I did some research to learn about pastel drawing. I came across the great names of classical artists, especially Degas with his beautiful ballet dancers. I will look at them at a later time. I also looked for inexpensive study pastels at an art supplier, who had also listed some books on pastel techniques. There […]
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Miscellaneous: Pastel mark making and tonal study
I would like to get better at drawing with pastels… I did a brief internet search for tutorials on this technique and read some tips here and there. I saw too many photorealistic pastel drawings of pets and portraits, this is a style I don’t like. I’d like to do it differently… To get some […]
Still life sketches of made objects
I chose simple wooden musical instruments: Maracas (wooden stick attached to a coconut bowl which is filled with rough sand) and Cuban claves (cylindrical wooden sticks that are struck together to set the rhythm of a piece). I tried out three arrangements: Landscape format, light from the side and viewpoint at 90° from the light […]
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Check and log: Reflected light
What are the difficulties in separating cast shadow from reflected light and shade? I found it difficult to achieve an overall balanced pattern of shadow and lights. It was too easy to overdo the contrasts and create “holes” by making lines or areas too dark. The reflected shadow and light follows the contours of the […]
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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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Shadows and reflected light and shade
The task was to draw two objects with reflective surfaces with charcoal on a large sheet, including the reflections of shadow and light on the surface, and using putty rubber to work out hightlights. I selected two metal cooking pots for this drawing. I chose large ones, to have more surface on which to observe […]
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Study of light reflected from one object to another
The task was to select two or three objects with a shiny surface, place a light source at one side and then draw the objects with the patterns of shadow and reflected light. Page 1: B/W pencil drawing of two objects It took me quite long to decide on the objects for this drawing. I […]
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Check and log: Tone and form
How difficult did you find it to distinguish between light from the primary source and secondary reflected light I’m not sure whether I have understood what is meant by this and if have seen it at all. Probably I should do some research on this topic, trying to find examples to be sure that I […]
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Drawing skills: Secondary reflected light
When asked in the Check and Log section for Part I, Project 3: Tone and Form, whether I found it difficult to distinguish between light from primary source and secondary reflected light, I realized that I wasn’s sure whether I had understood these concepts. A Google search brought up several sources, of which I have […]
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