I began with best intentions… Drawings 1 and 2: View over a field of tombs, framed by trees … but wasn’t satisfied what I produced. The task permitted only 15 minutes per drawing. I felt stressed and drew hastily from my photographs taken on a trip to the Brooklyn Cemetery. It felt like I […]
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Part 3 Review: Sketchbook walk II
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More artists: Georgia O’Keeffe
Georgia O’Keeffe was an American Painter (1887 – 1986), “recognized as the Mother of American Modernism” (Wikipedia). I became curious when I found her in the series of stamps “American Artists 1913- 31” by the United States Postal Services. I had often heard her name but never taken a closer look. After my move to […]
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Drawing skills: Inktense coloured pencils
I bought my Inktense pencils a while ago, after I read in the student forums that people were so amazed by them. I hadn’t really had the time to explore these until now. At the occasion of my review of part three, I made a sunset cloudscape drawing using Inktense coloured pencils. I was dissatisfied […]
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Part 3 Review: Drawing cloud formations
For my review of part 3, drawing outdoors, I’m beginning a new sketchbook. This time I chose one with heavier and more robust paper (160 gms) that will hopefully be appropriate for wet media, too. I will do the exercises not necessarily in the order they appear in the course materials, because I need a […]
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Part 4 Follow-up: Self portraits II
Looking at my work for this part of the course after having completed the assignment, I became aware that I had made only two self-portraits. I liked both, but wanted to try out more media and see whether I was able to depict myself more realistically and improve resemblance. I made four more drawings so […]
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Part 4 Follow-up: The moving figure II
After finishing assignment four, I realized that I had not completely worked out this project. There were several more sketches in my little sketchbook that I took with me, but I found it very difficult to draw during daytime when I work and so the drawings lacked dedication. My mind is busy and I’m stressed, […]
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More artists: Paul Noble, Charlotte Verity, Piet Mondrian, Leon Kossoff
My tutor suggested in the report on assignment 3 that I take a closer look at these four artists: Paul noble – For personal interpretation of townscapes in pencil. Charlotte Verity – Trees for fluidity and sense of movement. Piet Mondrian’s trees – again for the use of manipulation of media. Leon Kossoff – energy […]
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More artists: Paul Klee
Paul Klee, born in Switzerland of German origin, 1879 – 1940 I received an advert for the Paul Klee exhibition at Tate Modern, London. I always liked the subtle tonality of Paul Klee’s paintings, and I was immediately curious what kind of drawings he may have made. A brief Google image search brought up wonderful […]
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Developing Assignment 4, reclining figure: More studies and final drawing
1) Upper body, oil pastel on paper, 48 x 36 cm Reviewing my earlier studies, I found that the small soft paint pastel study of the arm and shoulder looked quite interesting, despite the restricted palette. I decided to do a follow-up study using oil pastels and see whether I could get closer to […]
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Developing Assignment 4, reclining figure: photo source and first studies
I began preparations for this drawing today with a photo session with myself as a model. I had briefly considered to make photos of other people, for example of visitors to Central Park. But there was the weather risk and I did not want to wait for the week-end with beginning to work for the […]
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