The overall comments was that this was a good submission and that I am well placed now for formal assessment. I am looking forward to getting my work ready for the assessment of November. With regards to the assignment my choice of subject was seen as good and some of my discussions where commended by […]
Sharjah Biennial 14th editions during 7March – 10 June 2019 I spent a big part of one day (18 March 2019) at this venue – the city of Sharjah in the UAE organises this two yearly event through the Sharjah Art Foundation. The Biennial feature work of around 80 global artists. The theme is the […]
2019 I opted for a written feedback. Overall Comments I understand the overall feel that the project has more potential and will in the next few days attempt to add to the the drawing with more drawings that explore possible meanings and parallels with regards to migration, our human conflicted relationship with nature and our […]
Select one of the previous four assignments as the starting point for your personal project: The options are: line, space and form your immediate environment outdoors figure and face Life study drawing is a constraint, as access to a model is difficult. I prefer to use the outdoors and landscape to explore and experiment […]
I will here discuss why I chose my subject of Migrating Seagulls, as well as that which influenced me, and the materials and methods that I used. Since moving to Dubai during July 2018 I have been influenced by the atmosphere of the Arabic lifestyle and culture, the colours of the desert is very much […]
March 2018 The overall comments of my tutor is positive – he sees the work as “a successful body of work again – varied, systematic, well-observed studies” This obvious is great encouragement and I realise I have made some progress and learnt a lot during this drawing course. He commented on my research notes in so […]
Thoughts on life studies as a common subject throughout art. Looking at human bodies in art is also a way of looking at ourselves. I interpret the part in the study material (p 86) referring to art history and long traditions of depicting or representing the human head and form, as a challenge to draw […]
For this assignment I will show 2 A1 sized figure studies and a self-portrait. 1 Figure study using line – a seated model in an upright chair Quick drawing in the group in SA – on newsprint paper. During the life figure drawing sessions in Dubai the model held a piece of cloth in her […]
Exercise 1 Facial features “The face, for all of its animation, is a thin layer of soft tissue on top of a surface of inflexible bone. It is most technically accurate when it is depicted in terms of form.” Daniel Maidman. I think the face shows the unique in each human and also relates to […]
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PROJECT 4 Structure Exercise 1 The structure of the human body work in sketchbooks I looked at a a painting Picasso made in 1910 of Ambroise Vollard and a graphite drawing of the same person 5 years later. In the 1910 painting Picasso is immersed in his formulation of Cubism – seeking cones, spheres and […]