Following on from looking at Matisse’s, Dance, Marc Chagall, Dance of the Gypsies, wash pencil and pen, 1942 is a lovely sketch I found online. Dance of the Gypsies was for a scene from a ballet called Aleko (MOMA). I Read more…
I got thinking about the representation of the ‘active’ figure and thought another great example is Henri Matisse, Dance, 1909-10, oil on canvas. This large oil painting was commissioned by a rich Russian business man and apparently Matisse himself felt the Read more…
I was meant to visit the Vincent Van Gogh Exhibition but there was at least a two hour wait, so I took the opportunity to visit two free exhibitions – Mike Nelson, The Asset Strippers (18 Mar – 6 Oct) Read more…
Having decided to follow on from Part 4 and my personal statement for Part 5 I am continuing with, The Figure and the Head – in an Activity . For the initial start and gathering ideas of what I mean Read more…
For this assignment I have decided to work on the figure and the head for a couple of reasons. First because I really enjoy observing them, something I particularly enjoyed during my life drawing classes, and out of the other Read more…
During my few days in Barcelona I visited the wonderful National Art Museum of Catalonia for the first time. I was lucky enough to be able to spread my visit over a two day period which allowed me to view Read more…
At the beginning of March I visited the Joan Miro Foundation in Barcelona. It is a gallery I have wanted to visit for many years because I have always liked his instantly recognisable works and even as a teenager I Read more…
Line drawing in a seated position – 2 hours Before starting the first portrait, figure study using line, for help I looked up line drawings by Henry Moore, (1989-1986) and David Hockney (b.1937-) for their seemingly simple line drawings and Read more…
When I started I didn’t have any specific face in mind and initially I was wary about drawing a portrait from my imagination because I thought I might get frustrated not observing a sitter and being able to capture the Read more…
Initially, I did three 5 minute sketches, the first in wax relief and watercolour wash and two in pencil, one in blue colouring pencil. For the first sketch I deliberately chose wax relief to get started and although it is Read more…