Friday, 13 February 2015

Project - Still Life: Drawing in Paint

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The aim of this exercise was to explore the linear qualities of a simple still life arrangement of household objects in their usual positio...
Tuesday, 10 February 2015

Research Point: Still Life (Part 1: Dutch 17th Century)

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Look at the work of some of the 17th century Dutch still life and flower painters . Make notes on paintings that you especially admire and f...
Friday, 6 February 2015

Understanding Colour: Complementary Colours

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The first step in this exercise was to construct a colour wheel like that of Chevreul and to identify the complementary colours. Unfortunat...

Understanding Colour: Broken or Tertiary Colours

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In this exercise I made a scale from orange red (vermillion) to green blue (cerulean) and a second scale from orange to violet. White was m...
Saturday, 17 January 2015

Understanding Colour: Primary and Secondary Colour Mixing

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Key: PYD = Primary Yellow Dark, PY = Primary Yellow, LY = Lemon Yellow NY = Naples Yellow, YO = Yellow Ochre, SR = Spectrum Red, PR = Pri...

Understanding Colour: Mixing Greys - Anachromatic Scale

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This exercise required the mixing of black into white paint to create a progressively darkening scale with the final step being black direct...
Friday, 16 January 2015

Research Point : Chevreul's Colour Theories

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Find out more about the colour theories of Chevreul and make notes on how particular artists have used Chevreul's theories to expand the...