So module 1 is all done and dusted, we were looking at “imaginative landscapes” and that in itself takes on all sorts of connotations, but ultimately we were looking at how to paint a landscape, using a colour palette of our choice from the 4 seasons we had prepared and having composed a drawing from our references.
I struggled with it because I am not able to naturally take an image and redraw it in my way, I tried several versions of landscape and eventually settled upon a series of photographs from our trip to Austria in 2019. My initial references were combined to make a new version of the landscape rather than paint from one image. This style of work is new to me and so I had to combine many skills into the final piece.
After this, I produced a non-realistic version of the painting, making it very flat in colour, but with blocks of colour rather than a realistic style. for could almost be leaning toward a “David Hockney” style painting.
I also created a painting from a photograph of a trip to Yorkshire in 2016 of the view of the Humber Bridge. I found this a little easier, maybe because I was more practised in representing what I was seeing this time, maybe because it was an easier reference image and I was altering perspective and sky detail.
All images were started as pencil drawings and added detail with acrylic before building up to a finished piece.
Our sketchbooks and final works are in for marking and I’m looking forward to the feedback as it will help me take my art further.
Next Module: Still Life.
Our next module is all about Still Life and I’m really looking forward to it.
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