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5. Options: Print - Drawing directly onto the plate
For this exercise, I explored using a subtractive monoprinting technique to create tonal values and marks by removing ink from the plate....
Vicky Thompson
Dec 28, 20242 min read
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4. Space - Drawing your own hands and feet
Hand Studies I set out to create several studies of my left hand in various poses, focusing on both the positive forms of the hand and...
Vicky Thompson
Dec 2, 20244 min read
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4. Space - Still life
The purpose of this exercise is a focus on man made objects within a still life composition. I chose a stone chalice, ceramic vase, a...
Vicky Thompson
Dec 2, 20243 min read
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3. Form - Arrangement of organic forms
This exercise shifts our focus to organic shapes rather than the man made shapes of exercise 1. I decided to raid my fridge to see if I...
Vicky Thompson
Jul 21, 20235 min read
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2. Tone - Georges Seurat
Title: Embroidery; The Artist's Mother Artist: Georges Seurat (French, Paris 1859–1891 Paris) Date: 1882–83 Medium: Conté crayon on...
Vicky Thompson
Sep 30, 20223 min read
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2. Tone - Working in reverse
Using the same still life set up as the previous task, the objective this time was to use subtractive drawing techniques to pick out...
Vicky Thompson
Sep 4, 20223 min read
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2. Tone - Observing light and shadow
The purpose of this task is to observe how light interacts with more than one object, causing shadows to lay themselves across their...
Vicky Thompson
Sep 3, 20222 min read
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2. Tone - Circle to ball, shape to form
This task focuses on turning a two dimensional circle into a three dimensional sphere by adding shade, cast by a directional light...
Vicky Thompson
Aug 27, 20222 min read
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2. Tone - Gradations of tone within a ‘field of tone’
In this exercise, I used an A4 page of rough water colour and an 8B graphite pencil to create a gradient tone from the one material. I...
Vicky Thompson
May 26, 20221 min read
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2. Tone - Gradations of tone using repeated marks
This is an exercise in generating tonal shades using the same medium and repeated mark making. I used a stick of compressed charcoal and...
Vicky Thompson
May 26, 20222 min read
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