Kingston Class Supliments

  Brief Composition Alan Watts on Ma Yuan landscape paintings –   “One of the most striking features of the sung landscape, as of sung as a whole, is the relative emptiness of the picture, an emptiness which appears however, to be part of the painting and not just unpainted background. By filling in just one corner the artist makes the whole area of the picture alive. Ma Yuan was a master of this technique that amounts almost to painting by not painting” Today we are looking at composition as the central idea in our drawings. We will look at what makes an interesting composition and how we can plan this before the drawing starts.  The class is useful for all levels of ability.   As usual we will start with guided warm ups and the basic ideas but the rest of the class will be free for you to explore as you wish, you can explore something from a previous class or follow instruction. Required materials and tools Drawing materials, charcoal, graphite, ink, pastels – anything else you might

  Brief.   19/21 VOLUME Today we are looking at volume and form in drawings. We will try to look at the way we thinking about the three dimensional objects we look at while drawing. We will stat with some warm up exercises looking at volume.  The class is useful for all levels of ability.   If you wish you can explore something from a previous class or follow instruction - up to you :) Required materials and tools Drawing materials, charcoal, graphite, ink, pastels – anything else you might want to try.   Auguste Rodin Tracy Emin Auguste Rodin Florian Tomballe WEDNESDAY DEMO  –  Today you will also be provided with a chunk of clay to experiment with - you can try to make some sketches from the model in three dimensions and we will see if this leads to you thinking about your drawing in different ways. Ref.   Tracy Emin Augustus Rodin Willem De Kooning Edvard Munch Florian Tomballe         

Brief A welcome back after the reading week and a return to drawing from the figure.  We will return to the very basics of life drawing with a focus on mark making and observation.  For those of you in the first year this will follow on from what life drawing you might have done with Martin Morris, for second and third years this is a recap and a refresher and will be just as much use as the first time and will keep pushing your skills.  The class is useful for all levels of ability.   If you wish you can explore something from a previous class or follow instruction - up to you :) Required materials and tools Drawing materials, charcoal, graphite, ink, pastels – anything else you might want to try.   Vanessa Bell Roger Hilton WEDNESDAY PAINTING DEMO  –  Today I will bring in some analogue movie film for you to have a look at. Some of you may have seen this before but its always interesting to see - I might show some experimental films in the back ground that were made by scratch and pa