I went outside during lunchtime and visited the UN garden. It’s a nice place midtown New York with a backyard terrace build right above the Franklin D. Roosevelt Drive, facing the East River. So it offers a nice view over the river, with Williamsburg Bridge to the right and Ed Koch Bridge to Queens on […]
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Check and log: Drawing trees
How many different tree types have you drawn? I drew three different tree types in individual sketches and studies, and around six different trees in the several trees drawings. What techniques did you use to distinguish each type? In the two individual tree sketches, I think it was the type of markmaking for the foliage […]
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Drawing trees
Exercise: Sketching an individual tree It was difficult to decide on a tree for this task. I saw a lot of trees I liked, but they were mostly standing in a group of trees and I couldn’t place myself in proper drawing distance because I would have to look directly in the sun or they […]
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Exhibition visit: Hopper drawing
For several weeks I had seen the announcements for the exhibition of Hopper drawings at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. Time was flying and finally I made it there, three weeks before its closing date (October 6). I had done some preliminary research. The exposition’s website is very informative. The aim […]
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Check and log: Townscapes
How did you use a limited colour palette to create a sense of depth? Overall, I think I did not create much sense of depth with my use of colour. Maybe a bit in that the central building has the most intense colouring, while the buildings behind appear more faded. I used the same brown […]
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Townscapes
Exercise: Study of a townscape using line I found the instructions for this exercise confusing. What was meant by “use two sketchbook pages”? With my portrait bound sketchbook, the double portrait format wouldn’t work for my idea for this drawing. Why would I have to make notes about weather conditions? I couldn’t make sense of […]
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Check and log: Perspective
What problems did you find in executing perspective drawings? I did not perceive the task as particularly problematic. Maybe this is because I have acquired some practice with perspective drawing earlier on, before the course. It’s mainly to find myself back into it. I do make technical errors but I think I can improve on […]
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Perspective
Some notes from the introduction to this project Linear perspective First principle: receding parallel lines meet at a point when extended. Second principle: the meeting point changes with the height of the viewer’s eyes Basic terms of linear perspective Horizon line: The eye level height of the viewer, divides the viewing plane in upper and […]
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Research point: Claude Lorrain and Turner
Look at the work of Claude Lorrain and Turner. Write notes on how those artists divide their landscape into foreground, middle ground and background. Discovering the works of Claude Lorrain My research strategy began with a look at Bridgeman education library, because the task implied looking at paintings and analysing them. The initial search for […]
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Ending the pause!
I can’t believe that it’s already September. The official end of my pause from OCA was by the end of April, but due to relocating to New York and all the associated stress I simply wasn’t able to reserve time and space for coursework earlier. Now things have settled a bit. I have a room […]
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