Autumn term week 3
Date: 13th & 14th
CLASS CANCELLED
THIS Week:
Carry on working on your current project. If you get stuck we would be happy for you to get in touch with us.
The best thing to do would be to send a photo of the piece by email or WhatsApp, with your questions. We could have look at it and make suggestions, and maybe even manipulate it using Procreate to show you ideas for what to do next.
Please send a text or a comment on the WhatsApp group to let us know you have sent it. We aren’t checking emails regularly at the moment.
Please could you take a few moments this week to check that we have the correct contact information for you. It is useful that we have telephone number as well as an email address in case of last minute issues.
Please also make sure you are on the class WhatsApp group, as this may be the quickest way to let you know of last minute cancellations or changes.
‘homework’ challenge
Study this image closely
Copy this image as accurately as possible.
Consider what you feel you might learn from this image. Consider tone, mark-making (texture) and colour. Which would be most useful to you to help you improve your skill set. You may choose to focus on just one of these, or all of them. You may use any medium. The objective is to study the image in great detail though copying.
Take care to pay particular attention to:
Tone. If you are making an accurate tonal study are you going to choose pencil or paint?
The marks used. How was the paint laid paid down? Which brush, hand movements etc..
Layers. have layers been used. Which went down first? Which marks were added on top of previous marks.
If using colour, can you match the colours you are seeing accurately?
TIPS FOR THIS IMAGE
Copying this image will rely on layering of paint.
Can you decide which colours were laid down first, which second, which third etc.?
Can you tell if any of the patches of paint include colour blend wet-in-wet?
Where is the colour mixing obviously optical?
Think about the timing of laying the paint down. Where are there hard edges?
Can you tell if colours were mixed in the palette or wet-in-wet on the page?
Are there any cauliflowers? Do you have the skills to create a cauliflower in the same place, to the same size? (OK, that’s almost impossible, but give it a go!)
How has the artist used seemingly random shapes to imply subject matter? Look at the whole picture and compare it with the detail.
Featured Artist
Kees Van Aalst , author of ‘Realistic Paintings’
CLASS NOTICEBOARD : Any new items to be added? Please email details and they will be added by the following class.