These topics felt a lot like the basics building blocks of being able to draw a full piece of artwork. I can see from my first artworks in this section that my observational skills and the ability to transfer that to the page have improved as I progressed. The exercises used mostly pencil, but from …
Category Archives: Part 3
Topic 5: Taking the Picture off the page
Having watched the research videos I feel excited about the prospect of starting my own project and seeing how it turns out. I expect it will look nothing like I initially imagine and grow to become something other. I have taken on board that the finished pieces can have structural, almost architectural, essences. This was …
Topic 4: Translation and Transformation
Exercise 3.11 – The grid method I had a lot of satisfaction completing this exercise, the method was enjoyable and it was interesting to see my own drawings appear identically, only larger or smaller. It felt like a technical exercise rather than artistic, but the precision was important and it took more concentration than I …
Topic 3: Composition and Consideration
Along with my research on the topic [found here] these are the three exercise for this topic on composition. Exercise 3.8: Thumbnail drawings. An exercise for learning how to test out compositional ideas, to enable considered decision making for larger projects. It was something I have done in the past but I had fun putting …
Compositional Theories Research
The goal of this research was to learn about well known theories of composition and write down their main principles, alongside some example images of artwork utilizing several theories. This is what I could find out about several of the theories and how one might intersect with another. Rule of odds: This is the theory …
Topics 1 and 2
I’ve paired together both topics for this learning log as both were fairly short. Topic 1: Edges and Plains This topic reminded me of the alternate and emotional lines of Part 1 only with four very specific ways of interpreting the objects with my tools (pencil, in this case). Reducing down the options is restrictive …
Rebekah's OCA Learning Log 