Assignments
Research trip photos of inspiration
This piece is for therapeutic use. To help with memory sensory and relaxation. I found it interesting for getting into a sense of mind. This artist is using patterns around her to make her art and the repetitive patterns I could get lost in for hours. Same as the one above this one. I went … Continue reading
Week 6 studio work
This week we worked on coping a photo in a grid and painting from the imagination. I’ll eventually get this painting done
Week 5 creative copy
For week 5 I chose Frank Auerbach, Head of Catherine Lampert from Painting Today, p 174. My process for this copy was to just map out the form with a dark blue color and paint the base coat of color generally in that area. It didn’t work so well when i started putting the yellow on the … Continue reading
painting exercises from week 3
These where the exercises from week 3
Week 3 replication of Maureen Gallace’s Painting
Week three had a set of copies of Maureen Gallace’s painting Down the Road from my Brother’s House, 2002, The first picture on the left was a copy I made to completely replicate her painting in color, value, brush strokes, in a different size. While painting this one I got a feeling like I was painting a … Continue reading
Week 3 drawing and painting assignments
When I was cleaning off my palette to make room for a color mixing chart this Monday, I happened to love the way it looked and snapped a photo. The perspective drawing really gave me trouble this week. I’ve done perspective in the past and with how tall I am my horizon line made the … Continue reading
Week 2 drawing and painting assignment
This week we were in the studio drawing with charcoal and painting in black and white acrylic. The charcoal came first and as much as I hate charcoal I tried to stick with it and get everything in the frame and never gave up. I’m pretty proud of the way the acrylic turned out. I … Continue reading
Week 1 Landscape
Reflections for week 1 Figuring out this word press site to fit exactly what I wanted was kind of hard. I found it soothing to paint just what color dominated a square of a grid of the space I was looking, and found it helpful to get at what color was in a space rather … Continue reading