23 May 2018 Exercise 1 Quick sketches around the house I decided to start in my bedroom. For the first sketch I sat on the kingsized bed, but the angles of my bedside table came our really bad. I draw what I did not see! I then took a front...
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 -...
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....
8 May 2018 Draw a Still Life with objects that trigger a response for me. focus on interesting shapes and angles, and ensure good reflected light in order to create a range of tonality in the drawing, also ensure to use mark making. Work on a sheet of A3 or...
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...
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...
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...