Thinking about describing form of the figure I look at ‘boxes’ in the body : head, rib cage and the pelvis. The head is a vertical square, the rib cage a vertical rectangular and the pelvis a horizontal rectangular. Robert Zeller, in The figurative artist’s handbook ( 2016) refers to “looking” for these boxes when […]
Project 2 Proportion Exercise 1 Quick studies with model in a comfortable position. During this drawing I found that I was using my fingers more than the charcoal – to correct and or soften lines – I would like to focus on taking longer before putting down a line. I also learned that […]
Project 5 The moving figure Below is a photo taken by Martine Franck – I love the movement and playfulness in this composition. Idea to focus on the motion and the shape of the movement and not detail Exercise 1 Single moving figure drawing moving figures is challenging – It feels that getting the […]
29 September 2018 The figure and the head The challenge is again to put aside what we know and what we think we know as this can blind us to what we really see. I believe that drawing with a life model gives the artist the opportunity to broaden perceptual skills. There is the […]
10 October 2018 Thoughts to carry with me for the rest of the course. Experimenting with art looking at Diptych: Traditionally, diptychs were hinged like books that could be folded. In modern art, it is common for artists to create two separate panels designed to be hung next to one another. Other artists may choose […]
PART A “The whole technical power of painting depends on our recovery of what may be called the innocence of the eye; that is to say, a sort of childish perception of these flat stains of colour, merely as such, without consciousness of what they signify, – as a blind man would see them if […]
The assignment asks of me to draw an outdoor scene of my choice – the view should also allow you to demonstrate your understanding of aerial or linear perspective. My reference to the handbag looking like a window in a previous post on perspective is a thought I would like to continue for this […]
18 Junie 2018 Research point Look at the work John Virtue did whilst being an associate artist in residence at the National Gallery. The context of the research is to find a theme increasingly adopted by contemporary artists who revisit the art historic subject of ‘landscape’ to offer insight into today’s fast changing society. […]
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15 June Starting with this project I was a bit apprehensive – due to my own fears for getting perspective right. I tried to focus on the basic rule of perspective and let my mind move towards the vanishing point. Exercise 1 Parallel perspective – an interior view I did a sketch whilst standing in […]
8 June 2018 Research point on drawing natural elements Some artists adopt a similar approach to drawing other natural elements, for example the sea or the night sky. The notes encourage me to look at images by Vija Celmins to aid me in how I will attempt the first exercise of this project, namely […]