I was writing in my sketchbook that I wanted this final sculpture of the term to be geometric. But when I sketched ideas out in my sketchbook I realised that fan faults are the most iconic Cathedral architectural feature, so this is a shape I need to explore! This shape is both simple and intricate…… Continue reading Second Paper Mache Sculpture Process
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Using a projector in the painting process
Why haven’t I done this before!? I was home one evening talking about my work and I was reminded of using a projector to project shapes onto the canvas to get proportions right etc. SO I found an overhead projector – I chose this instead of a digital one because I can still hand draw…… Continue reading Using a projector in the painting process
Second experiment drawing sculpture into a painting
First of all I did a series of sketches in my sketchbook, this was the most successful and so I wanted a sketch like this but more refined on the painting. Turns out it is a lot harder to paint this shape onto the painting than I expected!! Problems with the process of this experiment:…… Continue reading Second experiment drawing sculpture into a painting
Photoshopping structures into a painting
I thought it would be useful to see how the sculpture will look in the painting, giving me an idea of how a drawing would look in real life. The right hand angle looks way better, the angle on the right makes the shape look flat and not dimensional. I discovered this in my sketchbook…… Continue reading Photoshopping structures into a painting
Sculpture drawing at an angle
This went terribly!!! I did no practice, I just started on the paper – turns out that was not a good idea! I first mapped out only the lines, following the pattern I made when drawing the sculpture straight on. But the shape didn’t make any sense. So i blocked in the white to see…… Continue reading Sculpture drawing at an angle
Paint thickness and next drawing sculpture experiment
Location I painted outside just now to prepare the page for the sculpture test drawing I’m going to put on top. This was the first painting in this style I have done in what seems like a while! This is not really true, but compared to last term I have been doing less painting outside.…… Continue reading Paint thickness and next drawing sculpture experiment
Reading: 3 X abstraction : new methods of drawing by Hilma af Klint, Emma Kunz and Agnes Martin by
Klint, H.af et al., 2005. 3 X abstraction : new methods of drawing by Hilma af Klint, Emma Kunz and Agnes Martin, New Haven, Conn. ; London: Yale University Press. I wanted to read more about Kunz’s work since I realised how similar her drawings are to some cathedral architecture. Surprisingly the only book I could…… Continue reading Reading: 3 X abstraction : new methods of drawing by Hilma af Klint, Emma Kunz and Agnes Martin by
Drawing the paper mache sculpture
HB – 2B Pencils Detailed drawing. Transferring dimensions back onto paper. I then traced this drawing with clean newspaper paper, and cut around it so I had a template for the next drawing. Black and white thinned acrylic paint I reduced the detailed painting down to lines. It’s interesting how this drawing is so different…… Continue reading Drawing the paper mache sculpture
Wire and Paper Mache Sculpture (#3)
After a tutorial about my work I wanted to try out paper mache. It sounded like it had the potential to be a lot finer and more delicate than clay, and also much stronger than clay and not subject to cracking. I designed the shape being far more precise than I have made designs in…… Continue reading Wire and Paper Mache Sculpture (#3)
Emma Kunz similar to cathedrals looking up
I was doing the sketches for my paper mache sculpture and was using the book The Cathedrals of England by Clifton-Taylor as well as images of Emma Kunz’s drawings for reference. As I was looking through images I found two that were SO similar! !!! The left image on my laptop is of a drawing…… Continue reading Emma Kunz similar to cathedrals looking up
