Course work: Commenced work on Project Two, Stage One. Sketched in outlines of my still-life setup, on ~A2 paper, using thinned black acrylic. Although I encountered a few difficulties, including a tendency to draw objects instead of shapes, these were somewhat minimized by my having drawn the objects several times previously. The contour errors, and the error in the size of the pear that is now apparent, should be fairly easily correctible as work progresses.
I then did some experimentation with black and yellow ochre, to get a general idea of the range of color and tone I had available by mixing these two.
Using black, white, and yellow ochre acrylics, I mixed a light grey, a medium grey-green, and two darker grey-greens, and applied them to the appropriate areas on the paper; my objectives with this first application of paint were to get down some approximate tones, correct the worst shape errors, and gain a little experience with mixing and handling acrylics, a medium with which I have done only minor experimentation. It appears that I will need some additional tonal correction and some more minor shape correction in my next working session.
Reading and theoretical studies:
Stephanie D’Allesandro and John Elderfield Matisse: Radical Invention 1913-1917
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 2010
Pp. 120-137, 144-151
Sketchbook work: Sketched in charcoal a bunch of bananas, one of which was unusually long. Then I got interested in the stem end of the bunch, and tried with limited success to draw it with colored pencils.
Time today: 3 hours 12 minutes
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