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Cecilia - 516830
Learning Log
Practice of Painting 1



OCA Lisbon Study visit: 24th to 28th February 2020
I was privileged to attend an OCA Study visit abroad for the second time, (the first on was Copenhagen in 2018), so I knew it would be a...


Assignment Five
For my series of paintings, I wanted my subject to be self-portraiture, and my first challenge was how to make the series in a way that...
Research 2 for assignment 5 - Self-portraiture in painting and photography
1.- Article ‘Universal Principles of Depicting Oneself across the Centuries: From Renaissance Self-Portraits to Selfie-Photographs’...
Research 1 for assignment 5. - Portraits in painting and photography
2.- Journal Article “Portraits in Painting and Photography.” Freeland, Cynthia. Philosophical Studies: An International Journal for...


Preparing Texture Ground
For this exercise I did a series of experiments using different mediums: Using PVA, changing colours and the ratio of water to paint, to...


Different ways of applying paint
During the course of this module I’ve been already experimenting with different ways of applying paint, as in Part 4 Creating a mood and...


Different ways of applying paint
For this research I was required to look at the impressionists’ way of applying paint, and chose paintings by artists who caught my eye...


Assignment four
This part has been particularly hard for me because apart from some of the surrealist landscapes which I like very much, I don’t care for...


Exhibition at the Tate Modern
Olafur Eliasson – In real life, Eliasson’s work plays with reality and perception, light, shadow and colour, and his installations,...


Exhibitions at the Royal Academy
Helene Schjerfbeck, Finnish, 1862 - 1946 A very interesting exhibition, a collection of beautiful paintings, mostly portraits and...
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