Figure drawing. This is where I started my art journey, originally by pursuing a goal of drawing comics. Its interesting to see how things have changed. Most weekends, still, I…
Continue readingAssignment 3: I don’t know what I want, but this is not it
Preamble After I had created the image, my husband remarked that he felt bad that I hadn’t been able to realize my intent with this picture. I didn’t feel the…
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I had held off reflecting on the feedback from my second assignment. Partly, because I didn’t know how, and partly because I was caught up in vacation planning. My intent…
Continue readingProject 3.4: The Built Environment
Research: John Virtue and Deanna Petherbridge John Virtue The artist, I think, is painting the idea of London. While editing and moving the cityscape, without the traffic, and the people…
Continue readingExhibit: Pablo Picasso “Painting the Blue Period”
The Art Gallery of Ontario is currently hosting an exhibit on Pablo Picasso titled “Painting the Blue Period” . As with many AGO exhibits, this exhibit is also focused on…
Continue readingExhibit: Ben Woolfitt “Rhythms and Series”
There is also a single painting from the artist, in the exhibit, which I neglected to catch the name of. But process wise, it is built up with super-thin layers…
Continue readingProject 3.3: Understanding the Landscape
This post is unfinished. As I progress through, I’ll collect my process and thoughts here. Exercise 5: Fore, Middle, and Background Reflecting on this drawing, there are definitely pieces I…
Continue readingProject 3.2: Landscape and Environment
Exercise 3: Clouds Clouds are super frustrating. I need to try more of this. I really enjoyed the process with the graphite. It looks incredibly luminous, even if the shapes…
Continue readingProject 3.1: So Many Trees
Every year, pandemic willing, I spend a week in the woods a few hours north of where I live. It is a necessary and needed break from the city and…
Continue readingAssignment 2: Not everything needs a name
This unit has been both really difficult and very rewarding. Following my tutor’s advice to experiment, I went in a few directions I don’t think I could have predicted. As…
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