Drawing the nude Poised by Lin Kerr to Illustrate a poetry book 'Dance' Life drawing has always been seen as a terribly important part of an art training, and when a friend raised her eyebrows when I said I was going back to life drawing (as I do periodically) I tried to explain why I think it’s important. Of course if you are a conceptualist or abstract artist, it probably isn’t important because being able to draw competently may not be relevant (I do love abstraction though!) But if … [Read more...]
A Second Chance
Autumn Leaves in jug - November 2019 I studied oil painting many years ago as a part of my fine art degree, but I got sidelined by having a family, working as a graphic designer, having a wedding invitation company, teaching and being a lettering artist. Moving to the UK from South Africa entrenched me further in staying with a secure form of income in a familiar territory. I have just completed an intensive year of studying oil painting with Martin Kinnear, a recent award winner of the … [Read more...]
My Sketchbook – looking back
I was fascinated by the concept of Urban Sketching, so I decided to draw every day while on a two month trip to Singapore and Australia in 2015. And I did. I discovered after the first drawing of the V&A just before I left, that I get caught up in detail and this limits me. So 'Loosen Up', (But how?) There is nothing quite like a monsoon to 'loosen one up'. I sheltered in a kiosk with the wind blowing the plants to bits and rain driving in from behind, wetting my back and these lovely … [Read more...]
Kurt Jackson’s Sketchbooks
In the previous post I chatted about Caroline Chappell's method of making working sketches and visual notes. Kurt Jackson's sketchbooks are an end in themselves and function as independent artworks. Sketching is one of the things that we all believe in but seem to find it really hard to do. I mean, how hard is it to draw for ten minutes a day? And anyway, why would we want to? This is a must-read! I can't show examples of his work other than the cover of his book - but I'll give you … [Read more...]
Caroline Chappell – Abstracting the Landscape- part 2
This is part of the series 'My journey with the Masters' The workshop description: Caroline Chappell: Abstracting the Landscape: A mixed media painting workshop designed for people who would like to work in a more expressive way or want to ‘loosen up’. I will show how to make quick visual ‘notes’ while experiencing the landscape, then help to develop them into abstract landscape compositions. Day Two Regardless of the weather which was miserably cold and misty, but not … [Read more...]
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