Cycle 5: Elbigenalp cross

Note 12/06/2019: Some text has been added after Assignment 5 feedback has been received. This has been dated and highlighted to provide context.

Context

On the top of a mountain near Elbigenalp there stands a cross which is clearly visible from the valley. I first saw thew cross back when I visited the valley for the first time, and wanted to get up to it. I finally managed to get to the top, and the scale of the cross and its presence is hard to put into words. I decided to see what I could do with a drawing.

Life drawing session

After a set of initial warm up session we went to a 15m pose, and I decided to go for tonal work this time:

Visit to the Tate Modern

This started a productive week and weekend of art visits. I happen to be working very near the Tate Modern at the moment, and so decided to “pop in” over a couple of lunch time sessions. Even in such short sessions I managed to see a lot of new material, and found Galleries I hadn’t been in before. The following image summary gives an idea of the range:

Linking to Egon Schiele

Now, lets try a similar experiment with Egon Schiele, who I have less exposure of. Again, I’ll start by looking at some images:

“Reclining Woman”  from https://www.dorotheum.com/blog/en/egon-schiele-radical-draughtsmen/

An experiment linking to artists

On of the challenges that I have is that of considering artistic style and approach. One challenge my tutor left me with is to:

“Link your work to that of others and make it clear
that this is what you’re doing”

Part 3 Formative feedback

So, lets start by considering one artist whose figurative work I admire – Maggi Hambling. To start, lets examine a number of her figurative drawings that I like:

Portrait of Dr David Brown

Assignment 3

Starting

Brief review

The brief for this assignment calls for the following main criteria for the drawing:

• Outdoor scene in A1 or A2;
• Shows depth – aerial or linear perspective;
• Natural objects;
• Straight lined objects.

The scene selection and approach are closely aligned. The instructions provide the following approach:

• Preliminary drawings to experiment with the composition.
• Make sketches to practise the perspective of the scene right.
• Broad sketches in charcoal or diluted ink and brush and trial other media.
• With an A2 or A1 keeping your preliminary sketches around you for reference.

Project 4: Perspective

Exercise 1: Parallel Perspective

This might seem an odd view to select, but the set of angles and lines created by the view was interesting, and using the sad step as the rectangular item just seemed to fit the theme.