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Exercise: Dripping, dribbling and spattering
To start this piece I sprayed areas of the paper with water. I used acrylic inks with droppers to drip the colours into the wet areas and watch them spread. I also used a straw to blow some of the inks … Continue reading
Exersice : Impasto
Impasto- this technique involves applying paint thickly on the paper with either a brush or palette knife to give texture. You could also use other implements to give your paint texture, for example modelling tools. For this exercise I was … Continue reading
Part five – Personal development
Research point Monet– Monet found that his garden inspired him to paint pictures of it, particularly the water lilies. His most famous paintings was called Water Lillies, which he repeated many times in various conditions.While painting Water Lillies, Monet was in … Continue reading
Project: Working from drawings and photographs
I managed to find some working drawings of John Constable shown below. Also from Claude Monet, And also Vincent Van Gogh,
Project: Painting outside.
I looked at how different painters over time had portrayed the Thames at Westminster. I didn’t look just at how the famous masters had portrayed the scene, but also other unknown artists. I found many images on the Internet and … Continue reading
project: Perspective
Both linear and aerial perspectives are techniques used in painting and drawing to show depth. With linear perspective all the elements of the painting appear to vanish towards a single point. With aerial perspective the distance is achieved by lessening … Continue reading
View from a window or doorway
For this exercise I looked at different artists who have also tackled this type of composition. I looked at the different ways in which they interpreted the subject. Raoul Dufy- painted bright almost illustrative in style scenes looking through open … Continue reading
Looking Out Part 4
Research point- The evolution of landscape painting Landscape painting has already evolved from the art of the Renaissance and Dutch Golden age painters by the time we approach the eighteenth century. Before the 18th century, landscape had been inferior to … Continue reading
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Exercise: Head and shoulder portrait
In this exercise I was asked to do a head and shoulder portrait. I started with a small watercolour portrait. I’ve added a dark background area to make the face jump out of the page a little more. I … Continue reading
Exercise: Self-portrait
Research point- artists self portraits. I spent some time looking at different self portraits by different artists. I tried to pick a range of different styles and techniques. Chuck Close. Chuck Close has used a very individual painting technique to … Continue reading
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