The focus is to be a part of the house, or maybe three different parts of the house, drawn as tondos. I chose the latter and used Inktense pencils for the task which I also dampened and brushed out with … Continue reading Part 4, exercise 4-2, three pencil drawings
This section brought up memories of circular horrors marching up the staircases of elderly aunts so I wasn’t looking forward to it. In the end, though, it’s just a painting that’s round instead of rectangular and because of that, draws … Continue reading Part 4, exercise 4-1/4 – the tondo
The task suggests looking at some of the artists mentioned in the introduction to this part of the module and so I began by searching for Iain Andrews as his is the first name in the text. It sits next to an illustration of one of his pieces of work but as this is undated and has no title, it wasn’t retrievable. Other works of his seem not to be in this format but have a similar style – surrealistic images and allusions to content evidently equated with Freud’s analytic theories. Andrews is an art psychotherapist (not a psychologist as … Continue reading Part 4, research point 1 – painters of tondos
This came to me via a fellow OCA traveller in one of our groups. I can’t say anything about it just now because I’m less than half way through and it’s too exquisite for casual words. This though, this use of technology to open art up to a larger audience, to give us room to see without the crush of crowds, to let us pause the video to look for longer at something that takes our attention; this is the way forward, this is how to engage the audiences who might never visit a gallery in their lives. Watch full … Continue reading Virtual tour of the RA Summer exhibition
Made in Flamepainter for iPad, animated in Pixaloop, sound track added in Filmora10. Having a post-portrait exhibition techy regressive moment. Continue reading Never perch on an event horizon
I’m bringing this forward from the end of Part 3 to the beginning of Part 4 where it can make the most impact on what comes next. I will post reflection on the formative feedback from Part 3 when that … Continue reading Formative feedback from Parts 1 and 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
Since first lockdown I’ve been trying to make the front of the house a bit more cheery with bunting and painted pebbles. Then for Halloween, I dressed a christmas tree as a witch [because why not?] and put her in the porch with pumpkins, a shiny metal beetle, and some supposedly luminous stones. Steyning Arts portrait exhibition is online for obvious reasons but I’ve popped mine in the porch for anyone passing by to take a glance at – safely of course. Find us on Instagram, Facebook, and Steyning Arts website. Instagram: instagram.com/steyningarts Facebook: facebook.com/steyningarts Steyning Arts website: steyningarts.co.uk *Painting … Continue reading Steyning Arts online portrait exhibition
The task as described is not explicit and could be quite wide ranging so, to anchor my response, and because I don’t know any of these artists, I’ve taken the names listed in the brief and searched for examples of … Continue reading Research 1 – artists using loose paint and/or making monotypes
The last day of British Summer Time this year. Continue reading Wet and windy
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