Still life gcse sketchbook

For this project, I asked the students to go out and photograph trees and plants. I stressed the importance of framing the leaves against a blank background (like the sky or a blank wall) so that they could really tell the difference between the positive and negative space. We then tweaked them in Picasa and printed them out as high contrast black and white photos. Working from the photo of their choice, the students drew the outline of their plants/leaves. They then had to tear black paper…

2017 Topic 18: Torn, Ripped and Burnt Scrapperia Welcome to a new topic everyone, Darcy here to talk about our latest theme. This fortnight we will be looking at ways to distress art work in very specific ways, using tearing, ripping and burning. Before we start, let's see who won the Topic 17: Shades of White Challenge... The winner is: Gail from Crafty Nomad Email Darcy to claim your prize. Darcydotneedles@gmail.com As is often the case, the techniques we use in our art stem from ancient…

Using this exercise was a good way to experiment with different compositions, there was two parts to this exercise - man made objects and natural objects. Creating an interesting composition was one of the objectives for this exercise, using thumbnail sketches in my sketchbook i was able to experiment with different compositions and viewpoints etc. I like it when the subject(s) fill the page, and sometimes being so big that it is cropped by the edges of the page. I also like it when the…

Sketchbook inspo • artist research • Lisa Ober