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September | 2012 | carpetmoss
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Open College of the Arts (OCA) learning log. 5: Extending the view Project 2 (Looking from one space into another). September 24, 2012. But then weather intervened with an almighty downpour rendering the flat pretty dark at 2pm. It provided more clarity for the lit bathroom composition as the rest was in the shadows. 52 Looking from one space into another. Acrylics on primed paper. Cropped from A2, about 41 x 46 cm. Filed under Painting I. 5: Extending the view Project 1 (Some different views). The table...
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August | 2012 | carpetmoss
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Open College of the Arts (OCA) learning log. Drawing I: Assignment two (final piece). August 31, 2012. Assignment 2: Four pears. 2012. Pastel on beige-grey paper. 47.5 x 35.5cm (for the slightly amended version see below). Sketchbook entry: Composition sketches. I had a go at some compositions, sometimes with 3 and with 4 pears, with a deep plate and just with the kitchen towel. In the end I decided the shapes are so great that I liked almost all of the compositions, meaning I couldn’t decide&#...I tend ...
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January | 2013 | carpetmoss
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Open College of the Arts (OCA) learning log. Research point: Bad hair day? How sculptors treated the tricky subject of hair. January 16, 2013. Greek funerary statue of a woman. Archaeological Museum, Athens: Parva Herculanensis. c. 300 BC. Photo by Giovanni Dall’Orto. So what did sculptors do to make it work? The Greek statue of a woman above is an interesting mix of highly abstracted symmetrical looking grooves, while at the same time adding varied detail of curly defined strands of hair to each groove/...
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November | 2012 | carpetmoss
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Open College of the Arts (OCA) learning log. III Project drawing trees – Sketching an individual tree. November 20, 2012. Exercise: Sketching an individual tree. Filed under Drawing I. III Project townscapes – check and log. November 19, 2012. Henry Moore’s Double Oval in Hong Kong. View from roof of Jay’s studio, blue house, Hong Kong. Jay’s studio courtyard. Watercolours with biro. Jay’s studio courtyard. Version B, final. Jay’s studio courtyard. Pastel and gouache. Sure, I would try something differen...
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IV: Self-portrait: Two self portraits | carpetmoss
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Open College of the Arts (OCA) learning log. IV: Self-portrait: Drawing your face. IV: The clothed figure – my favourite folds →. IV: Self-portrait: Two self portraits. January 7, 2013. Double self portrait (pencil, colour pencil). Self portrait 2 (ink). Self portrait 3 (ink). Filed under Drawing I. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. Blog at...
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IV: The clothed figure – my favourite folds | carpetmoss
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Open College of the Arts (OCA) learning log. IV: Self-portrait: Two self portraits. IV: Clothed figure: Form and movement →. IV: The clothed figure – my favourite folds. January 8, 2013. Adolph Menzel. Unmade Bed. ca. 1845. 22.1 x 35.5 cm. Black stone and stump on greenish-gray paper. Credit: Photo: Jörg P. Anders, courtesy Museum of Prints and Drawings, National Museums in Berlin. Source. Imogen Cunningham. The Unmade Bed. 1957. Source MET. Filed under Drawing I. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your e...
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IV: Self-portrait: Drawing your face | carpetmoss
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Open College of the Arts (OCA) learning log. IV Project moving figure – Sitting and waiting/Fleeting moments. IV: Self-portrait: Two self portraits →. IV: Self-portrait: Drawing your face. January 7, 2013. Draw a minimum of five 5 min sketches of your face describing different angles of your face and head (sketchbook) – first without neck, then just sketch your neck. Self, 5 min drawings. It’s wisdom and fate winking at me and my photo usage I guess. Filed under Drawing I. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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IV: Clothed figure: Form and movement | carpetmoss
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Open College of the Arts (OCA) learning log. IV: The clothed figure – my favourite folds. Picasso’s Blue Period portraits →. IV: Clothed figure: Form and movement. January 8, 2013. Clothed figure (ink hatching, ink wash). Seeing Rembrandt’s self portrait with the strong and vivid hatching on my wall I thought I should try hatching fabric/clothed bodies, since I am really not good at that and I should train more. So this was last night’s training session in front of the telly. Filed under Drawing I. Chris...
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October | 2012 | carpetmoss
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Open College of the Arts (OCA) learning log. III Project townscapes – a sketchbook of townscape drawings (III). October 28, 2012. 8230; make a series of sketchbook drawings to find the best composition. Then make the sketchbook drawing in pencil or charcoal first, then add colour. Be selective what do you want to leave out? View from Jay’s studio. 2 composition sketches. I am just a bit torn about how much I should slant the sides of the houses towards the courtyard to convey the feeling of height. P...