That’s it, all done and dusted, assessed and graded. For anyone still in the throes of completing this module, and any new starters for as long as it has any relevance, I am leaving the blog here so you can … Continue reading Farewell, Drawing Skills 1
This exercise uses found images again, this time on 10 prepared postcard sized backgrounds – 5 black and 5 white. I used Aquarelle HP watercolour paper which is quite solid and relatively robust, although I discovered it is not up … Continue reading Part 1, exercise 1:2 – black and white
The task here is to use, I think, of one image on different kinds of background using dilute paints or inks of various kinds, and also varnish. I had available acrylic, watercolour, gouache, ecoline inks, and both polymer and spray … Continue reading Part 1, exercise 1:1 – painting thin and small
This belongs here because of its relatedness. Made on an 8″ x 10″ re-purposed canvas board but extending beyond its margins it comprises the corrugated packaging designed to protect the fragile contents of a parcel which I’ve stained with acrylic … Continue reading Post-assignment work
Strange times, as they say. I’m lucky to have a garden because I’m likely to be confined to it for some while yet, but fulfilling some of the requirements of a Painting degree has been a challenge. Models/sitters? Exhibitions? Plein … Continue reading Lockdown art #One
This task requires some additional materials such as paper, rags, bits and pieces to stick onto a support and to then paint over, using the texture in the structure of the painting. Of the several available scenarios, I’ve chosen ‘rough … Continue reading Part 5, project 2, exercise 1 – preparing a textured ground
This has been my predominate practice of late and so I hope I’ve begun to show already some of the learning points this exercise is designed to cover. Specifically, interpreting rather than transcribing, attending to composition and being selective, and … Continue reading Part 4, project 5, exercise 3 – working from a photograph
Or gridding as it’s otherwise known. This is the process of enabling mapping across two visual areas – one a photograph, the other a sheet of support – whereby the first is divided into equal squares (or rectangles) which is … Continue reading Part 4, project 5, exercise 2 – squaring up
This exercise requires three drawings (paintings) of the same very familiar scene – a corner of a room, perhaps – in line, tone, then colour. The challenge then is to translate these into a painting and ask whether or not … Continue reading Part 4, project 5, exercise 1 – painting from a drawing
There is only one exercise requirement for project 4 and as things stand, it’s impossible to achieve. Working with photographs is the next project but, as with many instances during this course, I’ll need to do that here. I’m going … Continue reading Part 4, project 4 – painting a landscape outside
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