The assignment focuses on aspects of the artist’s personal environment, from walks to buildings, animals, pets, garden, and the interior of the home. Written long before the current situation whereby some of us have spent almost a year with little … Continue reading Assignment research point
Things have moved on a little in the environment under examination and now there are panels ready to receive glass. There should also have been a roof but due to a measurement error, this could not be fitted and at … Continue reading Part 5, Assignment 5 – painting and print #4
After completing the first pair of paintings in quite an abstract style, I’m intending to make a further two pairs in increasingly less abstract style, reflecting the eventual resolution of the studio environment. Today/tomorrow there are electricians, on Monday there … Continue reading Part 5, Assignment 5 – painting and print #3
Two Tents. These are in the garden filled with the other half of my studio contents, waiting for their new home to be completed. So far, they’ve withstood some serious winds and torrential downpours with only a slight shift in … Continue reading Part 5, Assignment 5 – painting and print #2
Building on the earlier sketches, I’ve begun making larger paintings using the same initial images and extracts from the I Ching and Tao Te Ching. I mistakenly chose a different page from the latter, thereby adding a further layer of … Continue reading Part 5, Assignment 5 – painting and print #1
In a favourable time and situation, never neglect the unfavourable potential. In an unfavourable time and situation, never act abruptly and blindly. And in adverse circumstance, never become depressed and despair. From the Tao of I, quoted by Alfred Huang … Continue reading Part 5, Assignment 5 – preparatory work
STARCK Official Website – Enter Philippe Starck’s universe | Starck 1949- Starck is reputed to begin any visit to a new city by checking out its rubbish because this, he feels, gives him a truer sense of the city’s identity. … Continue reading Part 5, exercise 5.4 – rubbish
This task asks for a study of a corner of a room at different times of day. Interiors have, historically, been a staple of the painter’s repertoire, often as background to figurative work such as portraits or the pre-photography equivalent … Continue reading Part 5, exercise 5.3 – the corner of a room
Recommended artists. Gilbert & George born 1943, born 1942 | Tate Jane Grisewood Artist RICHARD LONG OFFICIAL IRATIONAL Curriculum Vitae – Heath Bunting. mario rossi | Saatchi Art Home | Robert Priseman (robert-priseman.com) The task is to make five sketches … Continue reading Part 5, exercise 5:2 – sketches of something seen on a walk.
Recommended artists: Mimei Thompson — home Thomas Hall – 5 Artworks for Sale on Artsy Richard Dadd 1817–1886 | Tate This exercise, as part of a focus on the local environment, asks for a detailed painting of weeds in the … Continue reading Part 5, exercise 5:1 – weeds
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