Starter nudes
I went to my first figure drawing class tonight, which was cool. We did contour drawings. I faithfully stuck to the not taking the pencil off the page, hence the wobbly legs and feet, but I always get a kick out of contour drawings, so maybe was also bit more creative that I was meant to be. I think my flatmate was a bit shocked about me drawing nudes, hence the "You draw naked people??!") comment, but drawing people is the best thing. Other news, went to see Impressionism & Scotland at the Royal Scottish Academy yesterday. Stand-outs for me were William McTaggart's "The Storm". Awesome, passionate painting, you have to see it full-size but for a little taste see http://www.nationalgalleries.org/collection/online_az/4:322/result/0/5139?initial=M&artistId=3308&artistName=William%20McTaggart&submit=1 . At first all I saw were the stormy waters, but then the more I looked, the more I picked out other things in the painting. There was this amazing figure of a woman in the painting, so small, yet you could see her hands tucked up tight to keep her cloak close, with the wind sweeping her skirts against and away from her. Other stand-outs for me were James Guthrie's paintings with their gold hues and dappled lights.
I went to my first figure drawing class tonight, which was cool. We did contour drawings. I faithfully stuck to the not taking the pencil off the page, hence the wobbly legs and feet, but I always get a kick out of contour drawings, so maybe was also bit more creative that I was meant to be. I think my flatmate was a bit shocked about me drawing nudes, hence the "You draw naked people??!") comment, but drawing people is the best thing. Other news, went to see Impressionism & Scotland at the Royal Scottish Academy yesterday. Stand-outs for me were William McTaggart's "The Storm". Awesome, passionate painting, you have to see it full-size but for a little taste see http://www.nationalgalleries.org/collection/online_az/4:322/result/0/5139?initial=M&artistId=3308&artistName=William%20McTaggart&submit=1 . At first all I saw were the stormy waters, but then the more I looked, the more I picked out other things in the painting. There was this amazing figure of a woman in the painting, so small, yet you could see her hands tucked up tight to keep her cloak close, with the wind sweeping her skirts against and away from her. Other stand-outs for me were James Guthrie's paintings with their gold hues and dappled lights.
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This looks suspiciously like me!! Seriously, I've got a weekend of gallery hopping coming up. We're visiting Daz in Sydney and will be spending most of our time at the Art Gallery of NSW and the Powerhouse Museum. Keep up to cool postings.
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