Due to Covid-19 and the impracticable social distancing rules, I have to wear a face mask to work at the moment. It’s interesting how much you can gauge from someone’s expression just through their eyes. But there is no doubt that much of the meaning is lost with half the face concealed. These are theContinue reading “Research Point: The Face”
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Part 4:Project 6: Exercise 3: Portrait from Memory or Imagination
I wanted to use the following image from my sketchbook. It’s more of a doodle really. But doodles can sometimes lead to ideas. I flipped through a few books featuring images of faces. One such book entitled “The Face” had several pictures which caught my attention. Using them as prompts, I drew the following: ThereContinue 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”
Research Point: Self Portraits
In a way, all Art is a form of self portraiture, as it is difficult to separate the Art from the Artist. We leave traces of ourselves wherever we go. Similarly to those who choose to reproduce themselves biologically, in executing a self portrait, we artists are often driven to seek out a form ofContinue reading “Research Point: Self Portraits”
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 5 prep
I started today by looking at two self portrait sketches: Deciding the first image was the stronger for what I had in mind, I flipped it on my phone and printed it off A4 size. I went over what was a weak print with black biro. I then laid out 8 x A4 sheets ofContinue reading “Assignment 5 prep”
Update: Progress Report: Summary of Work to Date
I thought I’d give myself a tool for “at a glance” reference purposes. I used an HP Sprocket to print off 2″x3″ pix. It’s a not absolutely necessary and quite expensive gadget, but useful all the same. This arrangement on a folded A1 sheet of paper reminds me how far I have come since beginningContinue reading “Update: Progress Report: Summary of Work to Date”
Research Point: Structure of the Human Body
Human body structure is perhaps most famously recorded in the notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci. From Vitruvian man to sketches of a sectioned womb – complete with foetus. The following website details features in the publication “Leonardo da Vinci: Anatomist”. Martin Clayton and Ron Philo explore the artist’s extensive notebooks on human anatomy. https://www.rct.uk/collection/search#/2/collection/912640/the-muscles-of-the-shoulder-torso-and-leg-and-a-skirmish InContinue reading “Research Point: Structure of the Human Body”
Research Point: Human Figure
Egyptian Musicians and Dancers (c. 1400BCE) Tomb of Nebamun (see pictured above) The human figure is so prevalent in art, we tend not to notice its ubiquitous nature. Abstract art can leave the viewer searching for the “missing” figure as in Kandinsky’s Cossacks ((1910-11), Tate Gallery) https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/kandinsky-cossacks-n04948 which contains only the slightest reference to itsContinue reading “Research Point: Human Figure”
Research point: Reaction to John Berger’s “Ways of Seeing” Episode 2.
In drawing the nude a lot depends upon the approach of both the artist and the model. Though my online sitter is not an 18 year old “Venus”, she is in possession of natural curves and folds of flesh which make for aesthetically appealing drawings. When delving deeper into what makes the nude female formContinue reading “Research point: Reaction to John Berger’s “Ways of Seeing” Episode 2.”
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