digitally enhanced. The developmental process, including early stages … Continue reading Part 4, Assignment 4 – interior in tondo format
For logistical reasons, it made more sense earlier to deal with written elements of the course after completing the practical work. Some of those conditions still pertain but seem likely to persist due to current lockdown conditions delaying delivery of materials, and so I’ll need to make some logistical and physical accommodations to progress. One thing to emerge from this upside down and back to front way of doing things is a sudden realisation that following up the work of other artists is beginning to make sense in terms of my own practice, and another is that this has most … Continue reading Formative feedback, Part 3
Again focusing on the circular format, this requires a painting of one of the previous given selection of items. As before, I am conjuring the spirit of the exercise requirement rather than its letter and also making use of previous … Continue reading Part 4, exercise 4.3 or maybe Assignment 4 – fluid painting on film with prints
There are two main parts to this task, the first being to review all my landscape paintings to consider which have been the most appealing. This is my collection from the current module and what strikes me is the colours; … Continue reading Part 4, assignment 4 – landscape
This is a detail from my sketchbook; drawings of metallic birds in biro, and watercolour finger-painted into place. The support is pink sugar paper pasted into the book. It was probably the first time I had made loose drawings of this kind and it came after buying a copy of Henry Moore’s book full of ‘wire frame’ drawings of sheep. I think this series of drawings represents something of an early milestone in exploration of different media and supports as I had never used either before. My approach to drawing had also changed in this work, looser and less ‘perfect’. … Continue reading Formal Assessment – images
Demonstration of technical and visual skills – materials, techniques, observational skills, visual awareness, design and compositional skills. These images are part of the road trip through Part 4 and the beginnings of understanding how to use materials and media to … Continue reading Assignment 4 – self evaluation
Three submissions with links to preparatory work and reflection. Seated figure – line, A1 Reclining figure – tone, A1 Self portrait – any method, any size Continue reading Assignment 4, seated and reclining figure, self portrait – images only
The task is to draw a self portrait of any size in any medium and to find an interesting perspective, which means it’s the first time I’ve taken a selfie from below jaw level and discovered my nose has a central deviation to the right. It’s a wonder the rest of it is lined up as it should be. This is not the up-nostril shot, this is the warm-up, off-centre, eyeball-shift aspect. Biro to see if I can find some shapes that might work. Another quick sketch – white conte on black gesso. The aim, unlike the one above, is … Continue reading Assignment 4, self portrait
For this part of the assignment I’ve had Morandi in mind because of his absolute use of tone to separate elements of his pictures. No lines, just tone-based demarcations and shadings that suggest volume and shape. I decided to work … Continue reading Assignment 4, reclining figure
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