Thursday, 20 November 2014

Research Point: Chiaroscuro

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To link to images in this research point, click on the text that is grey. I am fluent in Italian so the direct translation of this term ...
Saturday, 15 November 2014

Working on Different Coloured Grounds

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I started this exercise by making some still life sketches in my sketchbook using charcoal, ink and wash and also using an 8b woodless penc...
Monday, 3 November 2014

Research - Working on Coloured Grounds

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For the Project ,'Working on different coloured grounds' it was suggested that I look at oil sketches by Rubens and by Constable. I ...
Saturday, 18 October 2014

Research Point: Mark Rothko - The Seagram Murals

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These paintings can be viewed on the Tate website by clicking here. I was aware of Mark Rothko and the seagram murals before this research...
Friday, 17 October 2014

Transparent and Opaque: Monochrome Studies

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In this exercise the aim was to build a picture of an object (the suggested subject was a winter tree) in two different ways. First by paint...
Friday, 10 October 2014

Transparent and Opaque: Tonally Graded Wash/Overlaying Washes/Opaque Colour Mixing

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Exercises: Tonally graded wash and Overlaying washes. I tried this exercise both with acrylic and with oil paint and made notes in my s...
Thursday, 2 October 2014

Basic Paint Application: Painting with Pastels

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Exercise: Painting with pastels I spent quite a lot of time working with pastels in Drawing 1. Here are a few of examples of my previous ...