After doing this drawing I realise how short a two hour period can be. This piece requires further work but as the assignment was to work no more than two hours on the finished piece I felt I could blog it after that time had lapsed. However, I shall work on it some more tomorrowContinue reading “Assignment 3: Waterloo Sunset”
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Assignment 3: More Preparation
I haven’t blogged in so long I have almost forgotten how. Almost, but not quite. .. as simplified from the following… I changed my mind about the subject for assignment 3. I decided to save the “Lovers Entwined” for the next unit in the module to do with figurative work. Instead I noticed this chanceContinue reading “Assignment 3: More Preparation”
Summary: Tutor Feedback from Assignment 2
I received positive comments on this blog having successfully transferred from weebly.com to wordpress.com which is more easily navigable. Positive feedback on my potential for further development as well as the likelihood of passing the end of course assignment should this potential be realised. In order to achieve this I need to focus more onContinue reading “Summary: Tutor Feedback from Assignment 2”
Part 3: Project 5: Exercise 2: Study of a townscape using line
Continuing on in playful mood, I find that early on in a drawing, I rapidly find myself reluctant to finish. This distrust of completion – or just plain laziness, if you prefer – ever plagues my creative output. I have several incomplete pieces inspired by the exercises in this Part 3 of the course. IContinue reading “Part 3: Project 5: Exercise 2: Study of a townscape using line”
Part 3: Project 1: Exercise 3: Study of several trees
I did the following preliminary sketches before embarking upon the above drawing. I was working from a photograph as Storm Dennis was in full sway thus preventing direct observational drawing. As I drew these sketches, I thought about my influences for landscape drawing. David Hockney came to mind. I’d seen his exhibition at the RoyalContinue reading “Part 3: Project 1: Exercise 3: Study of several trees”
Jumping ahead: Part 3: Project 5: Exercise 4: Statues
Project 5: Exercise 4: Statues I realise I’m meant to do the exercises in sequence but I saw this statue and felt the urge to make my own impression from it. I drew the following sketch of a statue from life at the Wallace Collection in London. It was a foretaste of the above whichContinue reading “Jumping ahead: Part 3: Project 5: Exercise 4: Statues”
Picasso and Paper
In my last post I included the above picture. I’d like to add that I feel we can learn a lot from the spontaneity of children – specifically children under the age of ten. I believe that such latent creativity is what lies dormant in mere mortals in later life – whereas the likes ofContinue reading “Picasso and Paper”
Part 3: Project 2: Exercise 3: 360° Studies
I actually enjoyed the monotony of picking out the window panes here. Perhaps I was feeling guilty for the lack of painstaking drawing within the last composition. I think, if I were to choose a composition from these different angles I would go for the South view. This is due to the variety in levelsContinue reading “Part 3: Project 2: Exercise 3: 360° Studies”
Part 3: Project 2: Exercises 1&2
It’s been a whole week since I last blogged. Nothing much has happened drawing-wise. Now I’m playing catch up. I knew I wouldn’t have the patience required to add all those negative space rectangles in the shopping trolley. That’s why I opted for white pencil on black paper – because I’m essentially a lazy person.Continue reading “Part 3: Project 2: Exercises 1&2”
Assignment 2
The checklist for this assignment specifies Use of colour Appropriate medium Composition and context Mark making and contrasts of line and tone Depiction of form Experimentation By choosing a busy corner of my studio for this assignment I achieved contrast in colour use. I went for a loose style, using conte sticks and oil pastels,Continue reading “Assignment 2”
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