That was so much fun!! Here’s my attempt at painting Akram Khan (@akramkhancompany) whilst watching @christabelblackburn do it properly on @skyarts/@artistoftheyear ‘ live ‘Portrait Artist of the Week’ Facebook feed. It sounds like it’s going to be a regular thing during isolation. 10am (UK) Sundays on the Live section of Sky TV’s Facebook page. Thanks to all involved. Can’t …
Aquatint and etching experiments on zinc and aluminium (with very mixed results!), plus first attempt at an aquatint, ‘The Plague Doctor’ (etching and aquatint on A4 paper after copper engraving of Dr Schnabel circa 1656)
‘This week I am mostly going to be printmaking…’ #fastshowquote. These are variations on a theme that I did last year, including my first attempt at a ‘blind emboss’ print (the plain white one that looks like a blank piece of paper right at the end!) Please let me know in the comments which one you …
Sorry if these are getting repetitive or boring, but I’m have great fun experimenting in the studio! Thanks again to @richard_ruth_art for the pose and for kick-starting my creative mojo again. This is another maquette in polypropylene, this time playing with the transparency if the material as well introducing subtle textures to create subject/ground/shadows. I was trying …
First head experiment in frosted polypropylene (17cm x 15cm x 3cm). It’s a bit two dimensional and, although this is sort of inline with my recurring theme of ‘flatness versus depth’, it doesn’t really work ‘in the round’. Still, the light hitting the facets/planes does suggest some volume. I’m calling it a ‘self isolation portrait’ …
Here’s the second figure inspired by a duo pose from @richard_ruth_art as well as the catalogue from the recent Picasso and Paper exhibition at the @royalacademyarts. This figure was really tricky and took several attempts, but still doesn’t feel quite as ‘resolved’ as the first one. (Frosted polypropylene 15cm x 23cm). Video of full duo pose to follow.
Maquette for a sculpture (frosted polypropylene 21cm x 15cm). Inspired by a pose from @richard_ruth_art as well as the fantastic catalogue from the recent Picasso and Paper exhibition at the @royalacademyarts. Needs to be life size and constructed in sheet metal. Time to break out my arc welder!
Figure drawing sketches/idea generation. Thanks to @richard_ruth_art for kindly sharing the pose!
