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Session 16 (22 September 2015)
Composition in Art (2)
Addition and subtraction techniques and projecting lines
out from objects
In this session class were asked to work in a freer, more sketchy way.
Part of the process of art is to continue to experiment and explore and
if we aren't careful, we will become comfortable with keeping within our
comfort zones. So this week we considered addition and subtraction techniques,
together with projecting lines out from our objects - deliberately looking
at the lines extending beyond our object shapes and then building up layers
of our medium, e.g. pencil or paint, or removing areas of our medium,
e.g. rubbing out, smudging, lifting off, etc.
Dianne
- Theme: Trees
Dianne set out with determination to learn more about drawing and painting
trees, but felt somewhat frustrated with her efforts. However, she persevered
and tried a number of techniques throughout the session to represent
colour, form and texture.
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Sue
Sue began the session by drawing a piece of wood she had brought in
- using her pastels confidently and extending the lines of her object.
As with others in the group, Sue used colour to fill the areas produced
by the extended lines.
After drawing the wood (above), Sue turned her attention to a red glass
object (right) and I was reminded of how, in the last session, she had
done well at representing glass.
Sue works in a bold, confident way and expresses a natural ability for
capturing the qualities of glass. Her mark-making is quite heavy at
times and perhaps a little impatient, and yet this adds some nice qualities
to her work where it seems that a slightly care-free approach allows
an intuitive flow to express itself through her hand. (Click
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Denise
- Theme: Buildings
Denise set up her tools arrangement from the previous session and followed
the brief with confidence - extending the line of the objects. Extending
colour into abstract forms of table and shade created a striking painting.
We discussed increasing spatial depth between the objects by combining
sharpness of line with shadow - starting with the trowel against the bolt
in the background - and Denise started to achieve this before we ran out
of class time.
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Sue
- Theme: Glass
Michelle - Theme: Places
Michelle brought a very colourful object from a visit to China.
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A combination of artistic licence and extended lines began to form a very striking image. I am drawn to the eyes and what have become whiskers around the mouth and it would have been interesting to see what was going to happen next.
Ann brought some dry roses, Honesty, and a large, dry seedhead. Ann had also prepared some colour backgrounds and spent some time experimenting with blowing ink to hopefully express the qualities of the seedhead. However, this didn't work as expected and blowing long strands of ink as had been hoped, did not project the ink far enough.
Eventually, Ann decided to try pencil marks, flicked outwards from the centre. Had there been more class time available, I expect she might have experimented with pencil and ink washes - although in truth, I'm not sure that Ann was having a very good 'art day'!
