The objective of this research point was to look at how Renaissance masters like Leonardo da Vinci and Dürer depicted animals, to make notes and find some images to include in the learning log. Somehow I got carried away with the topic, realizing that I don’t know much about Renaissance masters and wanting to find […]
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Research point: Renaissance masters depicting animals
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Research Point: Ben Nicholson
I began my reading about Ben Nicholson with a Wikipedia article. It mentions that he had been married three times. His third wife was German photographer Felicitas Vogler. I was curious about her but despite her reputation as a landscape photographer, no photograph of herself was available on the net. From the Wikipedia article I […]
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Research point: Detailed observation
This research point asked us to select drawings from artists who work in contrasting ways and to reflect on them: tight, rigorous work versus a more sketchy, expressive style. I selected drawings from Henry Toulouse-Lautrec and Albrecht Durer because I found them illustrative for these differences in approach. Henri Toulouse-Lautrec (1864 – 1901) I […]
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Research point: Masters of detailed drawing
The task of this research point was to select one contemporary and one nineteenth century (or earlier) artist as examples of mastery in detailed drawing, and to reflect on their work. I started the my search with an internet search for ‘contemporary drawings’, and my attention was caught by a very detailed drawing of an […]
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Research point: Max Ernst and Frottage
Taking a break from drawing textures objects (peanuts! – I tried peanuts, this is difficult!), I did some research on Max Ernst. The Wikipedia page gives a nice overview, as expected. Max Ernst (1891-1976) was born in Germany, but later lived in the United States and France. He was married several times. A Google image […]
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Research point: Giorgio Morandi
Giorgio Morandi (1890 – 1964), Italian painter and printmaker who specialized in still life, depicting very simple objects like pots and vases, for example ‘Natura morta’ (1956) (source: Wikipedia). Morandi seemed to have been fascinated by reflected light – he chose the most simple objects and followed the patterns of light and shade on their […]
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Research point: Patrick Caulfield
Patrick Caulfield (1936 – 2005), a British painter and printmaker. He was a formally trained artist and also taught at the Chelsea School of Art. He’s often associated with pop art, although he himself did not like the label. He combined reduced line drawings in a single colour with photorealistic elements, for example in After […]
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Research point: Odilon Redon
Odilon Redon (1840 – 1916) was a french painter, draughtsman and printmaker. Redon is well known as a symbolist painter, but he also made many naturalist paintings. I do not like the strong mystical, surrealist aspects in many of his works, but I admire his sensitive and colourful paintings, when he chose more realist themes […]
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Research point: Eric Ravilious
Eric Ravilous, Vase of Flowers in a garden Eric Ravilious (1903-1942) was an English painter, designer, book illustrator and wood engraver. He became an official war artist in World War II and was killed while accompanying a Royal Air Force air sea rescue mission. He became one of the best known artists in the 1930s. […]
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Research point: Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh, The Flower Garden (1888) I chose this drawing as an example because I liked the garden topic and admired the variety of textures for the plants that van Gogh had created. Remarkably, the walls of the house are the lightest area of the drawing, without any marks. Every other space on the […]
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