This project is asking me to consider the use of linear and aerial perspective in landscape. Linear perspective refers to the vanishing point. There is a horizon line and all parallel lines will meet at the vanishing point. This creates the illusion of depth within the picture. Linear perspective is particularly useful when painting an... Continue Reading →
Assignment 3 – Reflection on formative feedback
Part three was a bit of a struggle and I was nervous to get feedback from my tutor. Once again she has been fantastic; encouraging and making suggestions as to how I can move forward. Feedback on Assignment My tutor said that I worked well and recognised that I had persevered with the painting and... Continue Reading →
Looking out – Project 1: From inside looking out
Exercise 1: View from a window or doorway I have a few ideas for this part but decided to look at the suggested artists first before deciding my approach to this exercise. Raoul Dufy 1877 - 1953 Dufy was a French fauvist painter who used bright and bold colours. I picked a couple of paintings... Continue Reading →
Assignment 3
I have been looking forward to doing this assignment since I started part 3. I finally have access to a live model other than myself. My work colleague has volunteered to do some modelling for me and she is happy to pose nude if necessary. I have already chosen the title ‘Josephine’ as this is... Continue Reading →
A little painting at work….
I work for a local memorial mason and for years I have been joking to my bosses that I should be a letter cutter rather than working in the office. They finally let me loose on a memorial today where a sandblasted rose needed to be painted with some detail and colour matched to an... Continue Reading →
Assignment 3 – Research
Thinking that I might use a mirror to reflect my model’s image in assignment 3, I decided to do a little research to find artists that had also used reflected images to see how they approached the subject. Alice Pike Barney - Mirror reflection 1911 https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/mirror-reflection-1269 This is a very gentle pastel on canvas. I... Continue Reading →
Portrait and Figure – Project 3: People in Context
Exercise 1: Figure in an Interior Once again I do not have access to a model at the moment for this exercise and I really do not want to tackle a self-portrait again so out come the photographs….. Having spent a good hour looking and rejecting numerous photos, I have realised that most are taken... Continue Reading →
Part 3: Research 3 – Figures in Interiors
Edgar Degas - Interior 1868-9 https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/degas-sickert-and-toulouse-lautrec/degas-sickert-and-toulouse-7 I have long been fascinated by this painting and indeed use a postcard of it I bought from a gallery many years ago as a bookmark. This is an oil painting that portrays a woman seated on the left and almost hunched over the back of a chair, her... Continue Reading →
Part 3: Research 2 – Portraits conveying mood & atmosphere
Pablo Picasso - Blue Period 1901 - 1904 Towards the end of 1901 a young Picasso, only 19 years of age entered a period of deep depression where he withdrew from society. This can be seen reflected in his work during this time commonly known as the blue period. In these paintings he often depicted... Continue Reading →
Assignment 2: reflection on formative feedback
My choice of tutorial was a video via Hangouts and a short report. There were areas and paintings in part 2 that I really enjoyed and others that I was less happy with, mainly because of the way I had handled the medium. I was therefore very pleased to get positive feedback for this part.... Continue Reading →
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