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    • Part One – Form and Gesture
      • Project One Feeling and expression
        • Exercise 1 Experimenting with expressive lines and marks
        • Exercise 2 Experimenting with Texture
      • Project Two Basic shapes and fundamental form
        • Exercise 1 Groups of objects
        • Exercise 2 Observing shadow using blocks of tone
        • Exercise 3 Creating shadow using lines and marks
        • Exercise 4 Shadows and Reflected Light
    • Part Two – Intimacy
      • Project One Detailed observation of natural objects
        • Exercise 1 – Detail and Tone
      • Project Two Still life
        • Exercise 1 – Still life using line
        • Exercise 2 – Still life in tone using colour
        • Exercise 3 – Experiment with mixed media
        • Exercise 4 – Monochrome
      • Project Three Composition
        • Exercise 1 – Quick sketches around the house
        • Exercise 2 – Composition – an interior
        • Exercise 3 – Material differences
    • Part Three – Expanse
      • Project 1 Trees
        • Exercise 1 Sketching Individual Trees
        • Exercise 2 – Larger observational study of an Individual tree
        • Exercise 3 – Study of Several Tress
      • Project 2 Landscape
        • Exercise One – Cloud formations and tone
        • Exercise 2 – Sketchbook walk
        • Exercise 3 – 360 degree studies
      • Project 3 Composition
        • Exercise 1 – Developing your studies
        • Exercise 2 – Foreground, middle ground, background
      • Project 4 Perspective
        • Exercise 1 – Parallel perspective – an interior view
        • Exercise 2 – Angular perspective
        • Exercise 3 – Aerial or atmospheric perspective
      • Project 5 Townscapes
        • Exercise 1 – Sketchbook of townscape drawings
        • Exercise 2 – Study of a townscape using line
        • Exercise 3 – A limited palette study
        • Exercise 4 Statues
    • Part Four – The figure and the head
      • Project 1 Fabric and form
        • Exercise 1 Drawing fabric using line and tone
        • Exercise 2 Emphasising form with cloth
      • Project 2 Proportion
        • Exercise 1 Quick Studies
        • Exercise 2 A longer study
      • Project 3 Form
        • Exercise 1 Basic shapes
        • Exercise 2 – Essential elements
        • Exercise 3 – Stance
        • Exercise 4 – Energy
      • Project 4 – Structure
        • Exercise 1 The structure of the human body
        • Exercise 2 – Three figure drawings
      • Project 5 The moving figure
        • Exercise 1 Single moving figure
        • Exercise 2 Groups of figures
      • Project 6 The Head
        • Exercise 1 Facial features
        • Exercise 2 Your own head
        • Exercise 3 – Portrait from memory or the imagination
    • Part Five
      • Personal Statement
  • Assignments
    • Assignment One
    • Assignment Two
    • Assignment Three
    • Assignment Four
    • Assignment Five
  • Research & Reflection
    • INTRODUCTION TO H.E
    • Gallery visits
    • Research Points

Stephanie Grace Art

Gallery visits

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2019

Royal Academy 251st Summer Exhibition 2019 was curated by Jock McFayden RA (b.1950).  The animal-themed ‘menagerie’ starts in the Central Hall, where there are inventive and inspiring sculptures and works of art in all sorts of mediums.  Works by RA Read more…

By , 2 years ago August 12, 2019
Assignment 4

Assignment 4 – piece added

During Part 5 I revisited painting my husband, as the last painting I made of him in colour, didn’t tonally quite work.  Although, the curtains in my living room are burgundy, in the painting they look too blockly, taking away Read more…

By , 2 years ago July 31, 2019
Assignment Five

Assignment 5 another ‘in an activity’ figure drawing and update

The day after I had sent my portfolio off to my tutor I had the opportunity to sketch my son climbing again.  I took one sheet of green paper and a piece of charcoal willow stick to quickly sketch my Read more…

By , 2 years ago July 10, 2019
Coursework

Assignment 5 – Reflection on Part 5, so far…

My initial sketches and experiments of ‘figure & head in activity’ did not work.  I started by sketching my son hoovering at home in a few mediums but I found it hard to interpret the body in action and because Read more…

By , 2 years ago June 28, 2019
Assignment Five

Assignment 5 – The ‘figure in an activity’

Once I had finished the line drawing of my son climbing I wanted to paint using acrylics.   I find during this course I have been reaching for the watercolours for an initial wash before adding acrylic paint and then more Read more…

By , 2 years ago June 26, 2019
Coursework

Line drawing of figure in an ‘activity’

I have been continuing to struggle with capturing my son ‘in an activity’ climbing.  I initially went for A1 on paper for a line only drawing pose (around 2 hours, like assignment 4).  After sketching my son in situ and Read more…

By , 2 years ago June 20, 2019
Coursework

Studies for the figure and the head ‘climbing’

I feel like this is way harder than I originally thought it would be, depicting the figure and the head ‘in activity’ and even though I’m enjoying the research, life drawing classes and sketching and trying out ideas it is Read more…

By , 2 years ago June 7, 2019
Coursework

Museum of Fine Art – Leipzig, Germany

At the end of May I took a trip to Germany for a wedding and managed to visit the Museum of Fine Art in Leipzig which had an amazing collection of fine art and an exhibition by the one and only Read more…

By , 2 years ago June 6, 2019
Coursework

The figure in ‘action’ – continuation…

When I made my abstracted version of Henri Matisse’s The Dance, 1909, I found it interesting that with so few lines it is still a recognisable image of the painting, (provided one has viewed the painting before).  With just a few Read more…

By , 2 years ago May 29, 2019
Gallery visits

Gallery visit – The EY Exhibition: Van Gogh and Britain

Vincent Van Gogh (1853 – 1890). This was my second attempt to see this very popular and super busy exhibition.  The EY exhibition focuses on the young Van Gogh’s  time spent in Britain between 1873 and 1876 and the impact Read more…

By , 2 years ago May 18, 2019

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  • Exercise 1 – Detail and Tone
  • Exercise 1 – Developing your studies
  • Exercise 1 – Parallel perspective – an interior view
  • Exercise 1 – Quick sketches around the house
  • Exercise 1 – Sketchbook of townscape drawings
  • Exercise 1 – Still life using line
  • Exercise 1 Basic shapes
  • Exercise 1 Drawing fabric using line and tone
  • Exercise 1 Experimenting with expressive lines and marks
  • Exercise 1 Facial features
  • Exercise 1 Groups of objects
  • Exercise 1 Quick Studies
  • Exercise 1 Single moving figure
  • Exercise 1 Sketching Individual Trees
  • Exercise 1 The structure of the human body
  • Exercise 2 – Angular perspective
  • Exercise 2 – Composition – an interior
  • Exercise 2 – Essential elements
  • Exercise 2 – Foreground, middle ground, background
  • Exercise 2 – Larger observational study of an Individual tree
  • Exercise 2 – Sketchbook walk
  • Exercise 2 – Still life in tone using colour
  • Exercise 2 – Study of a townscape using line
  • Exercise 2 – Three figure drawings
  • Exercise 2 A longer study
  • Exercise 2 Experimenting with Texture
  • Exercise 2 Groups of figures
  • Exercise 2 Observing shadow using blocks of tone
  • Exercise 2 Your own head
  • Exercise 3 – 360 degree studies
  • Exercise 3 – A limited palette study
  • Exercise 3 – Aerial or atmospheric perspective
  • Exercise 3 – Experiment with mixed media
  • Exercise 3 – Material differences
  • Exercise 3 – Portrait from memory or the imagination
  • Exercise 3 – Stance
  • Exercise 3 – Study of Several Tress
  • Exercise 3 Creating shadow using lines and marks
  • Exercise 4 – Energy
  • Exercise 4 – Monochrome
  • Exercise 4 Shadows and Reflected Light
  • Exercise 4 Statues
  • Exercise One – Cloud formations and tone
  • Gallery visits
  • INTRODUCTION TO H.E
  • Part Five
  • Part Four – The figure and the head
  • Part One – Form and Gesture
  • Part Three – Expanse
  • Part Two – Intimacy
  • Personal Statement
  • Project 1 Fabric and form
  • Project 1 Trees
  • Project 2 Landscape
  • Project 2 Proportion
  • Project 3 Composition
  • Project 3 Form
  • Project 4 – Structure
  • Project 4 Perspective
  • Project 5 The moving figure
  • Project 5 Townscapes
  • Project 6 The Head
  • Project One Detailed observation of natural objects
  • Project One Feeling and expression
  • Project Three Composition
  • Project Two Basic shapes and fundamental form
  • Project Two Still life
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