Clockwise from top left: Caravaggio, Supper at Emmaus (in part) 1601; FORESHORTENED NUDE JAMES GWYNNE; Lucian Freud, Reflection With Two Children Self Portrait; Sue’s feet, by me April 2020; Saint Eulalia exhibited 1885 John William Waterhouse 1849-1917 Clockwise from top left: William Rimmer, A Dead Soldier, 1871 (taken from Experimental Drawing textbook, Robert Kaupelis); Next …
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4TSj9SgymG8JjwwVFxSxPvF/the-shock-of-the-rude-a-private-view-of-arts-naughty-bits https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/apr/16/art-activist-barbie-protester-feminist-agenda https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jan/31/mary-beard-sits-for-naked-portrait-in-new-bbc-programme https://www.tate.org.uk/art/unlock-art-brief-history-art-undressed The naked figure in artistic practice has been with the human race for many thousands of years. It is however, a controversial subject. On the one hand, a naked model is timeless, without culture or creed and without location. The naked model is ourselves, as we are born, without distraction. A …
To help me on the course of study, I joined a local life drawing class that I had seen asking for new members via Facebook. I was quite nervous at joining the group, as I realised I would be interacting with people in ways that may feel a little uncomfortable to begin with. Firstly, I …
Exercise 1 BASIC SHAPES I found drawing the body as axis lines and shapes very helpful and seemed to improve my image. I was hindered in this exercise as the model was photographed (2D) so I couldn’t move around her for alternative views. Below is a screen shot of the website I was using. Below …
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EXERCISE 1 QUICK STUDIES I drew a couple of quick studies of my husband lying on the sofa, using charcoal and felt pen. I worked from different angles. Drawing from behind his head and from the feet up meant I had to consider foreshortening in the perspective. A4 SKETCHBOOK charcoal The best most successful sketch …
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By late March 2020 the UK had moved into full ‘Corona virus’ home lockdown. This was when I started project four in earnest. My husband was working hard from home and I had no life model to call upon. I did some research and found the website http://www.artmodeltips.com This had many different life models in …
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Exercise 1 Drawing Fabric using Line and Tone I draped a scarf over a garden chair as it was a sunny day outside. The sun was strong, so it threw strong shadows in some areas and made the cloth transparent in others. There were also areas of almost white brightness on the material. It was …
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In the New Year, knowing that part four of the drawing course was ‘The Figure and the Head’, I started to explore local groups to join. I was very lucky to find the High Wych group on Facebook. They would meet every Wednesday evening in High Wych community hall, a village only a mile from …
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Back in January 2010 some friends (on Facebook) and I were finding our winter surroundings rather testing. For our great amusement, we started to take photos of what we saw around us, in our towns, every day. It started with sightings of plastic bags in trees and grew from there. We posted our snaps in …
Demonstration of Technical and Visual Skills I feel I am slowly developing a looser approach to drawing. I enjoy using pastels and charcoal and feel I am developing a lighter, more expressive, touch. I feel I had a bit of a breakthrough with the image below. I think it may be, in some ways, more …
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