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Cecilia - 516830
Learning Log
Practice of Painting 1



Linear figure study
For this exercise the model did a 30-minute pose and I drew in neat Prussian blue WMO with a No 4 round brush I was trying to get the...


Drawing the human figure
For this Part I attended a life drawing class and have a collection of drawing which you can see in my sketchbook. In the class I was...


Assignment two
For this assignment I decided to develop one of the sketches I did around the house for Project 4, based on two items on my bathroom...


Simple perspective in interior studies
For this exercise I decided to do a view of my kitchen seen from the dining table which has many simple angles, and I was able to sit,...


Quick sketches around the house
In Drawing One I did several sketches around the house as below - For the current exercise I tried to sketch places that I hadn’t done...


Dutch realists and interior painters of different periods
For this research I was ask to choose some paintings the appealed to me Cornelis Bisschop, Dutch (1630-1674): Woman Peeling an Apple,...


Still life colour used to evoke mood
For this exercise I decided to keep my compositions as simple as possible, as apart from my portraits where I don’t have much option, I...


Still life with complementary colours
For this exercise I decided to try to rescue the previous exercise, and started by cleaning the jug to try to bring it back to a more...


Colour Accuracy
I did a Still Life in Part One with an apple and a lemon using a glazing technique that I liked for the vibrant colours of the fruit. ...


Exploring contrasts
For this exercise, having chosen my main colour, I decided to make several trials with a number of mixes of colours more or less in the...
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