Category Archives: Sketchbooks

Before and after pix

I had some very encouraging feedback from my tutor on Assignment 4: The Figure. He suggested that I rework some sketches to give more depth using tonal contrast. The following few pieces I feel have benefitted from being revisited. I feel that the extra shading has been well worth the effort involved. There is moreContinue reading “Before and after pix”

Progress Report: Crisis of confidence

For the past couple of days I’ve been feeling unwell. Consequently I have produced little in the way of process or outcome. The above Tree of Life is intended as a gift for my sister. Her birthday is at the end of the month. A week beforehand, on the 22nd May, Assignment 4 is dueContinue reading “Progress Report: Crisis of confidence”

Part 4: Project 4: Exercise 2: Life drawing

During this second online life drawing session I used coloured pencils in an A3 sketchbook as well as two drawings on black A3 paper using white chalk. I found that when I used the chalk I was more committed to making a mark in that it’s not so easy to erase (than pencil on cartridgeContinue reading “Part 4: Project 4: Exercise 2: Life drawing”

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”

Sketchbook

OK, confession time. I find it incredibly challenging to maintain a sketching habit – in fact any habit that is generally good for me. I do realise that, in order to consider myself to be an effective artist, I need to change that fact, and pretty damn quickly. The following are pages from my sketchbookContinue reading “Sketchbook”

Assignment 3: More Preparation

I haven’t blogged in so long I have almost forgotten how. Almost, but not quite. .. as simplified from the following… I changed my mind about the subject for assignment 3. I decided to save the “Lovers Entwined” for the next unit in the module to do with figurative work. Instead I noticed this chanceContinue reading “Assignment 3: More Preparation”

Assignment 3: Preparation

I did these two sketches today. I like the potential of contrasting colour and light effect between the front of the West facing houses on the right to the dark purple/grey foreboding of the sky. Both drawings are in my sketchbook, which is – somewhat awkwardly – square rather than “A” series aspect ratio. ThisContinue reading “Assignment 3: Preparation”

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”

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