Tutor report
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Student name
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Aylish Giamei
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Student number
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511033
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Course/Module
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Painting 1: Practice of Painting.
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Assignment number
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1
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Overall Comments
This
is a very exciting submission, which shows a grasp of understanding the fundamentals.
It is obvious from this first part of painting 1 that you have understood the rules
and now you are ready to push them to create innovative, energetic work that
depicts your personal style and concepts. You clearly enjoying playing and
investigating paint media and it’s very positive that you go beyond the
instructions and delve into what you want to do as well as following the exercises
several times. There is potential in the physical approach to your work so be
careful not to be too representation all the time.
This is great feedback. It gives me encouragement that I have made a positive step in part one and can build on my approach from here.
Feedback on assignment
Demonstration of technical and Visual Skills, Quality of
Outcome, Demonstration of Creativity
Handling your brushes: you
are very right in saying that this exercise is “a first unsteady step in the
right direction”. You have delved into these exercises and played with your
tools it seems. Even at this early stage that you are quite expressive with
layering and being abstract rather than the more formal works of still-life.
Applying paint without brushes: this series of works seems to give your work energy and a vibrancy so don’t
forget this. It’s exciting that you have let yourself go almost immediately. You
have clearly enjoyed it, both the process of looking for alternative tools and
also the outcomes. There is a sense of balanced colour and movement coming
through.
I must continue to keep this exercise in mind when working on other exercises.
Painting with pastels: I can
see from your drawing course that you are quite competent in using pastels. However
when you have combined them with paint and mix media the energy increases as
does the vibrancy. A subject matter of using fruit can be quite mundane and overused
but you have used the beauty of the pomegranates colour as a feature in your
work. Thus what you are doing is communicating your personal interpretation
through the way you use colour and textures. Just be careful to refine the work
e.g. if you are going to layer up, layer up the surfaces well (cut fruit on
left hand side).
The point about the layering is fair. This was a very rapidly executed sketch and I didn't spend time refining it.
Transparent and opaque: the smaller more illustrative studies are your strongest as they hold
more character of a winter tree. When they are enlarged they become quite solid
objects and lose that fluidity. However, as you say your energetic style comes
through when you are filling in the negative shapes. Overall, this exercise has
allowed you to focus on adding detailed rather than working only working
expressively.
Yes I did feel that the trees became more solid and 'clunky' when I moved into the painting from the sketching. This might have something to so with my inexperience in handling the materials. I'm hoping that my work will become more fluent, fluid and therefore appear more natural as I continue to wrk and therefore gain confidence.
Working on different coloured grounds: there is an array of studies for this exercises and well done to you
for investigating the requirements of this exercise in many different ways and
going beyond the instructions. The smaller thumbnails are a great collection of
how to work out composition and get your tonal qualities right. It is good
practice to do preliminary sketches so you are confident in what you are
observing and also working with your media.
The study on a white ground is the strongest as there are raw brush
marks, which add an uneasy atmosphere to the cold colours you have used, almost
like broken glass so there is more of a narrative. The shadows are a little
unbalanced and mismatched to the objects compared to the ones on the medium
ground. The comparison of all three is an interesting approach and this shows
that you have confident skills in creating tone and understanding the blending
of colours.
The study on the white ground was the first one I did. I often find that my first attempt at something is more interesting that subsequent iterations. There was more nervous energy in that study so what it lacks in accuracy (unbalanced shadows) it may have made up for in interest and narrative.
Assignment: you
have realised your time management skills and although you were disappointed
with the end result, it is start of a personal style. I agree with you,
although the first exercises were very exciting and even if you spent too much
time on them, you can realise that an expressive, experimental and gestural
style is more your approach to painting. The assignment piece is technically
good with the viewer following the perspective into the trees but yes the colour
scheme is quite garish and overloaded. However, the concept behind the work is
very interesting and at this level to focus on a narrative and bring this into
our work is a very exciting place to be as oppose to only painting what you
observe, so all is not lost.
Yes I suppose I lost sight of these positive aspects of what I did in the build up to this piece because the end result fell short of what I had envisaged - but that I guess there will always be something of a gap between imagination and reality in the production of art. I am happy as this feedback is more positive than I had expected. However I have also learned a lot from the disappointment - especially regarding time management.
Sketchbooks
Demonstration of technical and Visual Skills, Demonstration of
Creativity
Your sketchbook is exciting and full of visual information. Not only
have you tried the exercises several times but also you have helped yourself
move on by looking at artists in-between. There are explorations of colour, textures,
mix media and small studies that lead onto more exciting pieces. A very good
way of working by delving into it. Keep this up!
Thank you!
Learning Logs or Blogs/Critical essays
Context
You commentary is in-depth with a focus on the processes, your personal
critical review of the work and links to artist research. You have not only
descried the success of your work but the failures too so you can push yourself
next time. The stories behind your works are interesting so continue to do
this. Your artist research is also relevant but try and go to more exhibitions
to see the work in the flesh as I think once you see how paint can be applied,
it’ll inspire you even more.
I did go to several exhibitions during part 1 of the course. I had written up my notes in my sketchbook but had not put them in my blog (again time management problems). I must not have made clear enough that these were exhibition write-ups so as soon as my sketchbook arrives back I will put them in a better format and put them in my blog.
Suggested reading/viewing
Context
Anselm
Kiefer- large textural pieces combining natural materials and paint. His
concepts behind the work are very interesting. He has an exhibition on in
London at the Royal academy, London.
This was one of the exhibitions that I visited and I found it truly inspirational and very moving. I will write my responses more clearly in my blog.
Ernst
Ludwig Kirchner- german Expressist style with holds a raness and a play on
colour and brush strokes.
Peter
Doig- relating to your assignment piece, atmospheric and gnarly.
Leon
Kossoff- thck layering of paint to create a sense of chaos and energy.
I am aware of all of the artists you have mentioned and will enjoy taking a more in-depth look at their work.
Pointers for the next
assignment (Action points)
More exciting compositions- although your work is exciting in application
of paint, some of your compositions are bland for what you are capable of.
Instead of a bowl of fruit why not have decaying fruit. Be alternative and unusual
in your subject choices.
Yes - composition is a definite weak point for me which is whey I end up making so many small sketches - I have to work it out with a drawing implement because I can't see it in my mind's eye. I like the encouragement to look for the unusual - I will do that.
Work larger to compliment your expressive gestural style so you can
really push yourself and bring the physicality of you approaches into the work.
Have a look at Jackson Pollock’s ‘Action Paintings.’
I like to work large - I think I started small because I wasn't very confident with the media. I will get bigger! I saw some of Jackson Pollock's work on a trip to Venice last year at the Peggy Guggenheim Museum. I loved it - I really like work in which you can see the physical involvement of the painter and the exploitation of the characteristics of the medium.
Audience and narrative- you have started to do this already in your
assignment piece but think about adding a narrative to your work. What are you
trying to communicate to an audience, what do you want people to see in your
work?
You may want to get credit for your hard work and achievements with the
OCA by formally submitting your work for assessment at the end of the module.
More and more people are taking the idea of lifelong learning seriously by
submitting their work for assessment but it is entirely up to you. We are just
as keen to support you whether you study for pleasure or to gain
qualifications. Please consider whether you want to put your work forward for
assessment and let me know your decision when you submit Assignment 2. I can
then give you feedback on how well your work meets the assessment
requirements."
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Tutor name:
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Diana Ali
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Date
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07/01/2015
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Next assignment due
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16/03/15
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The main points I need to work on:
(1) Time management
(2) Maintaining the fluidity of initial sketches when moving into paint
(3) Colour mixing
(4) Writing up gallery visits on my blog
(5) Look at Kirchner, Doig and Kossoff
(6)Exciting compositions and subject matter
(7)Work bigger
(8) Narrative and communication
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