Monthly Archives: August 2014

Assignment 1: Monoprints

With my tutor it was agreed that I make an entirely electronic submission. I’m grateful for this because the cost of sending large-sized parcels from the U.S. to the U.K. are high. The first assignment of Printmaking 1 consists in a selection of prints made for Projects 1 to 4. I have put practically all […]

Research point: Artists relying on texture in their prints

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 […]

Exhibition visit: Toulouse-Lautrec at the MOMA

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 […]