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Ass1 Negative spaces explanation
An explanation from my tutor about the topic in Assignment 1 that I just didn't understand where I went wrong.Finally I get it! I HAD painted the negative spaces; I fully understood the concept but I...
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Assignment 3, Project 4 Stage 2, Stage 3 Stage4, Stage 5
Project 4, Stage 5 Stage 1Scanning vertically Stage 3 Drawing from right to left Stage 4 Pictures belowStage 5What have you achieved?When I look at the paintings I’ve done for this section I’m very...
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Assignment 3, Stage 6 Composition Theory
Stage 6 Theoretical StudiesComposition.For this section I read the books “The Secret Geometry” by Charles Bouleau , “Composition in Art” by Henry Rankin Poore and “The Story of Art” by Gombrich.I found...
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Level 6 Project 1 Stages 1-3
Stage 1Stage2Stage 2 extraI wasn't happy with my choice of just shades of yellow for the last one above so I did another one which pleases me better both in colour and construction.Stage 3What have you...
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Level 6 Project 2 Geometry
Stage 1 Hidden Geometry.The pictures need to be enlarged to read comments on the geometryStage 2 A Geometric Grid.
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Level 6 Project 2 Stage 4
Stage 4 What have you achieved?The diagonal divisions of the rectangles have obviously repeated themselves in every drawing but I also used several triangles and pentagons. This was not deliberate....
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Louis Comfort Tiffany
Having reached the section in Gombrich’s “The Story of Art” that covers the Impressionists through Art Nouveau, I decided to visit the Haworth Gallery in Accrington, home to the worlds largest...
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Level 6 Project 3 Stages 1&2
CompositionStage 1Using Preliminary StudiesSketches.Sketches for all suggestions plus tonal sketch for final painting..Large object cutting across at least 2 sides. . long thin object leading into...
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Level 6 Project 3, Composition Stage 3. Tutor report assignment3
Composition in Practice.3 x A3 sketches2 x A2 Paintings..I did more than three sketches for these paintings because I had several ideas and couldn’t decide which would work best.i- a composition...
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Assignment 4. The Impressionists and Photography. Level 7
The Impressionists and PhotographsIn all the history of art, perhaps no style of painting has so captured the public’s imagination, or has had such enduring influence as Impressionism. At the same...
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Painting and Photography Level 7.
Using Press photographs or photographs you have taken yourself, explore ways in which you could use photographic images.The following studies are suggestions for working with photographs. The first...
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Level 7 Painting and Drawing
Working DrawingsWalter Sickert (1860-1942) is considered one of Britain’s greatest modern impressionist painters. He established his reputation during the 1880s and 1890s as one of a group of artists...
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Section 7 Painting from Photographs and Studies.
Project 1. Painting from Working DrawingsStage 1 Line drawingThis was my initial line drawing done in graphite because of my allergy to charcoal. I chose this selection because the positions of the...
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Section 7 Project 2 Developing a Shorthand.
Stage 1 Drawing shapesStage 2 Colour notes and numbered tones.I used just 4 tones in this sketch.Stage 3 assessing your informationI decided that I had not included enough colour notes and the tonal...
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Section 7 Project 3 Painting from photographs.
Stage 1 Choosing the photographThe brief stated that I had to choose a photo of something I have seen and know well. It goes on to suggest a local scene but I spent quite a long time in America and...
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Section 7 Project 4, Squaring Up
Stage 1The photograph Stage 2The paintingStage 3What have you achieved?For this exercise I chose a fairly simple picture of a local manor house to square up into a painting although there were some...
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Section 8 The Figure
Project 8 The Figure.TheoryCompare the methods of various Artists in preparing sketches for finished works.Goya’s sketch of the Duke of Wellington was clearly meant to be developed into a painting. He...
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Section 8 The Figure Project 1
Project 1 Figure at a TableStage 1, Stage 2I chose to draw my son sitting at his desk. My working drawing included colour notes and numbers for tones. He is firmly related to the desk but I didn’t show...
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Section 8 Project 2
Level 8 Project 2Artist and ModelStage 1Deciding on the Subject.I found arranging this very difficult. My sitter refused to move from where he always sat and the room was almost impossible to work...
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Section 8 Project 3
Level 8 Project 3Reclining Figure.Stage 1 The subject.Try as I might I couldn’t get anyone to sit for this so I decided to use a photograph from the OCA section on figure drawing where the lady is...
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Assignment 4 Tutor Report
Comments on Report.For once I found no need to email my tutor after his report. I usually have questions or comments but this time his report was so detailed and self explanatory there was no...
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Assignment 5 Expressionism Theory
Expressionism is a style in which the intention is not to reproduce a subject accurately, but instead to portray it in such a way as to express the inner feelings of the artist.There are several...
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Assignment 5. Section 9
Section 9 : Expressionism Stage 1 and 2Oh my word, I did struggle with the first section of this assignment. While I thoroughly enjoyed the theory; the research into the different expressionist artists...
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Assignment 5 Level 10
Level 10 – Painting OutdoorsTheory Landscape Artists I particularly like.I was required to make some sketches in pencil and in colour in a similar style to some artists whose landscape work I admire...
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Looking back at the Course.
Looking back at the Course.When I started this course I wasn’t at all sure whether I would be able to cope with it physically and indeed there have been numerous problems but all have been overcome. I...
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