Wednesday, 22 December 2010
Artist: Michael Shapcott [portrait]
Ignore the slightly bizarre start! This is a really good demonstration on how to layer using washes of paint.
Saturday, 18 December 2010
Excellent diary tutorials
Annoyingly I can't add these to this blog but if you enter suziblutube into YouTube you will find a whole load of tutorials to give you ideas for your diary. I particularly like her self-portrait page. Layers is also a good one.
Another example of an art diary
The imagery used in this diary is a bit cute and girly but it is an excellent example of how to layer or 'mess up' the page first.
Thursday, 16 December 2010
Interesting fonts
If you are wanting to put typed text in your diary but don't want to use a standard font take a look at this site:
www.dafont.com
www.dafont.com
Wednesday, 15 December 2010
Saturday, 11 December 2010
Art diary: Tracy Moore
Follow this link to see the incredible art journals of Tracy Moore. Once you get to the homepage click on the image bottom left [with the moving head] to see some sketchbook pages. If you click on 'my blog' you'll see some amazing sketchbook covers.
www.zettiology.com
www.zettiology.com
Wednesday, 8 December 2010
Sunday, 5 December 2010
Friday, 3 December 2010
Thursday, 2 December 2010
Tuesday, 30 November 2010
Friday, 26 November 2010
Thursday, 25 November 2010
Artist: Ron Mueck
Australian born artist Ron Mueck lives and works in Britain. The incredible attention to detail in his sculptures make them compelling. He plays with scale so that these otherwise realistic sculptures are a little disturbing to look at.
Wednesday, 17 November 2010
Saturday, 13 November 2010
How to Make Your Very Own Hard Cover Journal
Part 1 of 5
This takes ages and is fiddly but one or two of you may want to have a go.
Art Journal Workshop: Bookbinding
I've shown some of you how to make a simple hard-backed diary. This video is a reminder of how to glue the covers. The application of glue is different from the what we did in class - experiment!
Monday, 8 November 2010
Art Journal Workshop: Layers
This journal page demonstration includes painting, sticking, stencilling and collaging.
Friday, 5 November 2010
Frida Kahlo [an interesting interpretation of her life]
NOT historically accurate but quite funny. I like the scene in the bathroom where she's shaving her moustache!
Thursday, 4 November 2010
Workshop: How to draw a pointing hand
You'll see the artist use a blunting stump to smudge the pencil and soften the shading. A blunting stump is made from paper tightly rolled and can be sharpened. A cotton bud will do the same job.
Tuesday, 2 November 2010
Drawing: Oil pastel self-portraits
These oil pastel self-portraits were copied from photographs.
The directional lines give form to the face.
Monday, 1 November 2010
Workshop: how to draw eye using oil pastels
Look at how the picture has been built up in layers with each area being worked and reworked.
How many different coloured pastels were used in this drawing?
Artist: Kseniya Simonova - Sand Animation
Kseniya Simonova won the 2009 Ukraine's Got Talent with her amazing performances of sand drawings.
Saturday, 23 October 2010
Ideas: Wax sculpture
Science and art - How to make a wax model, with Eleanor Crook - Wellcome Collection
In this video Eleanor Crook shows us how to make a realistic sculpture of a head using a soft modelling wax
In this video Eleanor Crook shows us how to make a realistic sculpture of a head using a soft modelling wax
Friday, 22 October 2010
Observational drawing: hand
When applying tone I used curved pencil lines to make the hand look rounded. Straight lines make an object look flat.
Tuesday, 19 October 2010
Artist: Francis Bacon
Walking into an artist's studio is like 'walking into the artist's head'
This video clip, advertising an exhibition held in Dublin last year, shows the studio of Francis Bacon, one of Britain's most popular and successful modern painters.
Look at the way he crumpled and tore photos to inspire his paintings.
Monday, 18 October 2010
News: Ai Weiwei's Sunflower seeds at the Tate
This installation by Ai Weiwei is the latest in the Unilever series at The Tate Modern. A team of 1600 people in China produced 100 million of these sunflower seeds using porcelain and painting them by hand.
It was intended that the work should be interactive, with visitors free to walk on the porcelain seeds. Unfortunately the dust from the seeds proved to be a health and safety hazard so now the work can only be viewed and not touched.
The installation will remain at the Tate until 2nd May 2011
Workshop: Teesha Moore's Amazing 16 Page Journal Part 2 of 2
This is the second part of Teesha Moore's video on how to make a journal [watch part 1 first]
If you like the look of her journals take a look at her other workshops on YouTube. She uses collage and lettering in a really interesting way.
Workshop: Teesha Moore's Amazing 16 Page Journal Part 1 of 2
Teesha Moore is an American artist who produces volumes of art journals. In this video clip she demonstrates how you can make your own journal from one large sheet of paper. Feel free to use any type of paper [watercolour paper is good] and make it any size.
Don't forget to watch the second part of this video which shows you how to stitch the journal together.
Sunday, 17 October 2010
Ideas: Soap sculptures
An easy and inexpensive way to make small scale sculpture at home.
You will need:
1. A bar of soap
2. A sharp point [like a needle or compass] to lightly scratch on your design
3. A teaspoon to scrape away large areas of soap
4. A small flat screwdriver to scrape away smaller areas of soap. [A metal nail file could also be used here - improvise!]
As soap is soft you do not need to use knives or other potentially dangerous equipment.
Friday, 15 October 2010
Ideas: Making sculpture from paper
Consider ways you can make sculpture from paper:
fold it
curl it
tear it
cut it
shred it
roll it
twist it
glue it
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