Chiaroscuro

Assignment one

Final Piece I am very proud of this work, I had not ever completed a landscape painting before this. I really enjoyed creating this piece.My strengths have never been in composition so I was very aware when preparing to paint. I was very careful when creating the preliminary drawings which was important to the initial … Continue reading Assignment one

Different coloured grounds

I approached this task by trying to find the right objects that would best suit this task creating preliminary drawings of found objects using both pencil and charcoal. Tonal Study on white ground Tonal Study on a Dark Ground

Monochrome studies

Starting in my A3 project sketchbook I tested methods of drawing the tree outlines, tested composition and evaluated different images. I then tested methods with paint in my sketchbook by gesso priming the pages before creating micro A5 versions to test the final results. Both pieces together before adding details For the A2 piece the … Continue reading Monochrome studies

Tonally graded wash / Overlaying washes / Opaque colour mixing

Examples of tonally graded wash sheets created for this exerice I started this project focusing on creating the transparent graded sheets, I chose to use strong pigmented colours; Ultramarine, Phthalo Green, Violet and to test colour difference Primary Blue. Creating the different levels of watery mixtures from a strong, vivid opaque colour, to semi-transparent, then … Continue reading Tonally graded wash / Overlaying washes / Opaque colour mixing

Painting with pastels

Applying paint without brushes

image created with alternative toolsScraping and layeringStamping with knivesStamping with painting knivesBlending on the pagepainting with fingerssponge effectsbottle lid stampfinal image created without brushes I got really stuck into this task. Starting first with painting plastic painting knives and steel painting knives. Immediately, I could mix the colours a lot easier and more efficiently. I … Continue reading Applying paint without brushes

Getting to know your brushes

I think i approached this task quite haphazardly. I went in with a set pack of brushes and used separate paper and acrylic paint to use each brush. I tested each brush by first only using the tips to create dots, short lines. Secondly, I coated the entire brush in paint and swooped with each … Continue reading Getting to know your brushes