12th July. This is a slight side step from the previous lock and key – a new self portrait that moves on from the earlier ‘angry covid face’ and ‘get the PPE right’ portraits. I have masks ready to deploy … Continue reading Part 5, third in a series of paintings on a theme
10th July. Earlier in the course I made a painting called Evening Landscape with Two Sanitisers after Friedrich’s 1830-35 Evening Landscape with Two Men. This time I’m taking a detail of the lock, the keyhole, and using this as the … Continue reading Part 5, second in the series of themed paintings – One keyhole at sunset
I think I have a coherent set of ideas now about this final project, although I still have some detail to sort out. Based on the pair of locks I printed one from the other, and the packing paper I … Continue reading Part 5 – locks
This time I’m reviewing my #lockdownart paintings. Movement restrictions have characterised this module like no other and, whether I intended it or not, some of this has leaked into the work itself. It’s a long time since I wore a … Continue reading Part 5 – third wave of ideas
I discovered quite a lot about shapes and surfaces yesterday so that was a good start. Later I began to think about what lockdown meant in practical terms and how an image of a lock might illustrate or represent this. … Continue reading Part 5 – second wave locks and keys sketches
I really should have turned over the page before making the previous painting! Still, this is about line being more important than colour which makes it different and also even more difficult as there’s nowhere to hide with just these … Continue reading Part 4, project 2, exercise 1 – line and perspective
Probably the most timely of projects and exercises, given the current situation! The exercise is about choosing a view from a window and, after making a number of sketches, painting a final composition that reflects a mood. At the moment … Continue reading Part 4, project 1, exercise 1 – from the inside looking out
In the absence of available sitters, I turned to some sketches I made for my own interest during the Drawing module and chose a very characterful image I had found on the internet. I had drawn this person once in … Continue reading Part 3, project 2, exercise 4 – conveying character
This is based on one of two earlier sketches that I quite like. The other I am reserving for a later exercise. It doesn’t quite meet the criteria in that there are no limbs in view but for now, this … Continue reading Part 3, project 1, exercise 3 – tonal painting
This first exercise calls for a series of sketches, ideally of another person but under current circumstances this isn’t possible and so I am reliant on a mirror. The idea is to use line rather than tone but I seem … Continue reading Part 3, project 1, exercises 1&2 – drawing the human figure
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