WHAT AND SO WHAT?
Points arising, in no particular order:
- I was really glad that my tutor saw an improvement in my life and portrait drawing
- I feel I fell into a “line of enquiry” early on in the section which led to a particular set of outcomes; I am pleased with these outcomes, which filled the brief in an interesting way, but I think that, by pursuing this line, I missed out on an alternative set of monoprinting experiences. I found all the resources which my tutor supplied with my feedback both interesting and informative. As a result I have bought some more simple equipment as suggested and have been playing around some more with printing; I have made some lino prints and experimented, using acrylics, with ghost printing and adding more liquid and paint…
…and I have made loose abstract monoprints with the remnants of my rolled-out plate which I have then used as a ground for life drawing:
- My tutor suggests that I could have made greater investment in colour. I felt anyway that my colour knowledge is not a strength, and have enrolled on a short course on colour with the St. Ives School of Painting, led by Jill Eisele (see separate blog post on “Hearts and Minds”).
NOW WHAT?
- I feel I want to continue to explore printing, and as a result of my tutor’s interesting comment about taking it back into painting, I should like to try to do exactly that and incorporate some printing into my tondo paintings.
- I need to practise using what I am learning in the ‘Hearts and Minds” course about colour.
- I need to look ahead to Part 5 and firm up on my essay ideas.
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