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Part 1: Project 2: Exercise 2: Amendment

Having ”lived with” this picture for a bit I came to realise that the pot on its side looked a bit squished. Hopefully the above is an improvement. The angle of the photo is a slightly different view than from where I was seated to draw. The base of the pot is still too smallContinue reading “Part 1: Project 2: Exercise 2: Amendment”

Part 1: Project 2: Exercise 2: Second Stab at it

Project 2: Exercise 2This is my second and, dare I say it, more successful version of this exercise. I’m really starting to enjoy the regular practice of drawing. Charcoal is not a medium I would ordinarily choose. There is something very satisfying about getting messy fingers by smudging powdered charcoal across a smooth white surfaceContinue reading “Part 1: Project 2: Exercise 2: Second Stab at it”

Part 1:Project 2: Exercise 2: Observing shadow using blocks of tone

Project 2: Exercise 2: Observing shadow using blocks of tone Again, I am surprised at how much detail can be achieved with the use of charcoal alone. I was sorely tempted to brighten up the highlights with the use of soft white pastel. But I didn’t want to deviate too far from the spec. ThoughContinue reading “Part 1:Project 2: Exercise 2: Observing shadow using blocks of tone”

DRAWING Skills: Part 1: Exercise 2: Experimenting with Texture

Experimenting With Texture. The above is my attempt at drawing a used, crumpled up cello bag. I worked out that it would have been more convincing had I put something inside first and then drawn it. Having said that, I’m quite pleased with the outcome. It may not look exactly like a cello bag, butContinue reading “DRAWING Skills: Part 1: Exercise 2: Experimenting with Texture”

JOY

Saving the best til last. I like the way the lines dive before rising triumphantly to the top.

CALM

A close friend remarked that my ”Calm” still looks rather intense. These were my after thoughts on this exercise;

ANGER

I did muster up genuine emotion for this task in spite of the fact that I avoid this particular feeling most of the time. I am strictly conflict averse. That is, except for when I am feeling psychotic. Then I bloom into some fierce machine designed for assertiveness – on the look out for opportunitiesContinue reading “ANGER”

FEAR: THE AFTERMATH

REFLECTIONS ON YESTERDAY’S ACTIVITY

DRAWING 1 DRAWING SKILLS: PART ONE: FORM AND GESTURE

Exercise 1: Experimenting with expressive lines and marks I spent quite some time procrastinating over this exercise. I came up with a plan of study for the next 8 weeks giving myself deadlines for each exercise in this section. Although this was a useful exercise in itself, I felt I was putting off making myContinue reading “DRAWING 1 DRAWING SKILLS: PART ONE: FORM AND GESTURE”

LRC AT UH

It’s 18:02 on Sunday 20th October 2019 and I’m just back from my first ever visit to the Learning Resources Centre at University of Hertfordshire. Of the five books on the reading list for Drawing 1 four appear in their catalogue and two were available on the shelves. One of which, Hoptman, L, ed (2002)Continue reading “LRC AT UH”