23 September 2009




Course work: A fifth session of work on my drawing of natural objects (sea shells) for the final exercise in Assignment 1. Have now essentially finished: will study it for a day or so, looking for things that need further work.



Reading:



E.H. Gombrich, The Story of Art,

Phaidon Press Limited, Oxford 1978

Chapter 9 (pp 125-136)



Personal Sketchbook Work: Some broken eggshells. I found it difficult to capture the relative translucency of the shells with graphite: it might be easier to do with oil paint.



Other Activities: Visits to two galleries in Augusta, Georgia, about 90 minutes away.

One was the faculty show at Augusta State University; the other was a juried show at the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art. Comments on these visits are found in the Museum and Gallery Visits section of the learning log.



Total time: about two hours (not including gallery visits)