TRIP TO LOLLDAIGA

At Christmas 2014 I spent a week in this beautiful safari ranch in Africa.  My, does it seem a long time ago now.  For more pictures click on this link

PS  This blogger rode horse for 80 miles over 5 days.

MY PAINTING PROJECT - SURPRISE RESULT

My surprise still life

The greyscale

Aiming for the simplicity of abstract painter William Scott (see his 1959 painting below) in this OCA exercise using only yellow ochre, white and black, I despaired of my attempt and scrubbed it out, only to reveal the washy sketch above.  Which I like!!  For the full (ongoing) story, see my new blog My Painting Project.

William Scott painting 1959

MY PAINTING PROJECT. MOVED TO A NEW BLOG

THIS BLOG HAS NOW MOVED TO A NEW HOME -  MY PAINTING BLOG

Setting up a still life

Changing it to greyscale on my phone app

My first tonal drawing (without greyscale app)

Back to basics.  I  wrote a book on equestrian drawing last year and want to develop ideas and skills I learnt and understood better by now working through a painting manual (Open College of the Arts Painting 1). I have tried this before but this time I feel confident enough to follow the exercises with more detachment, and I will see where it takes me.

I set up the still life for the first exercise today and made my first drawing.  The aim was to establish the tones rather than shapes, but looking at the greyscale photo it is clear that my perception of tone is not particularly accurate, and that I was not thinking where the principal light source was (the daylight on the right)..  I will make another drawing from a different viewpoint next time, and use the app as well.  

I am not following the tutored course, but plan to work through the book at my pace.