Still life: Still life in tone using colourThe exercise was to set up a still life group, sketch it using coloured pencil or pastel, and work around the composition adding layers...
Still life: Still life using linesIn my tutorial my tutor made a comment that if I brought the flower forward by making the petals hang over the window ledge it would...
Detailed observation of natural objects: Detail and toneThe exercise was to choose a single colour and build up tones with a variety of soft pencil marks by hatching and cross-hatching, using...
Research into Positive and Negative SpaceGary Hume (British, 1962) RA Gary Hume’s work on negative space has opened my eyes to what can be done with negative space technique; the...