The category containing all posts for part 2.
November 5th, 2020. It isn’t ideal to be doing the ground work post hoc for the practical work it’s likely to inform but, due to ongoing actual ground work, that has been the way it has had to be. This … Continue reading Formative feedback
I’m keen to get a better grip on my video editing software and to begin incorporating better sound tracks and so I used a selection of paintings from one of the earlier exercises to play around with transitions between images and to experiment with adding sound files. I’ve been a little bit rushed (self imposed) with previous films and as a result not really trying out anything new, so the idea was to really rummage around and see what could be achieved with this piece of kit. There’s an upgrade on the horizon, will it be worth the extra outlay? … Continue reading UPM postcard paintings – a video
Tabitha Moses: http://www.tabithamoses.co.uk/page36.htm The web page above, the artist’s own, has been somewhat unreliable as a source; quite often failing to load. Other sources are variable but the overriding message is that she is focused on fertility and uses a great deal of stitch work in her art. Some pieces are satin limbs dotted with sequins or pins and representing the discomfort of eczema or other skin diseases. It is very emotive work that seems driven by Moses’s own experiences. This is from an exhibition/talk in 2019: Tabitha Moses practices at the intersection of art, health and wellbeing; drawing on … Continue reading Part 2, Research point – collections and materials
I have steered round the materials I find uncomfortable; food items for instance which seems profligate and irresponsible at a time people are having to rely on food banks, and in fact when many of us experienced food insecurity for the first time in our lives as shops emptied, supermarkets had no delivery slots, and staples like flour disappeared for months. I’ve also skipped materials that give off fumes because, however interesting they might be, I am unlikely to use those products. This meant going on a search of my own for artists who use unusual materials to make their … Continue reading Part 2, Research point – unusual materials
This is really my preferred size – it allows for gestural movements and maximises large rather than very tiny marks. I’ve chosen the tubes of paint again, placing them on a black Amazon box that had contained one of those … Continue reading Assignment 2 – painting a collection at A1 scale, dramatically lit
The task is to prepare four sheets of A4 paper with washes in light and dark tones, then to paint a collection onto them emphasising tone rather than line. I had run out of suitable collections, having none to start … Continue reading Part 2, exercise 2:4 – painting on a painted surface
One of the options for this is a stone, which I interpret as a pebble and which gives me an opportunity to dispose of one that must have come as a gift because it bears an image of a ginger Persian cat in an unlikely pose. I have the penguin in mind for this. Early on in the pandemic, I painted large numbers of pebbles and left them outside for people to take home [a big card reminded people about hand hygiene if they took one and keeping a distance from others while they looked]. Someone called out to me … Continue reading Part 2, exercise 2:3 – painting on a 3D surface
The task here is to paint one of the collections using a suggested medium, or acrylics/watercolours/ink on A1 watercolour paper or lining paper. I don’t have any watercolour paper A1 sized and I’ve never heard of lining paper so I’m … Continue reading Part 2, exercise 2:2 – line
I have reached a compromise with this task; the birds made in bird seed of the previous post, some white items on a white ground, shoes from the Auschwitz museum, and hand prints, made by early hominids, dating back thousands … Continue reading Part 2, exercise 2.1 continued
9th September. This Part is all about collections and the overall task is to put together a number of these, including crockery, utensils, items of clothing, pens and pencils, and personal groupings, and in this exercise, to paint at least … Continue reading Part 2, exercise 2:1 – unusual media plus contextual content appraisal
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