This has been an odd period so it’s only right it ends on some more oddities. Birds and blots. The blots came about due to leaving some experimental ink on a sketchbook without anticipating its lack of absorbency. The video … Continue reading Ending unit 3.1
Images: many of these are Artivive-enabled, which means there is a layer of augmented reality that can be accessed by scanning the image through the Artitive app. *CTE – chronic traumatic encephalopathy Continue reading Assessment 3.1 Practice and Research
Again, using my own photos, I’m undertaking the not inconsiderable challenge of making snow scenes that are both relatable and nowhere near a christmas Robin. This is the final painting for this series – winter scenes using my own photos for reference. I found the smallest canvases the most difficult and the two larger sizes more accommodating. I seem to have moved some way away from the stained glass windows of that first set of landscapes, although I like to think this is because I’ve modified my approach to suit the subject matter. My aim is to try not to … Continue reading Small canvases – winter
Sometimes you just need to reconnect with the basics so here we have Birds. These are in effect still life drawings as all of them are metal ornaments/sculptures so I’m not trying to target moving objects. Critically though, they’re not … Continue reading Small canvases – birds
These are all based on my own photographs. 24th August. I looked at the Beck painting and all I could see was twee whimsy, so it’s had a slap of primer and a reboot. This has been an interesting exercise … Continue reading Small canvases – water
I can’t recall when the term ‘going large’ became popular, or what it referred to, but this time I’m going small. It isn’t something I do lightly because I like the big gestural work, and my close vision struggles with … Continue reading Going small
One of my strategies for kick-starting a creative episode is to prepare a surface, preferably of a type or size I don’t normally use, then leave it staring blankly at me from the easel. So after a run of A1 … Continue reading Revisited landscapes
When I made the Cats series, I had five paintings which I reduced to four because, not only was Cat 5 not black and so difficult to paint as a silhouette, she was also a very detailed tabby whose complexity … Continue reading Fifth Cat
That tricky second album. I fell over a documentary on Sky Arts a few days ago, about Australian art, and thought it would concern Aboriginal work which I’ve written about in my dissertation. But it wasn’t, it was about immigrant Australians, White folk, and I nearly turned it off. Luckily I didn’t because I saw some work that not only had me asking how the artist did that, but also wanting to do it myself. Part of the Heidelberg School, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidelberg_School) a group of young men working in an impressionistic style and spending much of their time in a place … Continue reading Beginning landscapes
I have in mind a collaborative effort between me and some of the local businesses in the High street, which would involve bespoke paintings for display in each of the premises, supported by digital presentations available as videos, Instagram and … Continue reading Degree material – the current plan
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