Saturday 27 March 2010




Course work: Work on the final drawing for assignment 3 with colored pencil and an ink wash.



Reading:



Rose-Marie & Ranier Hagen What Great Paintings Say (Vol. 1)

Taschen, Köln, 2005

Pp 170-175



Personal Sketchbook work: A sketch of a sleeping black cat.

Total time: 42 minutes

Friday 26 March 2010




Course work: Work on the final drawing for assignment 3 with colored pencil and markers.



Reading:



Rose-Marie & Ranier Hagen What Great Paintings Say (Vol. 1)

Taschen, Köln, 2005

Pp 152-169



Daniel M. Mendelowitz and Duane Wakeham A Guide to Drawing (Fifth Edition)

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers, Orlando, Florida, USA, 1995

Pp 289-306



Personal Sketchbook work: A rather poorly-done sketch of an electric shaver.

Total time: 1hour 21 minutes

Thursday 25 March 2010




Today is the first day since February 16th that I’ve managed to work on course work, reading, and personal drawing on the same day. I hope this is a good omen for further recovery.



Course work: Finalized my setup, and did a rough pencil outline for the final drawing for assignment 3.



Reading:



Rose-Marie & Ranier Hagen What Great Paintings Say (Vol. 1)

Taschen, Köln, 2005

Pp 140-151



Personal Sketchbook work: A sketch of a towel on a metal ring (thus reviewing drapery and shiny metal).

Total time: 47 minutes

Tuesday 23 March 2010




Course work: My painting group met today. I took advantage of the opportunity to produce an oil sketch of my planned setup for the final drawing for assignment 3. While using oils to plan a drawing may seem somewhat odd, I found it useful, and was able to identify a couple of compositional problems.

Total time: 2 hours 20 min

Monday 22 March 2010




Following yet another relapse, we try again.



Course work: Resumed planning work on the final drawing for assignment 3, making major changes in the group of objects I have been working with, and simplifying the setup. Did a trial sketch with pencil, marker, colored pencil, and ink wash.

Reading:



Rose-Marie & Ranier Hagen What Great Paintings Say (Vol. 1)

Taschen, Köln, 2005

Pp 115-139



Total time: 1 hour 13 min

Tuesday 16 March 2010




Reading:



Rose-Marie & Ranier Hagen What Great Paintings Say (Vol. 1)

Taschen, Köln, 2005



Personal sketchbook work: A drawing of a small blue-enameled metal pot, with the lid propped on top. Drew the lid badly.

Total time: 1 hour 25 minutes

Monday 15 March 2010




Finally feel able to get a pencil to go more or less where I want it to go.



Reading:



Rose-Marie & Ranier Hagen What Great Paintings Say (Vol. 1)

Taschen, Köln, 2005

Pp 68-97



Personal Sketchbook work: A revisit to my old friend, a towel on a hook.

Total time: 1 hour 5 minutes