A sketch book walk to and interesting route that you are familiar with. Nearing the end of autumn, with the leaves still on the tree and at their most intense golden colours I had to make it down to a nearby gardens called Fletcher Moss. These small botanical gardens are set on a steep bank …
To me I'm in Turner's court when he quoted (1) "come here - come here! Look at this thunderstorm! Isn't it grand? - Isn't it wonderful? - Isn't it sublime?. .There, Hawkey; in two years you will see this again, and call it 'Hannibal Crossing the Alps'." There is something sublime about the sky and …
Continue reading "Pt 3, Pr 2, Ex 1 – Cloud formations and tone."
Whilst researching clouds and looking into the different formations, colours and the like I came across an American artist called Vija Celmins. She struck me as having an interesting background being born a year before the start of the Second World War I think this had a profound influence on her art work. Going through …
For this research I decided to do a direct comparison of four radically different landscape artists who treated the subject completely different from one another, but strangely, seemed to use similar themes to create the desired atmosphere they were intending, mainly: SizeTexturesColourmaterials The artists I chose were: J.M.W TurnerPaul NashRichard LongTacita Dean Each artist I …
Continue reading "Pt 3, Pr 2 – Landscape. Research point. Artists using Landscape."
For this study I chose a bit of a different angle on things. Trees are interesting to look at, but what I found is they take on a completely different form when looking up underneath them. Perspectives are distorted, anamorphic shapes take place where straight, up right trees should be, and the whole sensory experience …
Continue reading "Pt 3, Pr 1, Ex 3 – Study of several trees."
After looking at how to depict the shape, foliage and essence of a tree I was happy to concentrate closer towards the actual detail of a single tree. The bark of a tree fascinates me, the twisting, apparent randomness, but strangely uniform details of different barks and trunks can really give a tree its character. …
Continue reading "Pt 3, Pr 1, Ex 2 – Larger observational study of an individual tree"
To start this project off I decided to write down a trail of thoughts stemming from the question, 'what do trees mean to me?'. From growth, life, persistence, to more symbolic meanings like truth, stability, virtue, protection, I found it easier to get more of a feeling for the subject matter and to focus on …
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The most important points I felt that attributed to my development on this part were mainly: Using and developing ways to work with mediums that I wasn't familiar with, or felt unconfident using.Steering away from those I was confident wit h.Finding systems to work on each exercise and finding one that suited me.Researching areas of …
Plan/layout. For this assignment I decided on an interior to finish off this section. I was pleased with the aesthetic outcome of of my drawing of the stairwell taken in photographs with multiple viewpoints creating a distorted and disjointed feel to the drawing. I was keen to expand and develop this idea, so I decided …
For this exercise I decided to draw my studio with a few key points in mind that I have learned from the past exercises. The material differences I took to refer to choosing a medium that best described the subject/scene/size, and use it to bring the drawing to detail. I also interpreted this title to …
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