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I am glad to see that with Part 4 I have really progressed with my work and skills. I really enjoy working with the paint like qualities of oil pastel, something which I explored as I expanded my use of media in the Part. I think taking some of my tutors feedback of using thinnersContinue reading “Feedback”

I have been looking over the work I have built up in Part 4 and looking to them as preliminary drawings. I have also been looking at all of the different mediums I have been using to figure out what work best for each of the required figure studies. I have really enjoyed experimenting withContinue reading “Assignment Four”

For this exercise I wanted to go with a more stylistic approach than aim for something realistic as the outcome is bound to be odd. I chose to work with my POSCA Paint Markers again as they’re bold and will make great lines, as I wanted the focus to be on line. I chose toContinue reading “Portrait from memory”

I find it hardest to draw myself. I struggle to identify with the features on my face and drawing from a mirror where my position is always slightly changing also proves quite difficult. It also doesn’t help that I hate the way I look. Quick Studies I began looking in the mirror for my quickContinue reading “My own head”

I began with the eyes, sketching out the basic shape and used cross hatching to add tone, curving the lines to add dimension and shape with my use of tone. I liked playing around with the reflections in the eyes and adjusted my light source with my model to get some interesting reflections. For meContinue reading “Facial Features”

Van Gogh This painting is beautifully done with the use of line, the lines used in each part of the painting flow in their own direction and are moving with one another and against lines from other areas of the portrait. His colour choice is bright but not too much, and contrast nicely. Your gazeContinue reading “Self Portraits through History”

Graham Little This first artist I am looking at, Graham Little, works beautifully here to portray the face in such a unique way. He uses his composition to display the woman’s face in numerous angles with mirrors and it works brilliantly. I think its a unique and interesting take on the composition of face andContinue reading “The Face”

The underlying structure of the body is so interesting, historically it combined science and art to create some beautiful drawings, and can make for some interesting artwork within the contemporary art scene. Leonardo Da Vinci This piece by Leonardo Da Vinci is one of the first drawings to come to mind when thinking of aContinue reading “The Underlying Structure of the Body”

For my three figure drawings I really wanted to play around and experiment with a lot of different mediums and look at how I can use them and combine them for a great portrait. For my first study, I tried out a new medium, POSCA Paint Markers, which are bold, intense paint markers. I lookedContinue reading “Three Figure Drawings”

Understanding the parts that make up the body is useful to putting the pieces together in an accurate and proportionate way. Knowing the different ways the joints can move and the bones underneath can help me to accurately depict the body as a whole or separately. I began by looking at the feet, firstly theContinue reading “The structure of the human body”