Painting course started again this year. We managed to have one class at University during January but now we are back to zoom/meet lessons. Topic for the weekend was still life. We had some fruits assembled in the middle of class room and it was to be painted in watercolor and as a more life…
Category: Studies
Paper collages and interior
Hmm, some unusual stuff for a change. At least unusual for me, mixed media paper collages and crafting! These are again for the art studies, an assignment for two paper silhouette pieces and a little interior box. The paper silhouette pieces are not that complex or beautiful as paper collages can be, with layers and…
Ink painting – Koi around 2
Continuation to my ‘Koi around’ theme paintings, this time I was conveniently inspired to take action due to a course assignment that fit my old theme. So for course we needed to do a painting where circle is kind of the ruling form around which the painting should be done, while also considering different mathematical…
Watercolor painting – Dance
Another study assignment with a theme. This time dance, or movement was the topic. This is actually a followup task from the previous live model session and the croquis sketches. There we also had the same theme. The assignment is based on this ballet performance: Igor Stravinsky Rite of Spring, choreography by Vaslav Nijinski, Mariinsky…
Ink studies – Croquis
We did some croquis at class in previous weekend. We used inks, which was a quite nice change from pencils or charcoal, for the life drawing task. I have not done much of, nor practiced croquis, with live models or from photos, so my approach is not the best. I quickly sketch the form, try…
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