Autumn term week 5
Date: 3rd & 4th November
Tutor: Siân
Tutor Led: Assuming Rob’s recovery is going well Siân will lead this tutor led. Fingers crossed, I’m looking forward to this one!
what to bring
Sketch books or paper to draw on. A range of graphite pencils (B to anything up to 9B), if you have them. Also bring seam watercolour paper , a brush or two and just one tube of paint in a mid to dark colour.
THIS Week:
We will be looking VERY closely at sketches and drawings produced by other artists, and the way they use their pencils.
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?
Can you tell if colours were mixed in the palette or wet-in-wet on the page?
CLASS NOTICEBOARD : Any new items to be added? Please email details and they will be added by the following class.