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Cecilia - 516830
Learning Log
Practice of Painting 1



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...


Working from a photograph
Work 1. When I work from a photograph I have a tendency to aim for photorealism. I try to get away from it but with difficulty, so I...


The Golden Mean
The Golden Mean is a mathematical ratio called (Phi) = 1.618 discovered by the ancient Greeks who used it in the design of their...


Creating mood and atmosphere
I wasn’t sure how to do what was required for this exercise and couldn’t get it from the suggested artist research, so I did more...


Landscape painters
Landscape painted by surrealist Salvador Dali - The Persistence of Memory 1931, Oil on canvas 24 cm x 33 cmxx Dali is one of my favourite...


Linear Perspective
For this exercise I wanted to explore the technique of phototransfer, and the idea of landscape as a process learned on a Clare Wilson...


Hard or soft landscape
For this exercise I decided to explore the relationship between soft and hard landscapes and the need to combine them to enjoy our...


View from a window or door way
Raoul Dufy, La terrace a Vernet-les-Bain 1943 In this painting Dufy shows us an interior scene with a window on the left. He takes us...


Writing a review
Exhibition Review - Tate Britain: The EY Exhibition, Van Gogh in Britain Before visiting the Exhibition my knowledge of Van Gogh’s art...
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