Perspectives Project

We have been working on various images around the notion of western based perspective, vanishing points, lines of convergence, horizon lines. As well as older, more widespread notions of perspective such as overlapping perspective and aerial (or atmospheric) perspective approaches. And we have looked at combining these notions in our images. Here is our work in progress. A detail(s) precedes the full image. 

Still Life Reviews

This week we reviewed our still life and colour project with remarkable results by all members of the group. Shown here are the paintings, each with a detail or two to highlight those wonderful breakthrough moments that every painting contains. It is incredibly important that a painter studies their own work, regardless of how they feel about the painting, as every painting will contain aspects that they can learn from for subsequent paintings. By seeing each other's details as in this blog, we can also learn from each other's moments. Also shown below are some paintings that have been done at home in addition to the main project. We now start our next major project which focuses on perspective, different types, approaches and subjects. The first picture below is from our new project.

Still Life Project Page

Our new assignment is a still life project to look at using a limited set of strong colours, close-up image, composition, how colour objects influence the colour of those nearby as well as practising the use of controlled washes and more loose wet washes for contrast. We will also look at a few tip as for texture.  In the RESOURCES pages list opposite click on the "Still Life Set Up" link (the last one in the list) to see some tips and some images like the one here that you can use for this project or set up your own in class.  See also "Still Life painting in stages" opposite for some tips on how to start painting the subject.