Great Guildford Street, Southwark.
Gouache and ink on paper, A4.
Gouache and ink on paper, A4.
Great Guildford Street
29 March 2013
Inspired by my attempt at oil painting, I decided to try out some more unfamiliar materials. This one's in gouache, with the drawing done with a Pentel brush pen. Last time I used gouache, it was for A-level, which was ahem years ago.
Still life in oils: Day 5
23 March 2013
It's the last day. And as with sight-size drawing, I could carry on working on this one painting for weeks to come. The more you do, the more interesting it gets.
But we have to stop at the end of today. Here's the final result:
The photo is a bit darker than the painting actually is. Here it is next to the original setup:
Quite pleased with the result of my first attempt at painting with oils.
But we have to stop at the end of today. Here's the final result:
Red, Yellow, Green. Oil on canvas, 50 x 40cm.
The photo is a bit darker than the painting actually is. Here it is next to the original setup:
Quite pleased with the result of my first attempt at painting with oils.
Still life in oils: Day 3
20 March 2013
Started the morning by glazing over the ribbon in red. Blocked in the spring onions, which are already starting to dry up and change shape, and the brass pot.
Still life in oils: Day 2
19 March 2013
Spent the morning painting the shelf. Lots of subtle changes in shadows and reflections from the objects.
...and the afternoon blocking in the peppers and the spring onions. Painted white in the highlight area of the ribbon; this will be glazed over tomorrow.
...and the afternoon blocking in the peppers and the spring onions. Painted white in the highlight area of the ribbon; this will be glazed over tomorrow.
Still life in oils: Day 1
18 March 2013
I've been wanting to try painting with oils for some time, so I signed up for another course at the London Atelier of Representational Art. This is going to be five days of painting a perishable still life: objects that are going to deteriorate over the week.
Day 1: Painted the canvas with a thin wash of burnt sienna, cadmium red, and white oil paint, as the ground for the following layers. The paint had lots of siccative in in to make it dry fast. Meanwhile, we made a sight-size drawing of the subject. When the canvas was dry, we transferred the drawing to it, and then painted in the black background.
Day 1: Painted the canvas with a thin wash of burnt sienna, cadmium red, and white oil paint, as the ground for the following layers. The paint had lots of siccative in in to make it dry fast. Meanwhile, we made a sight-size drawing of the subject. When the canvas was dry, we transferred the drawing to it, and then painted in the black background.
Venice sketch
28 February 2013
Working on ideas for a new linocut.
Rio dei Frari, Venezia. Pencil on paper, A4.
I've done this scene as a print before, but that was years ago. (Well, about five.) Might be interesting to see if I can do it better this time. I'd really like to get the looseness of these pencil lines into the linocut.
Thirty six hours later: Sight size 6
23 February 2013
So that's it. Thirty six hours on one drawing.
Thirty six hours isn't enough.
Nearly there: Sight size 5
16 February 2013
Week five of the sight-size drawing course. More working on the form and volume, expressed with just the light and dark of the pencil.
This is totally absorbing. Time flies... Have we really only got one more day of this? I could spend forever doing this...
This is totally absorbing. Time flies... Have we really only got one more day of this? I could spend forever doing this...
Out of the grey, into the dark: Sight size 4
09 February 2013
Starting at the top of the head, and working down. Adding dark and light to the head. The form starts to emerge.
Now it starts to make sense: I start to see why the earlier stage took so long. Making sure they were correct makes this stage easier (relatively!): the shape, size, and midtone are in place, so now "all" I have to worry about is the form and volume.
One shade of grey: Sight size 3
03 February 2013
End of day 3 of the sight size drawing course. Carefully, slowly, painstakingly, covering the shadow area with a flat even tone of pencil.
Eighteen hours down, eighteen hours to go.
Eighteen hours down, eighteen hours to go.
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