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I focused on two statues in Birmingham for this exercise. Firstly I looked at this peculiar statue that sits in the (was) fountain outside of the BMAG, it is now filled with plants instead of water, creating an interesting scene around the statue. I found the composition of the statue unique and stylised. It’s notContinue reading “Statues”

For my townscape I decided on Birmingham, and ended up at the Ikon gallery. Since the exercise asked me to focus on a specific building, I decided that the architecture of the gallery’s exterior was perfect and sat down to begin sketching. 1. Sketchbook Drawings I focused on a small areas above the entrance whichContinue reading “Townscape”

The Czech Artist with his new exhibition at the Ikon Gallery, offers insight to the World around us by recycling old pieces of disposed technology (lights, circuit boards, wires and cables) in order to create a new vision of the world we live in. Some of his work having mythical or surreal elements, like aContinue reading “The end of fun- Kristof Kintera”

One Artist whose work has really stuck out to me is John Virtue, I love how messy and abstract his work first appears and then how the modern landscape of London begins to form the longer you look. His work has a historic feel to it while also remaining new and fresh, with his blackContinue reading “The Urban Environment”

Parallel perspective- An interior view For my interior view although asked for a rug in the exercise, I was eager to try this complicated view I came across when visiting the BMAG. I thought that with all the lines present in the view it could be good to try for this exercise. I began byContinue reading “Perspective”

For this exercise I wanted to build upon my last exercise and really explore that scene of the woodland and trees again. I wanted to improve my perspective skills and I thought the composition worked really well to establish a foreground, middle ground and background and I wanted to work on my drawing skills andContinue reading “Foreground, middle ground and background”

I think that you can learn a lot and discover new things about Art and approaches to Landscapes by comparing different approaches and how they have changed through history. I found my recent Artist Research looking at historical and contemporary approaches was useful in seeing how art styles vary and differ as time and artContinue reading “Comparing Contemporary to Earlier approaches of Landscapes”

Looking through my studies so far, one aspect of Landscapes I really enjoyed and wanted to take further was tree’s. I really love capturing the shape of the trunk and the branches, and it was something I could develop my skills of tone and texture with. Looking at my research of Vija Celmins, I didContinue reading “Developing my Studies”

Inspiration can be found and worked into my work as inspiration, and you can find that both in historic works and contemporary works. I can see what techniques worked for different Artists and how they could apply to me and my approach to landscapes. Monet Monet’s impressionist approach to landscapes creates a dreamy atmosphere thatContinue reading “Historic and Contemporary landscape Artists”

This exercise should help me to see how drastically my view/drawing can change from just shifting my view, and will help me really think about my composition and point of view when approaching a landscape drawing. North I started with the North point of view, facing down a path and past a pub into someContinue reading “360 Studies”