The medieval universe and a painting by Botticini

I am looking at paintings titled ‘The Assumption of the Virgin’, they’re all paintings from the Renaissance or older. The most compelling ones, to me, are the ones with incredible rendering of dark and light. It appears that light is really important for creating atmosphere in a painting. There’s something tangible, something present, something palpable…… Continue reading The medieval universe and a painting by Botticini

Artist: Amy Sillman

I am revisiting the work of Amy Sillman because I am interested in how she exhibits her paintings/drawings in lines, like washing lines, very close together: Image from Sillman’s wesbite: https://www.amysillman.com/pages/pagination.php?page=1 or like this: Image from Sillman’s website: https://www.amysillman.com/pages/pagination.php?page=1 I really love this format for form focussed works- such as my ink drawings. Image from…… Continue reading Artist: Amy Sillman

A sound walk

https://soundcloud.com/winterspast I listened to the episode ‘Everywhere: The Pond’ and it was so interesting. The way they asked the listener to walk to a pond, be that a puddle or a huge lake as the podcast was going. Then overlaid were sounds of someone walking in the natural landscape, the landscape itself, and people talking…… Continue reading A sound walk

Finished painting!

This is the first large glazed painting I have finished! I am happy with the results and I think it shows potential for the future. From start to finish: Next time I do one of these paintings I want to record each layer of glazing, which didn’t always happen here, and perhaps use a tripod…… Continue reading Finished painting!

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Unfinished painting so far

This is what the painting looks like so far. I had more time in this project I would keep glazing. And after this deadline I will keep continuing with it! You can see I have just started to add the column of light to the painting. I tried adding multiple layers before the glaze had…… Continue reading Unfinished painting so far

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Glazing large canvas, so far

The things I have been struggling with so far: – Patience! It takes at least 6 hours to dry between layers, which means a lot of waiting.- Not making the canvas muddy. I haven’t finished with it yet, but at the moment the canvas is very dark and murky. Adding some more vibrant colours on…… Continue reading Glazing large canvas, so far

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