Find some contemporary printmakers who rely heavily on texture in the prints. What sort of textures have they used to create effects? How well has it worked? I started this research by looking for contemporary artists, and came across the Center for Contemporary Printmaking in Norwalk, Conneticut. There is currently an exhibition, the 4th Biennial […]
Actually I went to the MOMA to see the Sigmar Polke exhibition in the context of research for the OCA watercolour course, and barely made it there on the exhibition’s last day. While I found that exhibition not very inspiring, afterwards I took the opportunity to go to the Toulouse-Lautrec gallery, which presented “The paris […]
Find some printmaking artists who use back drawing. Examine how they use it and evaluate it. Does it work well? What can you learn from it? Make notes in your learning log. I did some preliminary research on the topic, but somehow wasn’t able to locate artists that employed back drawing. Then by chance, I […]
Henri Matisse’s blue nudes were made relatively late in the artist’s life – in 1952, two years before he died. I thought this would be an indicator that they incorporated many years of experimenting and experience with the technique of using cut-out paper to create compositions. What makes them so powerful? I think […]
While following up links I found in the context of my research on Barbara Schneider, I came across the website of Linda Germain, who provides a very hands-on tutorial and videos about using gelatine plates for monotype printing. She makes wonderful, simple prints using techniques I had already seen on printmaking students’ blogs: Using cut-out […]
French painter Edgar Degas lived from 1843 – 1917, somewhat earlier than I had been aware of. I had done some research on Degas in the context of another OCA course and had been very impressed by his realistic depiction of scenes and people, for example in ‘The Cotton Exchange’, a painting dating from 1873. […]
Yesterday afternoon I made a break after having printed some monoprints, to eat something and watch TV. I switched to CreateTV, my favourite channel, which is devoted to cooking, gardening and all kinds of hobbies and crafts around the house. I stumbled into a quilting show, called Quilting Arts, where Barbara Schneider was presented. It […]