Martin Paints – Page 6 – A blog to record my progress with the Open College of the Arts

Student Collaboration: Visual Broken Telephone

Posted on 2023-01-222023-06-13

The Rest of the Word (ROW) student group began a collaboration project in January. The structure is: There are currently nine students participating, so this will take a little under…

Research: Figures in Interiors

Posted on 2023-01-012023-01-01

I visited the AGO, specifically to look at a variety of figure paintings. My longer gallery visit post is here Portrait of Isaak Abrahamsz Massa (Hals, 1626) Portrait of the…

Assignment 3: Millstone and Daydream

Posted on 2022-12-312023-01-02

The coffee mug is an anchor, heavy and large at the bottom of the painting. The man holds the mug, accepting the stability it brings, despite how it also holds…

Gallery Visit: National Gallery of Canada, Dec 2022

Posted on 2022-12-31

It is interesting/frustrating how few of the contemporary works, in the National Gallery’s collection, have images online. Even searching the NGC’s collection website, returns entries with no images. This post…

Project 3.3: People in Context

Posted on 2022-12-312023-01-01

Reflective Summary I have done less than the bare minimum for these exercises. I must come back and re-do. I prioritized work on the assignment, rather than these two exercises….

Gallery Visit: Art Gallery of Ontario, December 2022

Posted on 2022-12-312022-12-31

As part of Part 3, I visited the galleries to look at portraiture painting. Below are the pieces that jumped out at me, grouped roughly into ‘why’ they did. Paint…

Research: Mood and Atmosphere

Posted on 2022-12-192023-10-18

Many qualities influence mood in a portrait painting: style, colour/tone, contrast, facial expressions and physical gesture, clothing and location. Picasso In 1901, Pablo Picasso began visiting a women’s prison, Saint-Lazare….

Research: Self Portraiture

Posted on 2022-12-192023-10-18

Portrait as… In my quick survey, I noticed a number of themes in self portraits. Themes around the reason to paint, not just the subject matter. I’ve noted them below….

Project 3.2: Looking at Faces

Posted on 2022-11-272022-12-31

As before, I have limited access to models in person. There are a number of online life drawing sessions that I’ve signed up for, and can of course use myself…

Project 3.1: Observing the Human Figure

Posted on 2022-11-132022-11-27

I’m trying out organizing my posts differently. I’m hoping it aids the reader in finding the most pertinent information. In particular, I intend to front-load any notes regarding my intention,…