I am very lucky to live near Epping Forest. So, I travelled there to find some trees to sketch – though there are plenty of nice subjects everywhere! I downloaded a guide to UK tree shapes and popped it in to my sketch book as a reference tool (I may actually learn to recognize some …
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PART THREE, VIEWFINDER
I read in the course notes about viewfinders and didn’t quite get why they would be necessary. Couldn’t I just choose what to draw and then draw it? However, on going out to the big outdoors to look at subjects I could re-create on paper, the penny dropped. The outside landscape is so vast that …
PART THREE, EXPANSE GOING FORWARD
I am now keen to try and develop a more relaxed, spontaneous and playful approach to creating. I am actually finding this rather a challenge. I think this is because I have spent so many years at work and life trying to be a responsible adult, this aspect of living has been rather lost. Joining …
VISITS OCT/NOV 2019
OLAFUR ELIASSON – USE OF COLOUR, LIGHT AND SPACE ANTHONY GORMLEY – 3D DRAWINGS IN SPACE!
Assignment One Formative Feedback
I found my tutor’s comments and critique gave me confidence and motivation. As a result of the feedback I will now go forward and try out different materials and techniques. I will explore different ways of mark-making, composition and scale of working. I will now try and develop my sketchbook work – keeping my development …
ASSIGNMENT 2
In the paragraphs below I have tried to demonstrate how this assignment piece meets the assessment criteria of the course: Demonstration of Technical and Visual Skills; Quality of Outcome; Demonstration of Creativity; Context Reflection In assignment 2 I tried to pull together some of the elements that I’ve worked on in this part of course. …
Part 2 Intimacy – Research Point 3 Domestic Interiors
MARY COZENS WALKERS WORLD ANTHONY GREEN royal academy org Anthony Green’ images of interiors open up like boxes – so the viewer has a 3D view of many of a room’s surfaces and planes. As well as being a really clever idea and detailed work they allow us a very intimate look at the life …
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Part 2 Intimacy – Research Point 2 Positive and Negative Space
I chose the examples below to show how artists incorporate positive and negative spaces in an effective way. I particularly like the work of Alex Katz, as the pieces convey energy and emotion despite being blocks of colour. I think this is achieved through the composition itself – the angles of the trees and flowers, …
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Part 2 Intimacy Research Point 1 Still Life
I did some reading and net research into the development of still life as a genre. The research took me to Egyptian times with tomb decoration – where objects to go to the afterlife with the deceased were represented. Then, to Roman times – with decorative pieces on the interiors of homes and buildings. I …
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PROJECT 4 At Home Exercise 1 and 2
Exercise 1 Quick Sketches Around the House I sketched the corners of the rooms of the house for ideas. My house is so small that I couldn’t do four sketches per room without an overlap! I found it hard to get inspiration for a pleasing drawing as I find the clutter of random objects that …
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