Thursday 14 April 2011

Course work: Continued minor work and adjustments to Project Two.

Reading and theoretical studies:

Timothy Hyman Bonnard

Thames and Hudson, London, 1998

Pp. 54-87

Wednesday 13 April 2011

Course work: Some further work on Project Two, still mostly detail work.

Reading and theoretical studies:

Matthew Collings This is Modern Art

Weidenfeld and Nicholson, London, 1999

Pp. 184-199

Tuesday 12 April 2011

Course work: A little more work on Project Two.

Reading and theoretical studies:

Timothy Hyman Bonnard

Thames and Hudson, London, 1998

Pp. 31-53

Sketchbook work: A page of experiments with India ink-drops distributed by blowing upon them with a straw.  Two drops were used: the upper was plain ink, the lower had a drop of soap added.  Both resulted in interesting patterns for which I can see potential future use, perhaps as trees or marine microorganisms.  It will be interesting to try similar experiments with acrylic ink and non-waterproof ink.

Monday 11 April 2011

Course work: Further work on Project Two, primarily putting in smaller details, a slow process for me, and one that will overwhelm me if I allow it to do so.

Reading and theoretical studies:

Timothy Hyman Bonnard

Thames and Hudson, London, 1998

Pp. 7-30

Sketchbook work:  A clump of young, feral pecan trees, almost the last deciduous tree in our area to bud out in the spring.

Sunday 10 April 2011

Weekly reflections on learning experience: A fairly satisfactory week, although toward the end I got “stuck” trying to decide how to finish up the Project Two painting.  Sketchbook work and reading were satisfactory, and I spent some “off the book” time considering future projects and accumulating pertinent information.

Saturday 9 April 2011

Course work: Some additional work on the Project Two painting, in addition to some “sitting and staring” time spent in considering just how to finish it up.

Reading and theoretical studies:

Matthew Collings This is Modern Art

Weidenfeld and Nicholson, London, 1999

Pp. 157-182

Sketchbook work: A hasty and not particularly successful pen sketch of a spray of orchids.

Friday 8 April 2011

Course work: Further work on the Project Two painting, which is beginning to come together.

Reading and theoretical studies:

Matthew Collings This is Modern Art

Weidenfeld and Nicholson, London, 1999

Pp. 127-156

Sarah Simblett The Drawing Book

Dorling Kindersley, London, 2004

Pp. 218-237

Sketchbook work: A simplified acrylic sketch after Goya’s Prison, Interior, that seems to show as well as anything I’ve seen the effect of looking from a darkened room into a lighted one.