six A2 sized gouache on paper paintings 2021 The idea for my second VCE studio arts artwork came about when I was playing around with gouache paints. I found that the textures I created reminded me of the surface of a planet. The theme for my folio was mythology, so immediately I thought about the planets in our solar [...]
Acrylic on panel and soap stone sculpture with charcoal and epoxy resin 2021 The artworks I completed for VCE Studio arts unit 3 + 4 are perhaps my most conceptually ambitious works yet. The idea of spending a whole year to develop two artworks was daunting, and almost seemed like too much time. However, despite the constant work this year, it still [...]
Digital illustrations 04.09.21 + 09.09.21 Portraiture! Yay!! This is extremely hard!!! I’ve spent years trying to get better at this. The evidence is on my shelf - numerous sketchbooks filled primarily with portraits. You don’t get to see those, though. They are... not allowed to see the light of day. Only recently have I been able to consistently draw [...]
Digital illustration with symmetry tool 18.09.21 Occasionally - as a treat - I use the symmetry tool in Procreate. The tool means if a draw on one side of the iPad, it mirrors it on the other. This... in a way... feels like cheating. But not having to worry about how symmetrical a face looks is just so NICE. Obviously, it’s not [...]
Cheap gouache paint on paper 04.01.21 50 x 52 cm It was the 2020 Christmas holidays, and I the break before starting the laborious challenge that was Year 12. I wanted to paint something. I wanted to paint something big. I felt I needed to push myself, as filling up sketches with small illustrations wasn’t quite giving me [...]
Graphite pencil illustration 28.06.21 This artwork began as part of my Unit 3 folio for VCE studio arts. I was researching myths, and vaguely remembered one explaining why ravens had black feathers. It went along these lines: Apollo was with a mortal lover. He left her for a second to go... do something? Some kind of divine duty? I'm [...]
Acrylic on canvas paper - 28.01.21 On the 28th of January, I attended a portraiture workshop run by the artist Shay Downer. I’ve attended a couple of Downer’s previous workshops over the past 2-3 years. Whilst previous workshops explored the medium charcoal, this session was focused on using the Zorn colour palette. I was restricted to using just 4 paints – [...]
Perseus was a pampered prick. Yeah, you read it right: Perseus, that popular Greek protagonist, [...]
Ah, MONA. What an... interesting place... On the 16th of April, I went to Tasmania, spending the weekend there. It has taken me, roughly... until now to process how I feel about that underground museum. Catching the ferry to MONA was lovely. Admittedly, a bit weird to travel on a boat owned by an art museum to go to said art museum. But that was far [...]
I didn’t mean my last post be on just one painting. So here I am, giving you a Part 2 on my experience at the Art Gallery of Ballarat. I’ll start by saying that I was completely surprised when I saw the Olive Cotton’s 1935 gelatin silver print, Tea cup Ballet. To explain why, let’s go back a couple of years to when I was in [...]
