Diary of a Student Artist » Sculpture http://fheathermoore.com My art, my life Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:05:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 The Virtual Paintout http://fheathermoore.com/2010/01/12/the-virtual-paintout/ http://fheathermoore.com/2010/01/12/the-virtual-paintout/#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:57:47 +0000 Heather http://fheathermoore.com/?p=1641 There is a blog I found through another site, which is called The Virtual Paintout. Basically, each month the artist selects a view from Street View in Google Maps and paint from the photograph of the view.  The brief is that you paint a specific place.  So for this month, the artist . . . → Read More: The Virtual Paintout]]> There is a blog I found through another site, which is called The Virtual Paintout. Basically, each month the artist selects a view from Street View in Google Maps and paint from the photograph of the view.  The brief is that you paint a specific place.  So for this month, the artist must paint from a street in Corsica.  I thought this would be quite fun and decided to give it a try.  Now, I’ve never painted a street or landscape so it was going to be a challenge for me.  I quickly knocked up the front view of a house.  I know, it’s not a very good painting, but it’s a first attempt and was done in very little time.  It’s done in my little journal, meaning the space is tiny.  I was also very tired when I painted it, but I was desperate to give it a try, so here it is:

Corsica Painting.jpg

I also wanted to show you Head-E Lamarr.  Who, you ask? Head-E is my sculpted head.  I thought it was quite a funny title to give her and it works for me because Head-E alludes to something computerish, whilst also referencing a very famous actress of the golden era of films.  The brief for this was to design a piece based on the word ‘Dismantle’.  I was going to go all steampunk on her, thinking cogs and machinery, but then I had a brainwave!  I had bits of RAM lying around and I had already moulded wires into the plaster and made them stick out of her eye.  So I thought, what about a cyborg?  A broken cyborg. A bio-mechanical being. So, I carved a piece into her head so that I can stick the RAM in, which represents her brain.  I also carved part of an exposed brain, showing the duality of man meets machine.  I then added an LED light to her eye, then carved out parts of her jaw to expose bone and muscle tissue.  She is a work in progress and I will be adding more to her.

Sculpted head of a broken cyborg

Sculpted head of a broken cyborg

There is a stick on the RAM that says ‘Void if removed’.  I love that!  It says so much, so I decided to leave it on.

Sculpted head of a broken cyborg

Sculpted head of a broken cyborg

Sculpted head of a broken cyborg

]]> http://fheathermoore.com/2010/01/12/the-virtual-paintout/feed/ 8 Analytical Drawing – New Objects http://fheathermoore.com/2009/11/23/analytical-drawing-new-objects/ http://fheathermoore.com/2009/11/23/analytical-drawing-new-objects/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:55:07 +0000 Heather http://fheathermoore.com/?p=1231 I’ve been absolutely swamped with work these past few days, so I haven’t been able to post as much, but I finally managed to get the sketches done for analytical drawing using my new objects – the ones I made from clay. I’m really glad that I had a go at creating my . . . → Read More: Analytical Drawing – New Objects]]> I’ve been absolutely swamped with work these past few days, so I haven’t been able to post as much, but I finally managed to get the sketches done for analytical drawing using my new objects – the ones I made from clay. I’m really glad that I had a go at creating my own sculptures because at least they are unique items, plus it was good experience, even if I toiled ever so slightly! Anyway, here is my drawing:

Anyway, hopefully I’ll be able to talk a bit more tomorrow. Depends how swamped I am. For the moment, I’m off to watch the new episode of Metalocalypse then bed! Night world!

]]> http://fheathermoore.com/2009/11/23/analytical-drawing-new-objects/feed/ 6 Analytical drawing is a bitch! http://fheathermoore.com/2009/11/18/analytical-drawing-is-a-bitch/ http://fheathermoore.com/2009/11/18/analytical-drawing-is-a-bitch/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:08:30 +0000 Heather http://fheathermoore.com/?p=1207 As I mentioned yesterday, I picked 3 objects for Analytical Drawing, and I started working on them yesterday.  See below:

I chose a troll thingy, given to me for Christmas many years ago by my dear friend Sarah; a piece of rock from a Roman settlement in Tongeren (the . . . → Read More: Analytical drawing is a bitch!]]> As I mentioned yesterday, I picked 3 objects for Analytical Drawing, and I started working on them yesterday.  See below:

I chose a troll thingy, given to me for Christmas many years ago by my dear friend Sarah; a piece of rock from a Roman settlement in Tongeren (the oldest town in Belgium), and an African statue.  Oh, and the girl in the picture is Suz, one of my friends from class.  She sneaked into the shot, and I had to put it up here!

The idea was to take objects that you have a personal affinity with.  I collect tribal ornamentation, and objects from early civilisations. I have many ancient artefacts such as an earthenware jug from China c. 2000BC; a Tolita culture head from the pre-Columbian era – roughly 500BC-300AD; an elephant bell from the Khmer Samrong Sen region c.1200-1500 AD; bronze age arrowheads; mammoth teeth; and fossilised fish.  I also collect ancient books. The items above aren’t old, except for the rock from the Roman settlement.  I didn’t want to carry my artefacts around with me in case of damage, but these give an idea of the type of things I like.

I wish I hadn’t bothered!  I should have taken much easier items to draw.  The problem is that I am now being taught to draw using certain methods of measurement.  Of course, I understand completely why I’m taught to measure using these methods but they are so alien to me, that it is taking me hours to measure pieces.  It has really slowed down my drawing, to such an extent that I cannot complete a drawing in 2 hours in class, and it is agony to draw.   It is making me more tense, because I’m standing with arm stretched rigid.  It doesn’t help that I have shaky hands, so it takes me a bit of time to get the measurement just right.  No doubt I will get quicker, but just now it is hellish!  This is making it very difficult to draw these items as there is so much going on – well for me as a beginner it is.  I spent all afternoon just trying to get this sketched outline in:

It just feels so mechanical, and has absolutely no soul to it.  So I reiterate, analytical drawing is a bitch!

Tomorrow, I have more analytical drawing. Fun, fun, fun, but I also have a new class: Sculpture! I’m soooo excited!  I can’t wait to get my hands messy.  I’ve said before that, for me, the visual aspect is the first response to art, and that the tactile aspect should be the second.  It’s just a personal thing, but something I truly believe.  I want to touch art – not be made to stand at a distance from it. Sculpture should be exactly that. There’s a saying here: You see with your eyes and not with your hands. It would be said, usually one child to another, when you wanted to look at something that the other had.  I disagree completely with that sentiment.  I get really excited when I run my hands over a piece of art that is full of texture.  Am I weird?  To some, probably!  Anyway, I’ll let you know how I get on with that tomorrow!  Peace out.

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