I first saw this artist at the BP Portrait Award 2018 at the National Portrait Gallery this summer. I was struck by Forte’s technique of layering the paint (in gradually thick layers) onto the canvas. Leaving parts of the canvas quite bare, so early layers can be see, and to the right of the figure’s…… Continue reading Artist: Felicia Forte
Category: Second Year
Life Drawing to Painting ex.3+4
With these next experiments I wanted to try painting from drawings of new mediums and experiment more with painting more instinctually.Charcoal drawing from life, 20 mins.I picked this drawing because of the tonal detail I made and the notes of colour written on the body, making a pretty comprehensive drawing to paint from. By chance,…… Continue reading Life Drawing to Painting ex.3+4
From Life Drawing to Painting ex.1+2
These experiments are a technical investigation into painting from sketches made from life. I had never done it before so I wanted to see how I would lay the paint down, what colours I would use with the information I had, and what the final result would be. I used a thinned underpainting of Burnt…… Continue reading From Life Drawing to Painting ex.1+2
Artist: Denis Sarazhin
Contemporary artist, born in Ukraine, 1982. Initial thoughts about Sarazhin’s work. chiaroscuro – more recent work interlaced bodies portraits placed figures reminds me of people sleeping – the awkward angles their bodies are in It is hard to describe the way I interact with these paintings, because the mood Sarazhin has captured is not tangible;…… Continue reading Artist: Denis Sarazhin
Visual Mindmap
These are a collection of artists that I have been drawn to over the course of summer. Unintentionally, there are themes that can be seen in this collection of artists and artworks: Content of the paintings People and the positioning of bodies is a key theme. Tender interactions between people OR tender paintings of single…… Continue reading Visual Mindmap
A book I read: Art as Therapy by Alain de Botton and John Armstrong
I read this book over summer and it has really made an impact on the way I view the purpose of art in culture and society. The book is relevant to my practice because it made me think about the purpose of my work. This includes: how the context of my work is interpreted what…… Continue reading A book I read: Art as Therapy by Alain de Botton and John Armstrong
Georgina Harris 