Figure in a Landscape
Our next project ‘Figure in a Landscape’ is inspired by the landscape painting Spring by Millet as well as the paintings of the British...
Transcription
In a couple of our sessions, we discussed how artists use ‘ Transcription’ as a means to understand the process of paintings and develop...
George Braque
We are looking at the ‘Studio’ paintings of George Braque. I have added a couple of his paintings from this series to inspire us. Braque...
FACADE
Our next project is titled ‘Facade’ and it is influence by the Egon Schiele painting in the Belvedere in Vienna. I have added a photo of...
Cloissonism
Cloisonnism is a style of post-Impressionist painting with bold and flat forms separated by dark contours. The term was coined by critic...
Embrace
Our new project is titled ‘Embrace’ and it is informed by the work of the artist Antonia Showering, whose work we looked at towards the...
Summer Flowers
I attach an early painting of spring flowers by Monet - painted differently from his better known Impressionist. It is quite academically...
Missing Breugel
Over the past week I read Michael Frayn’s book ‘Headlong.’ It’s a fictional account about the discovery of a missing Bruegel painting...
Jon Redmond
This week we looked at the work of the American painter Jon Redmond. I have attached a couple of his still life paintings. There is a...
Henry Ryland
A drawing on the Antiques Roadshow over a week ago was by Henry Ryland. It is a lovely study and it captures beautifully the shape and...