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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 3: Exercise 2: Fore, Mid, Background

I have an early memory of being taken to the Tate gallery by my mother. I know I was under the age of ten because she died before I reached that age. I must have been impressed by alternative uses of colour in the paintings I saw there that day as later, on returning home,Continue reading “Part 3: Project 3: Exercise 2: Fore, Mid, Background”

Part 3: Project 3: Exercise 1: Composition

Here is an abortive plan for Exercise 2. The first attempt at an actual composition from a sketch facing south from the square outside my block. I went against a friend’s advice and attempted adding a more interesting tree in the foreground. However, as he predicted, the old willow was too heavy for the lighterContinue reading “Part 3: Project 3: Exercise 1: Composition”

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”

Part 3: Project 2: Landscape

It was too overcast to draw clouds, unless I were to post a blank sheet of white cartridge paper. Instead I went for a walk and took photographs of a ramshackle stable block near where I live. I returned home and assembled the following collage drawing. It’s a bit bleak. The building itself wasn’t soContinue reading “Part 3: Project 2: Landscape”

Part 3: Project 1: Exercises 1, 2 & 3

Exercise 3 I did this in an hour and a half. I used cheap coloured paper to give the blue and green background. Then I drew on top with oil pastels. I finally feel as though I’m getting to grips with how best to use these. The silver birch trees are easily distinguished from theContinue reading “Part 3: Project 1: Exercises 1, 2 & 3”

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”