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I chose three different pictures of mine to begin with as I wanted to see how the charcoal would be with each image. I practiced with the charcoal in my sketchbook alongside my pictures. I had a few different varieties of charcoal to use so that was good. The first image of the bamboo, IContinue reading “Exercise 1.3: Experimenting with dynamic gesture”

When I first searched for Franz Kline on google and looked on images, I was instantly pulled in. The giant strokes of black paint contrasted with a white background made the images so bold and impressive. I was hooked by his abstract work. In the early 1940’s Franz’s was most different to what he endedContinue reading “Contextual Study Point 3: Franz Kline (1910-1962)”

For this exercise I chose this picture above which I took back in 2018. When looking at the picture I could see there were different tones both from the reflection on the sea and on the sea breakers. The sun was setting too, so there was an orange tinge on the wood and on theContinue reading “Exercise 1.2: Using fluid media to add tone”

http://geraldineswayne.org/photo_10060031.html#photos_id=10060036 Looking at Geraldine’s painting archive, there are many contrasting varieties of work which she has produced. Geraldine has used several mediums on paper and canvas. I had a look at her artwork and there were certain ones which stood our to me. It seems some of her artwork depicts maybe suffering and pain. CouldContinue reading “Contextual Study Point 2: Geraldine Swayne”

After researching Louise Bourgeois, watching the two videos with Tracy Emin and focusing on the work of 10 am is when you come to see me, it was now time to experiment with my own work. Fluid media was going to be the main focus point with this exercise. I decided I would use watercolourContinue reading “Exercise 1.1 Experimenting with immediacy and fluid line.”

Part 1 of 2 Tracy Emin on Louise Bourgeois: Woman Without SecretsUploaded by Art Documentaries (Nov 28, 2013)Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiGjzV7Nk48 (30th January 2020) Bourgeois has opened up many ideas of art. She is one of few who has experimented with many different medias and have turned those practices into amazing pieces of art and they becomeContinue reading “Contextual Study Point 1: Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010)”