Portraits
I have been reviewing my prints from this part of the course and was disappointing to find that my small etchings with chine colle of a self portrait by touch have twisted a lot. They were dried under weight for a considerable period but twisted as soon as removed. I redamped the prints and decided … More Part 4 – Final Throw
In commenting on my sugar lift self portrait, my tutor asked, ‘have you considered using the strip of DNA to the right of [this sugar lift print] … This would embed the DNA aspect into your print more subtlety’. My sugar lift plate was rather weak, and so I had added chine colle using a … More Part 4 Acting on Tutor Feedback
I have received very prompt and encouraging feedback from my tutor on Part 4, Portraits. I note that she suggests that I consider combining lasercutting with digital techniques as a way to work around the fact that I cannot use my dominant hand at present, following surgery. I have indeed considered this and done considerable … More Reflection on Part 4 Tutor Feedback
I anticipated this part of the course eagerly, because I very much enjoy drawing the head from life. I have approached the first project from the direction of working from life onto a plate, the second self-portrait project from a more graphic interpretation and the final assignment from an abstract interpretation based on signifiers of … More Part 4 Reflection
The objective of this assignment is to create a series of abstract self portraits. Reviewing my sketchbook work, I see two possible avenues. I am interested in developing the unsighted drawings with continuous line into a print, and these are certainly an abstraction of my face and free of any intention of visual representation. They … More Assignment 4 – Portraits
My objective for this project is to use myself as the ever-available model to explore ways of making portraits, both representational and more abstract. I want to find in my face and express my age and scars accumulated from life. From my sketchbook, I chose a manipulated photographic image as a basis for an etching. … More Self Portraits – Prints
My objective for a self portrait is to use myself as a source of material for visual experimentation. With this in mind, I have reviewed my Drawing 2 sketchbooks and thought about the approaches to preparatory drawings I might make. One approach which particularly appeals is to draw with a continuous line, unsighted, using my … More Self Portraits – Sketchbook
In the Life Class, this week, rather than make a plate from life, I thought I would draw some portraits and then use these as studies for a plate. I am continuing my search for ways of interpreting a drawing into a plate whilst trying to retain the freshness of the marks. Working large … More A Failed Experiment with Soft Ground
For this session of life drawing, I took with me a couple of plates for carborundum and also some A3+ sheets of heavy wallpaper lining paper and some plywood to use with water repelling media, with the hope that I might be able to use these for paper/wood lithography. Our model was an older lady … More More Portraits from Life
In our regular life drawing classes, I often put minimal information into the face, looking rather for the sculptural aspects of the body. However, with the printmaking portrait project in mind, I have been drawing some portraits, developing more detail in the face or head of whole body drawings, and trying to do a portrait … More Portrait From Life Continued
Printmaking 2 