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Cecilia - 516830
Learning Log
Practice of Painting 1



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...


London Workshop led by Clare Wilson
8th September 2018, Tabernacle, Nothing Hill, London organised by the London Study Group The brief for the workshop said - ‘We will be...


Thinking Through Art: A workshop, Facilitator: Emma Drye
4th of May 2019, The Tabernacle, Notting Hill, London The objective of the workshop was to help distance learning students to: Gain a...
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