Despite the problems I still had, I felt ready to tackle the assignment. My first step was to provide me with an image that I could use for the main proportions, because I had so many difficulties getting them right from the computer screen or with the printouts I had made so far. I prepared […]
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Developing Assignment 4, seated figure: Final drawing
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Developing Assignment 4, seated figure: More studies
I was very enthused after the first set of studies, but the next set went less well. I was struggling a lot with proportions and details and somehow nothing seemed to work. I was questioning everything and seemed to be running against that old wall. The studies aren’t particularly successful but I’ll include them anyway […]
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Developing Assignment 4, seated figure: First studies
I made a series of preparatory studies over a few days. 1) Compositional sketch of complete scene, black pen in A4 sketchbook (9 October) – The section of the original image works very well for me – Would leave out the second chair, but am not sure about it. Might convey more intensely the idea […]
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Card players
I wanted to overcome the problem of limited access to groups of people which I might draw by searching for photos on the web, then drawing from a photo. I had a spontaneous idea to search for “card players”, and was surprised that practically nothing else but paintings came up. The one I immediately recognized […]
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Response to tutor report #3: Problems and solutions
I’m determined to improve… so I thought it would be a good idea to make myself a list of problems identified in the tutor report, and note down how I will respond or may have already responded. Somehow I’m already less negative about my drawings skills because when I compare my work for part 4 […]
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What else
Today I was outside for a walk in the evening, it was already dark. I came by a tree that was entirely glowing in red light before the background of high-rise office buildings and the dark, cloudy sky. It looked wonderful and I took some pictures with the camera of my mobile phone. Red tree […]
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Assignment 3: Student response to tutor report
Reading the tutor report confirmed what I had expected about the reception of my work in part 3. I’m glad that those few drawings which I found better had indeed passed the test, but for the rest, honestly, I’m devastated. It’s really a question of whether this course and I will ever come together for […]
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Assignment 3: Tutor report
Overall Comments Patricia, although you have tried out several of the exercises in this submission, it is not your strongest. There does not seem to be much development from initial sketches which are preliminary and do not lead towards refined or well executed pieces. You have explained your constraints in your blog and although you […]
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Developing Assignment 4, seated figure: Preparations
The task for this assignment was to make two large drawings, one focusing on line, and the other focusing on tonality. Based on my experience with drawing myself and in view of a definite lack of persons whom I might ask to be my model, I thought I’d approach this task using photographs. Basically, I […]
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Check and log: Self portrait
Which drawing materials produced the best results? Why? For me, the 4B pencil and the coloured pencils worked best. I think this was because of their capacity to create subtle tonal nuances which seems to be important when drawing faces. Does your self portrait look like you? Show it to a couple of frinds […]
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