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: Masters of detailed drawing
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Miscellaneous: I’m back to the course
I made a complete pause from all things drawing. The last two months I was completely busy caring for my cat Paula. The chemotherapy which was supposed to bring the Leukemia to a remission had to be stopped, because the side effects were so heavy that they almost killed her. She went through a severe […]
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Miscellaneous: ‘Work of Art’ TV Series
During the time I was working on the project exploring coloured media, I followed up a recommendation of a fellow student pointing to the TV Series ‘Work of Art’. This series is a reality TV show about a group of artists who compete for a price of 100.000 USD and a personal exhibition at an […]
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Miscellaneous: My cat Paula
Unfortunately, the positive news about the possibility for treatment of Paula’s condition with antibiotics were premature. Further analyses confirmed a different diagnoses. Paula suffers from lymphatic leukaemia. This illness is one of the few that respond quite well to chemotherapy, and I’ve decided that we will give it a try. If luck is with us, […]
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Exploring coloured media
I understood as the main focus of this project to explore the variety of coloured media that I have at my disposal, with the aim of getting acquainted and finding out what each medium does best. One element of the instruction was also to experiment with stippling and hatching to achieve tone and colour. For […]
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Miscellaneous: Approaching part II
Today I have “submitted” Assignment 1. In this case, the submission consisted in an e-mail informing my tutor that I had completed the work on part I, referring to the appropriate sections of this blog and including the two assignment drawings as attachments. I don’t know if this is a proper and digestible form of […]
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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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