Today was the first day of my figure drawing class. I thought it would be a good idea to integrate the drawings into the blog to document any development compared to my attempts during part 4 with myself in the mirror as a model. There were some initial warm-up exercises with charcoal and then we […]
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Follow up: Figure drawing class
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Assignment 5: Response to tutor report
After receiving the tutor report, I felt like giving up the entire OCA project because I was so disheartened. I also felt that the main critique point which I read between the lines, that of not having made something exciting out of my subject, was a consequence of how I interpreted course instructions. Rather than […]
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Assignment 5: Tutor report
Overall Comments You have been quite held back in this submission and although you have tried all the exercises and followed the guidelines, there could have been more personal interpretation coming through, particularly in ways of depicting the object in alternative ways, working out of your comfort zone and challenging yourself. By investigating the materials […]
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Assignment 3, Version 2
It was very clear to me that part 3 of the course was quite weak and needed follow-up studies. Therefore I repeated several exercises, included earlier in the blog. Then I decided it was time to give it another try for the assignment piece, the view from a window. I had selected the view from […]
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Developing Assignment 5: Observation in nature
Review of the learning process through this project The greatest surprise in this project was the torn paper collage. I had no idea how to approach this, and then it turned out that following my instinct I created an image that worked for me. But I acknowledge that this did not come out of nowhere. […]
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Torn paper collage
Initially I was very skeptical about this exercise and had difficulties finding my way into it. Somewhat confused and lacking orientation, I decided to simply jump into it and see what would happen. I did not want to do a mosaic approach. I preferred to work with larger pieces of paper that would fit by […]
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Looking closer
I started this exercise giving me the freedom to do what I felt like doing: Exploring the scratching technique using oil pastels. I took an A3 sheet of white paper and laid a pale green base layer, then worked over this with pale yellow. This was to be my light colour. I then added a […]
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Introducing colour
Being still in the mood of the tonal study, later that day I proceeded to the ‘introducing colour’ exercise. I wanted to further develop the scratching approach. I thought it might be interesting to use the technique on a wash as base layer and therefore wanted to experiment with my watersoluble wax crayons. I chose […]
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Tonal study
During the day, I set up the celery root on my drawing table and spent some time finding a good positioning and lighting. I wanted the light to bring out the irregular surface texture of the root. I decided that this idea would work better when using artificial light and postponed the task until the […]
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Research point: Artists’ line work
Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868 – 1928) was a Scottish architect and designer. He was aprominent figure in art nouveau in the 1920s and founding member of ‘The four’, a group creating the influential ‘Glasgow Style’. I found beautiful drawings, many colorized with watercolour. Mackintosh captured the essential shapes in a very elegant style. The line […]
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