Have you managed to make a complete statement in this time? What were your main problems? I was surprised myself, but in this figure drawing project it was for about the first time that I felt ok with instructions and the task at hand. I felt I was able to draw what was required to […]
Monthly Archives: September 2013
Proportions
I have no model available so decided to draw myself, using a mirror. Luckily the wardrobe in my study has large mirror doors so I can see myself full length or seated without having to take uncomfortable positions. First step: Two 5-minute drawings. I chose my A4 smooth paper sketchbook for this task, and 2B […]
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Reflections at the end of part III
I completed assignment 3 with the A3 drawing of the view, but I did not perceive that drawing as a finished work or as the endpoint in a series. It rather felt like “another unfinished, moderately successful attempt”. I like about the drawing that it maintained some of the freshness of the early sketches. Areas […]
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Developing Assignment 3: View out of the window
Initially I thought about drawing the view out of my terrace door, but there’s only a single plant there and I interpret the instructions that there should be some more natural things included, more than just one medium-sized potted plant. Indeed the view out of the window in my office seems to include everything we […]
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Research point: John Constable, Fir Trees
Constable was a master of observation of the natural world. Look at the character and variety in the trees he has captured in this drawing. This was not explicitly stated as a research task, but since I felt so stuck with my own attempts at drawing trees that I found it might be a good […]
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Some practice on my own
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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