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20
Dec

Christmas Card

I wanted to make something Christmassy to give a little festive cheer to all my blog friends, so I painted this card earlier using acrylic paint, some hessian and tin foil. I will try to paint something a little more festive in the next few days, but for now this is my Christmas card to you all.

Merry Christmas

It’s funny, I’ve only been off on holiday for 2 days and I feel compelled to paint, and I’ve been feeling antsy all day because I’ve not done something. During term time I didn’t want to do anything at the weekend except relax, and now that I’m on holiday all I want to do is paint and create! It’s a strange old world.

Inspirational Art Blogs

I’ve been trawling blogs searching for inspiration and new techniques. I found quite a number of really interesting sites with fabulous artists. All of these artists are mixed media artists who produce truly inspirational work, and I hope to learn a lot from them. Please check these pages out to see their wonderful work.

07
Dec

Some of my life drawing from this afternoon.  These are both 40 minute poses, and are unfinished, but that’s how the tutor wants them left. Apparently when presenting your portfolio to university, they aren’t interested in finished pieces, and like to see works-in-progress, so here they are.

04
Oct

I have my first assessment for Life Drawing class tomorrow.  The assessments are coming thick and fast and quite a number are due this week and next week.  There are only 4 more weeks left of the first term, excluding the October holiday which lasts for one week.  However, that doesn’t mean that I will be able to rest.  After that holiday, there will be a big push towards the final assessment and outcome for each subject. 

Tomorrow’s assessment will focus on how we have interpreted the facial features of the sitter.  We will also start working on the structure of the hands and feet, building towards the next assessment in week 8.  I am fairly content with what I’ve done for the first assessment, which was to include two of each facial feature: the ear, eye, nose and mouth. 

I worked with various mediums for this: oil pastels, biro, soft pastels (a first time for me), acrylic paint and graphite stick.  We were to get down each item as quickly as we could, with the model sitting for 20 minutes at a time, and we were to move around the model rather than staying in one position for any length of time.  I tidied up the rough sketches today, for presentation tomorrow.  I’m think I’ve done enough to pass the assessment, or at least, I hope!  So, here it is in all it’s glory on an A2 sheet of paper.

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