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Quick sketch

It’s odd. I had what ended up being a bit of a crap day. I narrowly missed out on a new job which I’d interviewed for via Skype towards the end of last week. Yet I still managed to draw the following: However, yesterday I was feeling pretty damned good and managed only this meagreContinue reading “Quick sketch”

New acquisition

Finally picked up a steel plan chest on eBay. We went for an A2 sized one in the end rather than A1. The footprint of the larger size would have been too much for my overcrowded studio space. But now I can store all those drawings in the smaller rack that are risking exposure toContinue reading “New acquisition”

Part 4: Project 1:Exercise 1: Drawing fabric using line and tone

This was trickier than I thought it would be, consequently I spent quite a bit of time on this exercise. The 5 min sketches were the most challenging as I found myself drawing contours where the fabric folded underneath itself and was therefore unseen. I ended up with lots of calligraphy-practice-type loops. I stuck withContinue reading “Part 4: Project 1:Exercise 1: Drawing fabric using line and tone”

Assignment 3: Tutor Feedback

Build texture by reworking lines in chalk on black paper. Use an eraser to define smudged lines of chalk. Build up layers of colour. Finish pieces by adding detail. For example the 360° exercise. The West and South views could use colour/texture on the sky and on parked cars. I find I have a fearContinue reading “Assignment 3: Tutor Feedback”

Sketchbook

OK, confession time. I find it incredibly challenging to maintain a sketching habit – in fact any habit that is generally good for me. I do realise that, in order to consider myself to be an effective artist, I need to change that fact, and pretty damn quickly. The following are pages from my sketchbookContinue reading “Sketchbook”

Assignment 3: Waterloo Sunset: Amendment

Hopefully the added colour has improved this landscape I submitted for assignment 3. I feel I have bitten off a bit more than I can chew on this scene. Trying such a complex view in a two hour stint was I mistake, I realise now. Earlier pieces in the unit have been more successful dueContinue reading “Assignment 3: Waterloo Sunset: Amendment”

Part 3: Project 4: Exercise 1: Parallel Perspective: Amendment

I originally felt I did okay at this exercise. It’s a very good gauge of how I need to adjust my hand/eye coordination. But I thought the results were not too bad. I didn’t overwork the line drawing as I was aware I’d be drawing bold lines over it to indicate perspective. I seem toContinue reading “Part 3: Project 4: Exercise 1: Parallel Perspective: Amendment”

Research Point: LS Lowry, David Hockney

I love LS Lowry’s work. I like any artist’s work that seeks to strip a subject down to its essence. Another artist who achieves this is Alfred Wallis. I first came upon him in Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge (well worth a visit) There are some of his paintings in The Tate, St Ives. In hisContinue reading “Research Point: LS Lowry, David Hockney”

Play Time

Does this count as a landscape? I suspect it falls more into the category of illustrative art rather than fine art. I had fun creating this. The colours and composition used are from a long lost picture I did for my niece on her 7th birthday. Now my niece is in her 30s and hasContinue reading “Play Time”

Research Point: Landscape Artists

A while ago, I discovered a thin but nevertheless criminally expensive volume on Lina Bo Bardi in the Serpentine Gallery in London. Despite its price tag I had to have it, because I loved her drawings. They were not all necessarily the most technically adept but had a naivety that appealed to me. It putContinue reading “Research Point: Landscape Artists”