Fruit and Veg Check and Log

My tutor had picked up on my lack of skill and confidence with coloured media when I submitted assignment 1.

Drawing With Other Colour Media

This is on A3 using marker pens.  The course moves on to depicting the same subject (flowers) with different coloured media

Flowers In Coloured Pencil

Draw either cut flowers in a vase or plants growing naturally.  A2 in size and flowers with clear shapes and strong colours.  Look hard at how the flowers are constructed and make them look three dimensional, not merely a pattern.  The brief concludes by stating that building up colour in pencil takes time and it may take more than three hours to do an A2 size drawing.

A Visit To The Baltic

 There’s a no photo policy here so I’ve taken this from the Baltic website at www.balticmill.com

Negative Space In A Plant

Use a large potted plant for this exercise with a plain background. Work on A3 paper and I chose to work in pencil:

Drawing Using Oil Pastel

Using a textured coloured paper A3 in size, equip yourself with a good range of oil pastels

Still Life Research

SInce this section of the course involves still life I thought I would visit a couple of  galleries and see if any local contemporary artists are labouring over bowls of fruit and veg in time honoured fashion and to my surprise they actually are.

Using Markers & Dip Pens

Drawing Fruit & Veg In Colour- Using Hatching To Create Tone

This project was to use coloured pencils, marker, inks or pastels to draw at least three pieces of fruit or vegetables.

Research – Tight & Rigorous Expressive & Sketchy

Edvard Munch and David Hockney display two very different styles here.  Both depict interior scenes and portraiture.