18 May 2018 Using a variety of media and different techniques Exercise 1 Still life using line Use an A3 sheet of paper to make a drawn study that shows your understanding of the forms, and the connections and spaces between the forms. Concentrate on patterns, textures and shapes – this exercise is principally an […]
15 May 2018 Focus on natural forms Grass cut like circles – light plays in between and shadows and interesting form of these circles. My photo is taken in our garden – the circles remind me of using negative space to enhance the form and colour of the grass circles. I first did a quick […]
I used the image with the skull as a line study for Still Life – I experimented during the creative process with drawing medium and textures. […]
During April to 8 May 2018 I visited 2 exhibitions by local artists. Invocations to the Plate by Deborah Bell : 12 to 2 June 2018 at David Krut Projects, Parkwood, Gauteng. Deborah Bell is one of South Africa’s most celebrated contemporary artists and works in a range of media on canvas and paper, produces […]
I re worked the first drawing to push the tonal contrasts further, as my tutor suggested. I like the memories it evokes in me. […]
Odilon Redon was a French Symbolist and communicates his emotions and ideas through the expressive use of line, form and colour. I found an online extract of a publication by Harriet K. Stratis, A technical investigation of Odilon Redon’s pastels and Noirs, very helpful in my research work for this project. Redon used the chiaroscuro […]
4 May 2018 Exercise 1 Groups of objects I have to choose at least 6 objects of different sizes and shapes, of which some should be three-dimensional forms made from rectangles and cylinders. I do a few short drawings…I am not comfortable with drawing a see through rectangular box. I understand the idea is to […]
The idea of Part One is to encourage me to draw with feeling and expression. ” The first exercise should be thought of as a warm-up session to help you stretch your drawing muscle, with some temporary drawings.” (study guide page 16) 01/05/2018 Project 1 Feeling and Expression By starting to study Part one […]