I'm a beginning painter and a barefoot runner. You can find me at chrislt.art or chrislt.run.
I’ve had a busy week preparing for a job interview, so I haven’t done any practice of what I learnt in last week’s class up till now.
This didn’t really match what we did on Wednesday—tonight I used a much smaller, simpler subject; A5 rather than A1 paper; and shorter pieces of charcoal—but it was still worthwhile practice.
This idea that “the subject of art is art” may be a stimulating intellectual proposition within the art world, but it also goes a long way toward explaining why most non-artists find zero connection between their own life and that same art.
Ted Orland, The View From The Studio Door
This week, we focused on line—and drew with willow charcoal, which I really enjoyed. It was also the first time I’d drawn on an easel and in such a large format (A1).
The subject of all of the drawings below was a complex still life in the middle of the room made up of a chair, a stool, vases (on different-sized and shaped blocks), bottles, and a suspended frame and tennis racket.
More practice for my art class. I attempted making marks for a different set of emotions this time.
Some more negative-space practice. Again, I used my pencil to assess the angles and proportions. I’m pretty happy with these.
Note: The headphones were lying down on the table just in front of me.
