A while ago, I discovered a thin but nevertheless criminally expensive volume on Lina Bo Bardi in the Serpentine Gallery in London. Despite its price tag I had to have it, because I loved her drawings. They were not all necessarily the most technically adept but had a naivety that appealed to me. It putContinue reading “Research Point: Landscape Artists”
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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”
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”
Research: Exhibition: Drawing Room and Whitechapel Gallery
The Exhausted Student Donna Huddleston’s (2019) delicate and autobiographical drawings were great to see. But what I was most impressed by, not having visited this venue before, was the fantastic library of books dedicated to drawing at the back of the exhibition space. I shall make a return here at some point in the future.Continue reading “Research: Exhibition: Drawing Room and Whitechapel Gallery”
Research: Jenny Saville
My reaction to Jenny Saville‘s art is to find it at once grotesque and highly affecting upon the senses. The artist, I feel, seeks to challenge our carefully honed expectations of what a female nude ought to represent. Usually we are invited to rest our gaze upon images that promote ”decorative feminine beauty”. Here, itContinue reading “Research: Jenny Saville”
Part 2: Project 3: Exercise 3: Experiment with Mixed Media
Exercise 3: Experiment with mixed media. I just have to start by saying I learned a lot from this exercise. And though the outcome wasn’t a fully realised image today, it could be on another day. But at this point I have retired from the drawing board for today. Actually it was a square canvasContinue reading “Part 2: Project 3: Exercise 3: Experiment with Mixed Media”
Drawing v Painting: Does it Really Matter?
It was a question raised in an email discussion into which I had been copied. What’s the difference between drawing and painting? There are so many overlapping features to drawing and painting that it is almost impossible to establish where they diverge. You could say painting is more of an indirect application as it requiresContinue reading “Drawing v Painting: Does it Really Matter?”
Research: Steven Shearer
Assignment 1: Summary of Key Points from Tutor Feedback
As suggested, I summarise below the key points from Assignment 1 feedback, together with my reflections on some of the key points. Assignment feedback Use more experimental approaches to exercises. I look forward to doing so. Use camera for further experiments with “drawing” in widest sense. I certainly shall! Regard course material as a guide:Continue reading “Assignment 1: Summary of Key Points from Tutor Feedback”
Research: Toba Khedoori
I like this artist’s work. I like her spare and delicate minimalist style, her technical ability is in evidence. I liked ”Windows” as it reminds me of the above reductive lino print I produced. However, I have included figures behind the window panes. They are subtly lit, slightly secretive and furtive characters: perhaps lovers inContinue reading “Research: Toba Khedoori”
Maureen Walker's blog: An Artist's Journey 