Tuesday 22 March 2011

Reading and theoretical studies:

Butler, Christopher Postmodernism

Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2002

Pp. 67-89

Sketchbook work: A quick outline sketch of the plumpest of our cats.

Monday 21 March 2011

Course work: Completed the third Project One drawing.  This one I liked, and it will almost certainly be one of my paintings.

 Reading and theoretical studies:

Stuart Preston Vuillard

Thames and Hudson, London, 1985

Pp. 33-63

Sunday 20 March 2011




Course work: Started the third of the Project One drawings.



Reading and theoretical studies:



E.H. Gombrich, The Story of Art

Phaidon Press Limited, Oxford 1978

Pp. 395-424



Sketchbook work: A drapery study in charcoal.

Weekly reflections on learning experience: With the builders finally gone, the last part of the week was fairly productive. I am refamiliarizing myself with charcoal techniques, and with the use of workable fixative. Perspective needs more work. Reading and theoretical studies are fair.



Time today: 1 hour 56 minutes

Friday 18 March 2011




Course work: Did the second drawing for Project One. A problem with these drawings is that one must not only find a good vantage point with room for a sketching easel, but must look ahead and consider whether there will be space for the larger and far messier acrylic setup, so hazardous to carpets, furniture, and domestic tranquility.

A perspective check showed rather unsatisfactory construction; this was a difficult subject.



Reading and theoretical studies:



Matthew Collings This is Modern Art

Weidenfeld and Nicholson, London, 1999

Pp. 8-42



Sketchbook work: A sketch of the mule-drawn plow used by my father and grandfather.

Time today: 3 hours 52 minutes (14h3m)

Thursday 17 March 2011




Course work: Did the first Project One drawing, in just over the suggested two hours, on ~A3 paper, with charcoal.

Reading and theoretical studies:



Stuart Preston Vuillard

Thames and Hudson, London, 1985

Pp. 7-32



Sketchbook work: Another little sketch over a random collection of brush strokes, this one “Elvis as Laocoön.”

Time today: 2 hours 48 minutes

Wednesday 16 March 2011





Course work: More preliminary sketches for the Project One Drawings.

Reading and theoretical studies:



E.H. Gombrich, The Story of Art

Phaidon Press Limited, Oxford 1978

Pp. 360-394



Sketchbook work: A charcoal sketch of the pond in morning fog.

Time today: 1 hour 55 minutes

Wednesday 9 March 2011





Course work: Did four preliminary sketches, trying out viewpoints and looking at lighting prior to starting the Project One Drawings.

Reading and theoretical studies:



E.H. Gombrich, The Story of Art

Phaidon Press Limited, Oxford 1978

Pp. 342-359



Time today: 1 hour 41 minutes (5h28m)