I enjoyed this exercise partly because I decided to work quickly and not labour the image. I left empty space (negative space) within the image and I think this helped improve the overall effect. I may have stopped too early – but I think this may be a way forward for me. Less is more. …
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PROJECT 3 Exercise 3 Experiment with Mixed Media
The first image I produced was proportioned incorrectly – my bunch of bananas were too short and looked like they had been glued to the top of the bowl! The apples were too small too! I liked the energy of the bowl and the colours. I cropped the image down in the photos to show …
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PROJECT 3 Exercise 2 Still Life in Tone using Colour
As I did the exercise I did get quite frustrated, as my drawing lacked the subtly, detail and technique of the picture example in the course file. However, the resulting yellow orange and grey image below was quite punchy and lively – I had worked quickly and hadn’t overthought it. The others images took longer …
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PROJECT 3 Exercise 2 Still Life Using Line
I found some peacock feathers in a bric-a-brac shop. I loved the shape and pattern of them. I thought they would be a good subject for a line drawing as they are made up of hundreds of tiny line structures. I kept the negative shapes and the glass jar very light and loose in contrast …
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PROJECT 2 Detailed Observation of Natural Objects
I took a bag and some children’s scissors and went out into the autumn day to collect a variety of leaves berries, twigs and seeds. I used yellow paper for the image below and was quite pleased with the result – though the drawing is a little clumsy. I found the shapes of leaves and …
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PROJECT 1 COMPOSITION
Picasso – Musical Instruments I had an image of a composition for a group of musical instruments in my head that I wanted to put down on to paper. I wanted the image to be vibrant, energetic and full of life. I tried to map the image so all the energy would explode out of …
DRAWING 1 PART TWO INTIMACY
MATERIALS AND TOOLS I’m quite excited about Part Two as I love working with colour. I purchased a variety of pens, crayons, dipping ink, pencils, oil sticks and pastels. I experimented with all of them! See the sunflower images above. The images I actually liked the best are done with the childrens’ crayons and felt …
Book 1
I haven’t purchased the ‘essential reading’ as yet, but plan to do so before ‘Part Two’. I have, however, used the book below for help. It sources other artists’ drawing techniques and shows how copying and studying them can help develop your own technique. ISBN 0 233 97787 7
Assignment One – Warm Up – Abandoned Versions
I quite liked the fabric in this version, but I wasn’t pleased with the flowers and the penned leaf stem over the mirror – too cartoony!. Hence I got frustrated and chose to abandon this version. The fabric was too flat and too heavy. Once Id overworked the table edge there was no going back!
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