Thursday 31 March 2011

Course work: Started the Project Two painting, working on 46x61 cm paper.

Reading and theoretical studies:

Sarah Simblett The Drawing Book

Dorling Kindersley, London, 2004

Pp. 174-195

Sketchbook work: In further preparation for the Project Two painting, I did a sketch of tangled bedclothes, having decided an unmade bed was more interesting than a made one.

Wednesday 30 March 2011

Course work: Finished the fourth Project One Drawing. This one went a bit more quickly than the first.  The perspective was a little better, and the line that really wanders off still looks “right”

to my eye.

   

Reading and theoretical studies:

Leonhard Emmerling Pollock

Taschen, Köln, 2006

Pp. 6-34

Sketchbook work: A few little detail studies to help me resolve issues with the larger drawing for Project One.

Tuesday 29 March 2011

Course work: Started work on the fourth Project One drawing.

Reading and theoretical studies:

Stuart Preston Vuillard

Thames and Hudson, London, 1985

Pp. 96-127

(A readable overview, with a large number of full-page color plates that enable one to more adequately appreciate the artist’s work than would be possible with smaller images.  Although I personally do not find much of Vuillard’s work appealing, his importance in the development of modern art is undeniable.)

Monday 28 March 2011

Reading and theoretical studies:

Matthew Collings This is Modern Art

Weidenfeld and Nicholson, London, 1999

Pp. 43-72

Sketchbook work: A little cartoon strip that summarizes the last several days.

Sunday 27 March 2011

Reading and theoretical studies:

Stuart Preston Vuillard

Thames and Hudson, London, 1985

Pp. 64-95

Saturday 26 March 2011

Reading and theoretical studies:

E.H. Gombrich, The Story of Art

Phaidon Press Limited, Oxford 1978

Pp. 425-490

(This completes my third reading of this excellent volume on art history: one could read a chapter a week on a continuing basis, year in and year out, with benefit).

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.