This is the last of my studies of Renaissance avenging angel sculptures. I’m going to switch to another period of art history for a while…maybe the Victorians? I used a charcoal pencil, my home-made walnut ink, Liquitex white ink and Escoda brushes onto recycled print paper coated with acrylic screenprint ink. Check below for datesContinue reading “Angels Are…Renaissance: 6”
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Angels Are…Renaissance: 5
I’m really enjoying studying Renaissance angel sculptures; these are avenging angels so there’s a lot going on with them. I used a charcoal pencil, my home-made walnut ink, Liquitex white ink and Escoda brushes onto recycled print paper coated with acrylic screenprint ink. Check below for dates and times of my arts residency and exhibition.Continue reading “Angels Are…Renaissance: 5”
Angels Are…Renaissance: 4
Continuing with my series of studies of Renaissance angel sculptures, there’s some foreshortening on the hand which was a bit difficult. Many of the angels in Western art are quite androgynous. Their hairstyles can look a bit feminine to modern eyes but Renaissance men often had long curled hair. I used a charcoal pencil, myContinue reading “Angels Are…Renaissance: 4”
Angels Are…Renaissance: 3
Continuing with my series of studies of Renaissance angel sculptures, the photo I’m working from here has some difficult foreshortening. It took me a while to get to grips with it. The angle shows a lot of detailing on the wings though and an idea of how they are fixed to the back of theContinue reading “Angels Are…Renaissance: 3”
Angels Are…Renaissance: 2
I’m working from pictures of Renaissance angel sculptures, which is very different to the Byzantine icons I was working from last week. These sculptures are far more realistic and there’s a lot of detail in how the wings join to the body, which I find really interesting. There’s a whole load of stuff on theContinue reading “Angels Are…Renaissance: 2”
Angels Are…Renaissance:1
Carrying on with my practical research into images of angels throughout art history, I made a start on Renaissance angel sculptures. I began by sketching out the basic composition with a charcoal pencil and then firmed up the details with my home-made walnut ink and a fine Escoda brush. Finally, I put in some highlightsContinue reading “Angels Are…Renaissance:1”
Angels Are…Byzantine: 6
I carried on with this little drawing of a Byzantine angel, adding brushwork with white Liquitex acrylic ink onto the first ink wash using my home-made walnut ink. The paper is the back of a recycled print coated with acrylic screenprint ink. I’m doing an artist residency in Urban HQ, 37 Orchard St, Swansea SA1Continue reading “Angels Are…Byzantine: 6”
Copying, Creativity, Cheese And Wine
I’m carrying on faking this Monet, “Cliffs At Grainval”, but it still needs more work. Not a lot, just a bit more faffing should do it. I started it on Friday with Ed Sumner’s Cheese and Wine Painting Club on Facebook. He’s been running it weekly since lockdown began over a year ago and it’sContinue reading “Copying, Creativity, Cheese And Wine”
Friday Fakery
It’s Friday again so I joined in with the weekly Cheese and Wine Painting Club on Facebook at lunchtime. It’s run by painter Ed Sumner who has kept it going every week since lockdown started. Today’s fake is “Cliff At Grainval”, a painting from 1882 by Claude Monet. I’m about half way through. A ChanceContinue reading “Friday Fakery”
Pushing It
Oh, I hated doing this. But I pushed myself to finish because you don’t learn much by giving up. Margaret MacDonald’s original, The Mysterious Garden, was watercolour and ink over pencil on vellum and this copy is acrylic paint onto stretched canvas, so it wasn’t going to be easy to make an accurate fake. It’sContinue reading “Pushing It”
