Martin Paints – Page 8 – A blog to record my progress with the Open College of the Arts

Project 2.2: Still Life

Posted on 2022-08-072022-10-23

Research: Iconographic significance in still life Dutch Still Life had a number of subgenre3 and if I’m correct, the Collier work above is of the type ‘Pronk’ — which is…

Project 2.1: Understanding Colour

Posted on 2022-08-012023-10-12

Table of Contents Research: Chevreul I seem to like to make things hard for myself. For this course I had gone over to Abebooks ( a great online meta-retailer for…

(Feature image from Toronto Outdoor Art Fair promotional materials. Visit their site at https://torontooutdoor.art/about) This was my first year attending this particular art fair, and I wish I had gone…

Assignment 1: Octopus Salad

Posted on 2022-07-172022-10-01

I went through a number of stages of ideation with this assignment. My initials plans were all various levels of crazy ambitious, and I walked them back until I finally…

Project 1.3: Coloured Grounds

Posted on 2022-07-022022-09-01

Reading I’m slowly working my way through Ways of Looking1. The author produces write ups for individual art works which is tremendously helpful for me. I don’t really know how…

Project 1.2: Transparent and Opaque

Posted on 2022-06-142022-09-01

Overlaying Washes I left the final stripe monochrome, because I quite liked that gradient and wanted something to compare against for the Opaque mixing. As before, I struggled to get…

Project 1.1: Basic Paint Application

Posted on 2022-06-112022-09-01

I’m slowly in the process of setting up my own site. I’ll migrate there eventually, but will make sure links are left in place to guide the reader (and will…

Introduction

Posted on 2022-06-052023-01-13

This will be my second module with the OCA. I spent the last year working on Drawing 1: Drawing Skills, experimenting across various media, learning about materials, and stepping a…

Fall 2021 AGO visit: Various Exhibits

Posted on 2022-05-212023-01-13

Back in the fall, I attended the exhibit Fragments of Epic Memory at the Art Gallery of Ontario. I promptly misplaced my notes, only to relocate them as I was…

Imaginary Exhibition: Treasured, Not Forgotten

Posted on 2022-04-252023-01-13

Following discussions with my tutor, and notes received during our feedback session, I’ve expanded this post. I’ve rendered my updates and responses in the form of an imaginary interview, at…