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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Assignment 4: Tutor report
Overall Comments This submission seems more focused in terms of following the tasks. You have worked with the instructions more but there seems to be a constraint in letting yourself go with the media you use. You have used mainly black and white media and it is only in the assignments that there is evidence […]
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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 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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Developing Assignment 4, seated figure: Final drawing
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: 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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