Sunday 26 December 2010
Reading and theoretical studies:
E. H. Gombrich Art and Illusion (11th Printing)
Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, USA, 1969
Pp. 268-287
Guy Cogeval: Vuillard: Post-Impressionist Master
Harry N. Abrams, New York, 2002
Pp. 69-97
Weekly reflections on learning experience: Another week in which little was accomplished, primarily because of frustrating but unavoidable holiday demands.
Time today: 44 minutes
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Wednesday 22 December 2010
Course work: Some further work on Stage Three of Project Two. Most of my effort of late has been in making small corrections and additions: I think it would be sensible to continue to do this, but to simultaneously work further along into the course, since the little adjustments I have been making only require a few minutes of effort.
Reading and theoretical studies:
E. H. Gombrich Art and Illusion (11th Printing)
Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, USA, 1969
Pp. 242-267
Concluding the theoretical work on P. 93 of the text, I did a colored pencil sketch (~15x18 cm) of Rembrandt’s The Philosopher Reading in my sketchbook to demonstrate “…using colour to emphasise the fall of light on objects.” The textbook statement seems unclear, and I have been looking for a painting that seemed suitable for almost two months. What I have attempted to do is to identify the underlying colors in the work and to strengthen them and use them in a non-linear fashion to show their role in delineating the way that their relative values depict the objects.
Time today: 1 hour 37 minutes
Course work: Some further work on Stage Three of Project Two. Most of my effort of late has been in making small corrections and additions: I think it would be sensible to continue to do this, but to simultaneously work further along into the course, since the little adjustments I have been making only require a few minutes of effort.
Reading and theoretical studies:
E. H. Gombrich Art and Illusion (11th Printing)
Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, USA, 1969
Pp. 242-267
Concluding the theoretical work on P. 93 of the text, I did a colored pencil sketch (~15x18 cm) of Rembrandt’s The Philosopher Reading in my sketchbook to demonstrate “…using colour to emphasise the fall of light on objects.” The textbook statement seems unclear, and I have been looking for a painting that seemed suitable for almost two months. What I have attempted to do is to identify the underlying colors in the work and to strengthen them and use them in a non-linear fashion to show their role in delineating the way that their relative values depict the objects.
Time today: 1 hour 37 minutes
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Wednesday 15 December 2010-Tuesday 21 December 2010
Reading and theoretical studies:
Victoria Finlay Color
Ballantine Books, New York, 2002
Pp. 376-395
(This engrossing book is part history, part travelogue, part art, and part chemistry, and it will be enjoyed by anyone whose interests include at least two of these factors.)
Guy Cogeval: Vuillard: Post-Impressionist Master
Harry N. Abrams, New York, 2002
Pp. 11-67
Cynthia Freeland Art Theory
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2001
Pp. 40-59
Weekly reflections on learning experience: This has not been a highly productive period, as holiday travel to visit family and friends has cut sharply into my work, permitting only a little reading in stolen moments. I fear this will continue for some time yet.
Total time: 2 hours 10 minutes
Reading and theoretical studies:
Victoria Finlay Color
Ballantine Books, New York, 2002
Pp. 376-395
(This engrossing book is part history, part travelogue, part art, and part chemistry, and it will be enjoyed by anyone whose interests include at least two of these factors.)
Guy Cogeval: Vuillard: Post-Impressionist Master
Harry N. Abrams, New York, 2002
Pp. 11-67
Cynthia Freeland Art Theory
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2001
Pp. 40-59
Weekly reflections on learning experience: This has not been a highly productive period, as holiday travel to visit family and friends has cut sharply into my work, permitting only a little reading in stolen moments. I fear this will continue for some time yet.
Total time: 2 hours 10 minutes
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Tuesday 14 December 2010
Course work: More work on Stage Three of Project Two, primarily on the “Venus” figurine, working from yesterday’s sketchbook study and from the setup itself.
Reading and theoretical studies:
Cynthia Freeland Art Theory
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2001
Pp. 20-39
Time today: 48 minutes
Course work: More work on Stage Three of Project Two, primarily on the “Venus” figurine, working from yesterday’s sketchbook study and from the setup itself.
Reading and theoretical studies:
Cynthia Freeland Art Theory
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2001
Pp. 20-39
Time today: 48 minutes
Monday, December 13, 2010
Monday 13 December 2010
Course work: Additional work on Stage Three of Project Two. Most effort was expended on yet another repainting of drapery folds, but some on further development of objects.
Reading and theoretical studies:
E.H. Gombrich, The Story of Art
Phaidon Press Limited, Oxford 1978
Pp. 202-228
Sketchbook work: A quick study of the shadow pattern on the Willendorf Venus; this has gotten rather confused in my painting, and I need to revise and simplify it.
Time today: 1 hour 27 minutes
Course work: Additional work on Stage Three of Project Two. Most effort was expended on yet another repainting of drapery folds, but some on further development of objects.
Reading and theoretical studies:
E.H. Gombrich, The Story of Art
Phaidon Press Limited, Oxford 1978
Pp. 202-228
Sketchbook work: A quick study of the shadow pattern on the Willendorf Venus; this has gotten rather confused in my painting, and I need to revise and simplify it.
Time today: 1 hour 27 minutes
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Sunday 12 December 2010
Course work: Ongoing work on Stage Three of Project Two.
Reading and theoretical studies:
Sarah Simblett The Drawing Book
Dorling Kindersley, London, 2004
Pp. 47-87
Sketchbook work: A drapery study in charcoal, ~18 x 26cm; I can do these tolerably well in most media, but doing them in acrylic continues to elude me.
Weekly reflections on learning experience: I am going through one of the periods of frustration that attend the learning of any new skill or technique. The knowledge that I could do better with another medium is disheartening, and even the certainty that persistence will lead to progress is unhelpful. The work I am doing now is not done out of pleasure, but out of self-compulsion. All I can do at present is to struggle along and try to make a different set of mistakes than I made on the preceding day. My reading and sketchbook work are gradually returning to their pre-vacation levels.
Time today: 1 hour 26 minutes
Course work: Ongoing work on Stage Three of Project Two.
Reading and theoretical studies:
Sarah Simblett The Drawing Book
Dorling Kindersley, London, 2004
Pp. 47-87
Sketchbook work: A drapery study in charcoal, ~18 x 26cm; I can do these tolerably well in most media, but doing them in acrylic continues to elude me.
Weekly reflections on learning experience: I am going through one of the periods of frustration that attend the learning of any new skill or technique. The knowledge that I could do better with another medium is disheartening, and even the certainty that persistence will lead to progress is unhelpful. The work I am doing now is not done out of pleasure, but out of self-compulsion. All I can do at present is to struggle along and try to make a different set of mistakes than I made on the preceding day. My reading and sketchbook work are gradually returning to their pre-vacation levels.
Time today: 1 hour 26 minutes
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