21 Aug 2009
Course work: Continued work on Assignment 1, Section 1, pages 3-4 “Making Marks.” Two more sheets of 18 x 24” newsprint were filled with large, sweeping doodles made with biro and a carbon stick. Twelve 5 x 5 cm squares in sketchbook were filled with smaller doodles done in media ranging from fine dip pen to carpenter’s pencil. Twelve 5 x 5 cm squares in sketchbook were filled with marks made my various drawing materials.
Observations: Large formats require a large, bold marking device, and small ones are best served by a small sharp marking tool. Large, sweeping curvilinear doodles done primarily from the shoulder seem to happen almost independently, with little input from the brain.
Reading:
The Story of Art, E.H. Gombrich
Phaidon press Limited, Oxford 1978
Preface and Introduction (pp 1-18)
The Complete Drawing Course, Ian Simpson
Running Press, Philadelphia, PA 1993
Introduction, Basic Drawing Materials, Lesson One (pp 6-21)
(The latter reading was a discussion of common drawing materials and their uses, with a lesson on mark-making.)
Personal sketchbook work: a small pencil sketch of one of our cats sleeping on the porch, done in my pocket sketchbook.
Total time: apx. 2 ½ hours
Friday, August 21, 2009
Thursday, August 20, 2009
20 Aug 2009
Course work: Started work on Assignment 1, Section 1, page 3 “Making Marks.” Used 5 sheets 18 x 24” newsprint (closest I can find to A2) and made marks with pencil, charcoal, marker, and reed pen. I quickly discovered a preference for large, sweeping curvilinear marks, and forced myself to start another sheet with small straight marks made with a reed pen: after a while, I discovered I was enjoying this, too, though it was a much slower process.
Reading:
Keith Micklewright, Drawing
Harry N. Abrams, Inc, NY 2005
Chapter 8 (pp 90-94) Mark Making
Richard Box, Drawing for the Terrified
David & Charles, Newton Abbot, Devon 1997
Chapter 2 (pp 16-23) Exploring the Nature of Materials
Personal sketchbook work: a small sketch of an interesting mushroom I found on my morning walk, done in my pocket sketchbook. Fairly satisfactory, but would have been better with colored pencil or light wash.
Total time: a bit over two hours
Course work: Started work on Assignment 1, Section 1, page 3 “Making Marks.” Used 5 sheets 18 x 24” newsprint (closest I can find to A2) and made marks with pencil, charcoal, marker, and reed pen. I quickly discovered a preference for large, sweeping curvilinear marks, and forced myself to start another sheet with small straight marks made with a reed pen: after a while, I discovered I was enjoying this, too, though it was a much slower process.
Reading:
Keith Micklewright, Drawing
Harry N. Abrams, Inc, NY 2005
Chapter 8 (pp 90-94) Mark Making
Richard Box, Drawing for the Terrified
David & Charles, Newton Abbot, Devon 1997
Chapter 2 (pp 16-23) Exploring the Nature of Materials
Personal sketchbook work: a small sketch of an interesting mushroom I found on my morning walk, done in my pocket sketchbook. Fairly satisfactory, but would have been better with colored pencil or light wash.
Total time: a bit over two hours
20 Aug 2009
Course work: Started work on Assignment 1, Section 1, page 3 “Making Marks.” Used 5 sheets 18 x 24” newsprint (closest I can find to A2) and made marks with pencil, charcoal, marker, and reed pen. I quickly discovered a preference for large, sweeping curvilinear marks, and forced myself to start another sheet with small straight marks made with a reed pen: after a while, I discovered I was enjoying this, too, though it was a much slower process.
Reading:
Keith Micklewright, Drawing
Harry N. Abrams, Inc, NY 2005
Chapter 8 (pp 90-94) Mark Making
Richard Box, Drawing for the Terrified
David & Charles, Newton Abbot, Devon 1997
Chapter 2 (pp 16-23) Exploring the Nature of Materials
Personal sketchbook work: a small sketch of an interesting mushroom I found on my morning walk, done in my pocket sketchbook. Fairly satisfactory, but would have been better with colored pencil or light wash.
Total time: a bit over two hours
Course work: Started work on Assignment 1, Section 1, page 3 “Making Marks.” Used 5 sheets 18 x 24” newsprint (closest I can find to A2) and made marks with pencil, charcoal, marker, and reed pen. I quickly discovered a preference for large, sweeping curvilinear marks, and forced myself to start another sheet with small straight marks made with a reed pen: after a while, I discovered I was enjoying this, too, though it was a much slower process.
Reading:
Keith Micklewright, Drawing
Harry N. Abrams, Inc, NY 2005
Chapter 8 (pp 90-94) Mark Making
Richard Box, Drawing for the Terrified
David & Charles, Newton Abbot, Devon 1997
Chapter 2 (pp 16-23) Exploring the Nature of Materials
Personal sketchbook work: a small sketch of an interesting mushroom I found on my morning walk, done in my pocket sketchbook. Fairly satisfactory, but would have been better with colored pencil or light wash.
Total time: a bit over two hours
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