This was great to do but difficult.
I aimed to capture the thrust of connecting waves and try to get the swell and depth. Having visited the Turner, Monet, Twomby exhibition at Tate Liverpool in July, I was entranced by the energy and remarkable space and depth in the Twomby wave paintings.
I manage to capture the connectedness of the wave edges, I think and some of the space, perhaps a little depth near to cliffs. A good start I hope. Will certainly paint the sea again, without twee seascapes.
Again, the warm colour ground made a huge difference to the painting. I used a warm colour ground with the blues greens and grey white of waves. Not bad. Pleased because it was difficult. Pleased because I captured a lot of what I felt and saw.
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Thursday, 4 October 2012
Evaluation of final assignment 2 : Townscape
This was fantastic to do, even if the result is just ordinary and very 1950s as a painting.
I just learned such a lot. This is why:
I set out with a burnt umber colour ground, studio painted, then used pastel to draw out Townscape shapes. I did get the background, foreground tones a little too close I know and with more time, I would take back the distances in tone a little as I found that the composition didn't work as strongly as I wished. I had intended that some of the verticals would have been stronger but it didnt happen. Should have kept to the thirds structure.
Because I could only carry paper this size to Liverpool docks on the train and not a board (Shoulder damaged) at least I could cut off some foreground and will reduce the sky when mounting painting to make the composition strong.
Juxtaposing colour shapes was a real pleasure! Am going to return to the Docks with an ambitious project some and hopefully sketch on the Tate upper windows.
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I just learned such a lot. This is why:
I set out with a burnt umber colour ground, studio painted, then used pastel to draw out Townscape shapes. I did get the background, foreground tones a little too close I know and with more time, I would take back the distances in tone a little as I found that the composition didn't work as strongly as I wished. I had intended that some of the verticals would have been stronger but it didnt happen. Should have kept to the thirds structure.
Because I could only carry paper this size to Liverpool docks on the train and not a board (Shoulder damaged) at least I could cut off some foreground and will reduce the sky when mounting painting to make the composition strong.
Juxtaposing colour shapes was a real pleasure! Am going to return to the Docks with an ambitious project some and hopefully sketch on the Tate upper windows.
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Wednesday, 3 October 2012
Evaluation of final assignment 1 : Garden
Looking back at what I wanted to achieve in this one course, I have got there and certainly widened the brief as well.
I disliked the task relating to a garden or park en plain because unless one can find a good structure in a scene, then it's not enjoyable to paint. I painted as dusk descended to see if shadows/light might be interesting. Unsuccessful. If I could find some distance and space then I would do a purely geometric painting of the hard surfaces and ignore the foliage shapes.
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I disliked the task relating to a garden or park en plain because unless one can find a good structure in a scene, then it's not enjoyable to paint. I painted as dusk descended to see if shadows/light might be interesting. Unsuccessful. If I could find some distance and space then I would do a purely geometric painting of the hard surfaces and ignore the foliage shapes.
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Summer sketches-Wednesleydale landscape
On it's side. Good rendition.
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