SEURAT LANDSCAPE WITH HOUSES 1881 Tacita Dean Fatigues, 2012 There are as many different approaches to (landscape) art as there are artists who paint/draw. Every individual has there own take on subject and method of representation Above are images from two artists whose work has similarities. The similarities are the monochrome pallet and the delicate …
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VIJA CLEMINS
In the short clip of film http://www.vimeo.com/22299024 Vija Clemins describes the process she uses to recreate the natural forms she sees into her art. She describes it as re-creating, not copying. The key to this is not mimic but to employ attention span to re-describe what is seen and put it onto another object. She …
LANDSCAPE IN SERIES
Series drawing/painting gives an artist a chance to investigate the same or a similar subject over and over again. An artist may want to do this because they find an actual place intriguing – it may be intriguing because of its beauty. It could also be an interesting concept, media or method of work that …
LANDSCAPE – FROM DIFFERENT ERAS
Below are a selection of work from 5 artists from the part 600 years. I can see many similarities in these pieces, as all are representations of what the artists saw of the world around them. Its the interpretation of that world that seems to differ between the eras. In the earlier pieces of Durer …
REFLECTIONS ON ASSIGNMENT 2
The formative feedback I received for Assignment 2 was extremely useful. Based on this feed back I will now try to develop the following: Start listing materials I’ve used on the back of each piece of work; Try and develop an energetic, more spontaneous and experimental, fresh, looser approach; Dig deeper in the learning log …
EMMA STIBBON
Such powerful drawings! Using tone to more than suggest movement and direction. I can see from this picture how development of tonal drawing skills can improve my own work. The pictures can remain monochrome – not needing colour to enhance them at all. Tonal work is a skill all of its own. My own pieces …
WILLIAM TUCKER
Charcoal Drawings These drawings are big bold and heavy. They are abstract but suggest form and weight. The shapes they make are pleasing and intriguing – like watching smoke rising from a joss stick. The pieces are decorative and monochrome. I can see that the artist enjoys the effect of the charcoal stick. pressing heavily, …
TACITA DEAN
Below – ‘The Montafon Letter’ Chalk on Blackboard I love the vast scale of this piece. Along with the technical detail, its quite breathtaking! How does the artist map and plan out this type of image? How does the artist know where to start? It demonstrates great subtly of tone. Moving from black to white, …
JENNY PURRETT
I enjoyed looking at Jenny Purrett’s work and found it quite inspirational. I enjoyed her sense of scale, loose drawing and use of colour. Below are some of her works that may influence my own work in the future. Above: Silver Birch I find the scale of the drawing above quite amazing. I have questions …
ASSIGNMENT THREE
Perhaps God is the sky!? Above – Final Drawing – Assignment 3 – Expanse I decided on Bedford Park Cemetery for my final drawing, after some consideration. The view I chose seemed to contain elements that needed to be demonstrated: perspective, distance, manmade structures, natural objects, emotion. I had a few views in mind for …
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