so this is the start of FIN210. A course I had originally entered with fear and trepidation – but reassurances from Linda and other faculty have put some of my fears to rest. First class was some plein aire work. I have a real struggle converting the 3D images that I observe into a 2D representation. The first studies are from the pottery studio. It was sad seeing the studio lying idle when there is normally so much activity going on.
Here are the sketches made in the pottery studio. I wasn’t particularly pleased with anu of them – the pencil sketches through the window are a bit finnicky. I was quite keen on the drawing of Nim’s barbies but in the end we settled on the vases to be the one to work up for homework. The concept was to get some impression of light dark and shade
I wasn’t at all confident that I would be able to do this – but I had quite a good photo which gave me a few clues about how to go about it. After drawing the vase outlines lightly with graphite I tried various media to see how they responded
And the finally the finished item – I was quite surprised that it seems to have turned out OK..
