Including tonight there are only 4 week's left to end of term and current projects. It is so interesting to follow everyone's projects of work as they continuously evolve and even more new ones emerge.
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| Ella: Wow! You really have worked on this and it works brilliantly. The tones are nice and deep and they are dark enough to allow the face to glow. You have successfully resolved the hair/beard so well! Good contrast of technique between the hair, face and jacket. I would do a couple more drawings like this to really secure your skills in observation, analysis, tone values and technical ability. Look again at the eyes then try looking at MS Escher and his surreal drawings and see what ideas you have... |
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| Andy: getting better by the week. More variety of technique in the different areas of the painting are creating a much more interesting story in the painting. Think about using the grid "rule of thirds" in your next painting to help you place your various motifs (in this case this would mean the face, the cross, the words, the figure on a horse). |
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| Andy: stronger composition as nearly all areas of the painting are being used. Good to see further detail appearing on your faces. See also comments above about using the grid. |
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| Caroline: excellent development of the tone values in each area and as a whole. This is really pulling the whole painting together. Love the colour work and depth of pastel powder on the surface. Continue examining the tone values and looking for even more colours in each shape. |
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| Dot: your best colour work so far! You have now "got it"! The development of the tones, the depth of pastel on the paper and the clever application of the pastel/technique is brilliant. Keep thinking this carefully with this amount of focus and see how things develop further in your next paintings - stay with Felix Vallotton for a while longer for more inspiration. |
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| Dot: see my comments above which apply equally to this delightful study. |
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| Graeme: your paintings are looking much more complete now you are painting the whole surface. And your increased observation and detail on the face, hands and arms is much more interesting and accurate. Keep looking at the details of the face, arms and hands using better quality photographs and you will continue to increase the quality of your work. |
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| Graeme: early days with this one but see my comments on your other painting above as you consider how to develop this one. |
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| Graeme (apologies if this is Andy's!!!): excellent depth of colour and tone in every part of the surface. Great to see colours are touching each other rather than the white paper showing as rough gaps in between. See comments above re getting more detail into the portraits. |
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| Jeff: very good placement of the three main objects. When you start painting the colours and tones think about how the three objects can be brought together / made to connect with each other e.g. without unnecessary gaps. Looks like this is going to be another good one. |
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| Jeff: excellent technique with the smoke effect (sfumato) and use of dark blue paper. Leave it like this but review it from time to time to see if new ideas pop up to develop it further - they might not of course! |
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| Yvonne: beautiful tone study. The small scale and square format really seem to help you. The subtle varied background is very good. Keep making these studies, observe well but stay relaxed and confident. |
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| Yvonne: see my comments on your other study above. Your careful observation and treatment of the petals is very good indeed. By treatment I mean the painting technique, strokes of the pastel stick, dark tone values and just enough use of highlight colours. |
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