Tag: 2016

Abstraction from way back when

Abstraction and abstracted images plays a large part in my work. The idea of a “suggestion” or “reference” is certainly entertained and played upon.

This from 1986 is no exception. Collaging and drawing to create a suggested landscape…or is it? What do you find in there? Feel free, it’s OK to see and feel other ideas and thoughts about what the work might be about. Asking questions and thinking about possibilities is good and welcomed.

As with most contemporary art…you might not connect at first but keep thinking, keep trying.

Kathy Lette at Art Gallery New South Wales

Great conversation last night at the Art Gallery New South Wales for the NUDE exhibition. Kathy Lette interviewed by Fenella Kernebone. Of course irreverent and controversial but also humorous and to the bone.

References to the lack of male nudes in art galleries generally and the over representation of female nudes in art but the under -representation of female artists.

My posts at @artfulteacher on twitter

The exhibition titled, provocatively NUDE has been selected from the Tate Gallery in the UK.

 

See how the NEW digital cityscape shapes up

Digital Cityscape 2016
Digital Cityscape 2016

Sketching digitally definitely has some pros and cons. The pencil tool in Paper53 using the Apple pencil creates such a likeness (above) so that it is difficult to tell the type of media.

In the above work, the pen and fine liner tool are also used for details and finer work. This allows for example for cross hatching and line work to feature in certain areas.

In other areas, shading with the digital pencil allows a softer and more subtlety in tone. The sketching still is worked and reworked similar to a drawing on paper.

What do you think?

ipad art

Currently I have been working with drawing using the ipad pro and the Apple pencil.

A different perspective
A different perspective – looking up!

The type of control and effects are just soooo different from using just a usual stylus or your finger. A fully charged pencil shades with various tones and is sensitive to pressure too.

The image above is a work in progress – just starting to explore the potential and the tools available. Currently, Paper53 is my desired “paint box”. Check it out here.