Assignment 4 – Maureen Walker's blog: An Artist's Journey

Before and after pix

I had some very encouraging feedback from my tutor on Assignment 4: The Figure. He suggested that I rework some sketches to give more depth using tonal contrast. The following few pieces I feel have benefitted from being revisited. I feel that the extra shading has been well worth the effort involved. There is moreContinue reading “Before and after pix”

Part 4: Project 6: Exercise 3: Portrait from memory or imagination

A1 mountboard with kraft paper applied with spray mount adhesive. Coloured pencils. Having today already finished a self portrait for Exercise 2: Your own head, as follows: …I felt the need to play and have a bit of fun next. Influenced by looking at Pavel Kuragin’s drawings and collages, I took a leaf out ofContinue reading “Part 4: Project 6: Exercise 3: Portrait from memory or imagination”

Assignment 4: Seated Figure: Line

Similarly to my reclining figure, I found it extremely difficult to separate line and tone in this drawing, which is meant to be line only. My mark making became a little impatient. I spent 90 minutes all told on this. I needed to visualise areas such as the hand on the left side (as seen)Continue reading “Assignment 4: Seated Figure: Line”

Part 4: Project 4: Exercise 2: Standing figure

I originally did a life drawing class in place of this exercise. As my model was available today, I felt the need to add a more involved study. The following is roughly A1 size kraft paper using chalk and coloured pencils. As I was drawing in the morning on a bank holiday, I felt myContinue reading “Part 4: Project 4: Exercise 2: Standing figure”

Assignment 4: Portrait

I drew the following self portrait using highlighter pens in pastel shades as well as coloured pencils and graphite pencil on A3 paper. I like the slightly haunted look, though this was incidental due to my look of concentration as I peered at myself in the mirror. It is not easy to detach from anContinue reading “Assignment 4: Portrait”

Assignment 4: Reclining Figure: Tone

I found it difficult to not draw at least some lines in with the tonal shading just to add definition. I started with a sketch on A3 paper (below) just to get the placement of the figure right on the page. Then I took my black conte stick and applied it to A1 cartridge paperContinue reading “Assignment 4: Reclining Figure: Tone”

Part 4: Project 6: The Head: Exercises 1: Facial features & Exercise 2: Your own head

A1 cartridge paper using coloured crayons and chalk I had fun with these exercises reprising a technique I discovered earlier in this module: complementary colours in place of tonal values. I like drawing in colour. Complimentary colours have such an immediate impact. I shall draw using a limited colour palette on Wednesday at my nextContinue reading “Part 4: Project 6: The Head: Exercises 1: Facial features & Exercise 2: Your own head”

Part 4: Project 2: Exercise 2: A Longer Study (enlargement)

I started this about 03:00 today. I began with the scanned drawing which I then uploaded to Irfanview. I segmented it, printed the separate parts onto A4 sheets and reassembled them onto white A1 mountboard. More by luck than design, it fitted. It was a case of playing around. It went through the following renditions:Continue reading “Part 4: Project 2: Exercise 2: A Longer Study (enlargement)”

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”