For this assignment I was asked to develop a themed set of three images, abstract or semi-abstract in style, linked together by style, approach and content. I decided to work on a series of images taken from a friend’s recent safari trip in South Africa. SKETCH I began with a series of photographs taken by … More ABSTRACT PRINTS | ASSIGNMENT TWO
SARAH GARVEY http://www.sarahgarveyprints.com Born in London, Garvey trained at Central St Martins and Camberwell. Sarah is member of the Printmakers Council and East London Printmakers and Barbican arts trust Studios. She exhibits with the Royal Society of British Artists and was the recipient of the New Arts Club Charitable Trust special purchase prize at the Royal … More PARALLEL PROJECT | SARAH GARVEY
CHECK AND LOG How does the Alan Bowness quotation on page 22 relate to your experience of abstract painting? What abstract elements are missing from this writing? As Bowness’ quotation is focused on the art of Patrick Heron rather than the canon of abstract art, it is not therefore applicable to abstract art more generally. He places the … More PART TWO | ABSTRACT PRINTS
Kandinsky is often credited as being the first abstract artist, and although Hilma af Klint was working in abstraction before Kandinsky, his woodcuts and prints make an interesting research point. Kandinsky started working with woodblock in the early 1900s, quickly discovering that the method of carving and printing with wood held much potential for artistic … More ABSTRACT ARTISTS | 2. WASSILY KANDINKSY
Back in January, I visited the Alexander Calder: Performing Sculpture exhibition at the Tate Modern. I’ve seen Calder’s mobiles before, but never so many of his works in one place. Throughout the exhibition I was taken with how whimsical his work is, whether the wire portraits, the circus performers or the drawings, sketches and paintings … More ABSTRACT ARTISTS | 1. ALEXANDER CALDER
The aim of this project is to make a rational abstract print, either observed from life or an old master painting. The print should be made using geometric shapes and a clear, well balanced palette of colours. I have chosen to work from an Old Master painting, ‘Crucifixion of Christ’, by Lucas Cranach the Elder … More RATIONAL ABSTRACT PRINT | PROJECT ONE
Having done the prep work, it is time to print. Although I only need to produce three prints, I planned to do extras to allow for errors such as bleeding through stencils. The stencils were cut from sticky contact paper, which gave me greater flexibility for design than newsprint would have done. I was able … More A LANDSCAPE | ASSIGNMENT ONE. Part III Print
Having decided on the subject matter, I now need to decide on the size, composition and colours I will print with. I want to keep the size of the print under A4 (so that I can easily post to my tutor). I also think that working on a smaller scale will complement the large block of … More A LANDSCAPE | ASSIGNMENT ONE. Part II Composition
I’ve been thinking quite a bit about what I’m going to do for the final assignment. The brief is.. well brief. Choosing a new landscape, natural or urban, figurative or abstract I must execute a set of three prints, each using a minimum of three colours. Each print must be different, but connected in some … More A LANDSCAPE | ASSIGNMENT ONE. Part I Subject
Ruth Wheaton Printmaking 