Painting-week 2

In my second week of painting, we were told to come in with some idea of what to paint. Seeing as it is advised for you to continue the theme you used in previous workshops, and due to the fact I enjoyed what I chose, I wanted to carry on with the theme I used in the printmaking workshop-family portraits. So I brought my prints in and some of the original images I worked from, and started a painting on some board of my boyfriend. It felt like ages since I had done a good sized painting, so I felt a bit rusty. And this definately showed in the results. But this didnt matter, at least I got some work done. Hopefully I'll pick some skills up in the next few weeks, as I plan to produce more paintings based on my previous images I took of my family, and also of the prints I made in the printmaking workshop. So thats the plan!

Painting-week 1

I have started my 3rd workshop, which is painting. This is a subject which I have a prior interest in, which is not to say it is one I am automatically confident in. But I do enjoy it.
On the first week we sat around as a group and did some drawing activites, such as blind drawing, which was quite fun, but it did remind me of my foundation course last year! But it was a good ice breaker if you like. We drew pictures of objects we had on us-I drew my watch. After this we began the painting with the acrylic paints. I didnt hunt around for a palette though, and as such I didnt mix my colours to get a good painting done. This sounds like a pretty basic mistake, but I guess I just wasnt thinking after a morning of talking and such. I didnt even really realise until I started to wonder why my painting look crap to be honest! But never mind! I had a good first lesson, and a nice introduction into this workshop

Art-Rest of Sculpture

For the remaining 3 weeks of printmaking before our assesment, I continued to work on my chosen subject-portraits. In particular, family portraits, which was definately a project that engaged my interest more than my last. The processes I used to gather a body of work included lino cutting, embossing and printing. I stuck to quite a small category within the subject of printmaking, but this was mainly because I wanted to achieve a nice selection of work that followed one particular process, so that I could get to know it well, and get some decent work.
At the end of the 4 weeks, I was really pleased with how the workshop went. More importantly, I thouroughly enjoyed it. I was pleased with the work I produced, and wasnt ashamed to show it when it came to my assesment!