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
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
Angry COVID Face Wrong PPE The Hub Cafe A Bend in the Adur Tin Pots Hill Recreation Ground Klimt’s Gold Recreation Ground Trapped Landscape Mask Eyes On – a commentary on people’s perceptions of being hidden and suppressed by mask-wearing. This post may be updated or edited at any time prior to submission. Continue reading Assessment Level 4, November 2020 – images
Not beating about the bush, I find this sort of task difficult because meaning drives my painting and reducing an image to shapes strips it of that. But I know this image because I used it in the previous exercise … Continue reading Part 1, exercise 1:4 – 10 and 20 minute paintings upside down
18th August. This task requires an assembling of five of my found images, overlapped; an A3 sheet of paper, and water-based paint. I have run out of HP watercolour paper so I used black cartridge, painting the blocks of the … Continue reading Part 1, exercise 1:3 – quick and focused
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