Sunday 17 April 2011

Weekly reflections on learning experience: Not a very satisfactory week.  Indecision as to how to complete the Project Two painting led into one of the periods of being unable to do anything that seem to be common to those who pursue art in any form.

Saturday 16 April 2011

Reading and theoretical studies:

Sarah Simblett The Drawing Book

Dorling Kindersley, London, 2004

Pp. 238-255

(This book is always a delight to peruse.  I have read it three times now, and learn something new every time.  This volume stays in my workroom, rather than on the more capacious but more remote shelves that house most of my books.)

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.