My strategy for this exercise is to use my own work for the imported materials (there is a lot of this as I’ve just cleared out two portfolios full of work from previous modules and available now as ‘resources’) and … Continue reading Implied texture: ex 1, option 1.
The background This first exercise, collect/make/arrange, requires the grouping of a number of objects, loosely related in some way, on a table that can remain in situ for the duration of Part 2. Then to add to the collection by … Continue reading Part 2, project 1 – contemporary approaches to still life
Abstract art is not my favourite genre to view so it’s not surprising I’m finding it difficult to find a way into this task. First though, I found some shapes in a Hoya plant in the conservatory, took a photo, … Continue reading Part 5, project 3, exercise 1 – abstraction using natural objects
Impasto is the technique of applying paint thickly, often unmixed, with a brush, palette knife, pebble, or other implement. It can either then be left to dry in ridges or blended in situ. This task was to make three painted … Continue reading Part 5, project 1, exercise 1 – impasto
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
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
There were several options for this exercise, from a self portrait in a known context, to a celebrity in one’s own home, through to a known person in a fictional background. My first step was to look through various photographs … Continue reading Part 3, project 3, exercise 1 – figure in an interior
I was ready to paint this straight off; angry with the world for its negligence when it comes to wildlife and the consequences this has unleashed on us, this could be subtitled ‘the corona years 2020-2021’ because that is how long this will last for anyone in the older age bracket or with other vulnerabilities in the absence of a vaccine. I’ve used a limited palette of phthalo blue, titanium white, Payne’s grey, alizarin crimson, and dab of sap green on some A2 cartridge prepared with transparent gesso and a wash of Naples yellow/Payne’s grey mix. I applied the paint … Continue reading Part 3, project 2, exercise 1 – self portrait
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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