water colour?

there seems to be huge demand for a water colour day, how many of you are interested? please let me know......

more decieving and eye popping illusions......

drawing....

some interesting drawings from the beginners group, following a variety of criteria....

Life drawing?

please let me know if you would like a life drawing day soon.....

Scottish Painting....and Arthur Melville

The series The Story of Scottish Art is on BBC4 and available on I player if you have missed any episodes. I have found it very interesting......

these water colours are by an artist mentioned in episode three, this week, and the technique was called 'blottesque'. Perhaps you can see why!

black and white work......

probably the last bit of Christmas homework.......

Alphonse Mucha.....

We were talking about Mucha the other day because someone had seen the exhibition at The Sainsbury Centre. I have confirmation now that the exhibition continues till 20th March.
He was a Czech artist, Art Nouveau, Vienna Secesion in style, and believed that beautiful art should improve the quality of peoples lives. He believed his art should be inexpensive and accessible to the general public.

New Uke?

if any of you, or anyone you know might be interested in a Ukelele Day in Cawston Village Hall please let me know as I will try to arrange it if there is any interest........

here is the photo of New Year Eve 'celebrations' in Manchester some of you mentioned......

this photo was mentioned in the media as being like a Renaisance painting in format. The second version has a computer program 'paint' applied to it. The third one has the 'golden section' ( the traditional and classical systemn to organise a painting in order to make it easy to look at) applied over it, amplifying the focal point. You can see that the action in the foreground and mid distance, epitomised by jagged and uneven shapes, contrasts with the buildings and vertical lines in the background which give a feeling of 'security' and the 'establishment'.

Artists to research.....

try looking for Victor Vaserely and Bridget Riley, these are the artists I have mentioned and the
movement with which they were involved is Op Art, which is 'Optical Art'

Victor Vaserely

information....

this week you will need black paper, and white paper, prit stick, scissors, (long scissors make cutting straight lines easier than small ones) or knife and cutting board.......

yet another example of foreshortening

so to prove the point, just measure the length of, for instance, the bown of the spoon compared with the length of the handle, and then perhaps the width of the middle spoon handle compared with the width of the bowl. Now you know that its not magic to sort out, it just involves a bit of measuring......

and more!

more homework, and the dogs just because you havn't seen them for a while!

more homework......

Christmas homework.....

New Year and New Term......

subject matter and drawings at Holt

an extreme example of foreshortening.......
 

.....HOLT......

just to remind you that we are back in Holt on Wednesday, 2 till 4.30, see you there......

homework

just a reminder to bring your homework with you this week, not a big deal, just a little experiment to see what different people can do with the same basic starting point and I look forward to seeing you and what you have made of the challenge,(if you had time to do it!)