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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)”

Part 4: Project 3: Exercise 1: Basic Shapes

I spent about 50 minutes on this exercise. I’d erased all the basic shape lines before I realised these were pertinent to this blog post. I found using them useful as a way of measuring. I found the foreshortening effect was more reliably executed by using basic shapes to form the torso, legs and feet.Continue reading “Part 4: Project 3: Exercise 1: Basic Shapes”

Assignment 5: Further thoughts

I’m just playing around a little further with this idea. My aim was to create a cubist type image of a group of women engaged in yoga poses. I’m still not sure it’s going to work. I think the problem is that I’m not working from life but from photographs. Photos are ok but youContinue reading “Assignment 5: Further thoughts”

Part 4: Project 2: Exercise 2: A Longer Study

I had to overcome my sense of empathy for my sitter who, as you may notice from his expression, wasnt entirely comfortable with sitting still for much longer than 10 minutes at a time. Therefore I got the main markers in place: the top of the head, the forearm and elbow on the right ofContinue reading “Part 4: Project 2: Exercise 2: A Longer Study”

Thoughts: Assignment 5

I started with a self portrait above. Its interesting to compare to a self portrait I did aged 25 (I’m now 53) Then I doodled the following: I thought the sketch in the bottom left hand corner might have “legs” so drew it (using a yoga book model as a guide to the warrior poses)Continue reading “Thoughts: Assignment 5”

Part 4: Project 2: Exercise 1: Quick Studies

I have not started a drawing from the midpoint before. I usually begin with the top of the head and work down. I think this explains the slight hesitation at the outset. Initially, I felt limited in the amount of information that I could capture within a 2 minute period. This improved slightly with eachContinue reading “Part 4: Project 2: Exercise 1: Quick Studies”

Part 4: Project 1: Exercise 2: Emphasising Form with Cloth

Being read to, again. Here the soft fabric of the dressing gown envelops the sitter but does not obscure him. The sleeves fall in characteristic “pleats” at the elbows. This time I had a little trouble getting him to appear focussed on the book. The book was a larger one than previously so it wasContinue reading “Part 4: Project 1: Exercise 2: Emphasising Form with Cloth”

Part 4: Project 1: Research Point: John Berger’s Ways of Seeing

Wow. This man saw the future. I think that, in this digital age, this book and television series are especially relevant. I’ve watched just the first episode but shall continue further into the series until the book arrives on my doorstep. He is a good example of someone who successfully unpacks an idea or pointContinue reading “Part 4: Project 1: Research Point: John Berger’s Ways of Seeing”

Sketch of the day

I asked the sitter to remain as he was for a further minute, in order to add white crayon highlights. I have recently discovered that kraft paper is great for varying tonal contrast – a much quicker result than plain cartridge, as there is no need to cover up blinding white paper. I feel IContinue reading “Sketch of the day”

Quick sketch

It’s odd. I had what ended up being a bit of a crap day. I narrowly missed out on a new job which I’d interviewed for via Skype towards the end of last week. Yet I still managed to draw the following: However, yesterday I was feeling pretty damned good and managed only this meagreContinue reading “Quick sketch”