The task: to select one of the 25 pieces that made up the image, change the scale and reproduce in pencil. Once everyone had settled into their drawing I read to them part of artist, Bryan Eccleshall blog (extract & links below).
Using grids, vertical & horizontal lines are probably the best aids to drawing. Not only can they help show where lines intersect but can also help determine curves and angles.
In this instance the grids were on the paper, during our observational drawing sessions which return 1.30pm Wednesday, 13 January at Lytham Library they will become imaginary as we use a straight edges to plot the subject...
The Lakeland Tree, made by the wonderful people who came to the Art Circle sessions this week will be on show at Lytham Library from Saturday, 9 January.
Very, well done everyone!
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| Lakeland Tree: pencil & paper, 62 x 62 cm (24.5" x 24.5") £1 coin for scale |
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| The Garden of Earthly Delights |
"Along with the delicate and strange detail that drawing The Garden of Earthly Delights requires, I am also drawing Picasso’s Guernica. I’m drawing it so that it will be the same size as the Bosch drawing and plan, when exhibiting the work, to mix up the panels to create two new works. My thinking is a bit muddled on this but it has something to do with religion and the bombing of Syria. Over time, I’m sure it will become clearer to me." Bryan Eccleshall
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| Guernica |
links
Bryan Eccleshall: The Garden of Earthly Delights
Bryan Eccleshall: Guernica
Derwent Graphic Pencils set of 24
Fabriano Drawing Paper A3 (120gsm) 100 sheets
Thanks for including this in your review of the drawn tree, which looks great. I recommend scanning each panel individually and then digitally compiling the resulting image. It makes for a sharper picture with a lot more detail.
ReplyDeleteIf you want to have a nose through my practice (and other musings) my website is here: https://bryaneccleshall.wordpress.com/
What I really like about this kind of project is that is means that less confident or able artists can work alongside others to produce something that neither would manage on their own. Collaborating is a great leveller and the variety of approaches can produce fascinating works. I'm also fond of the way that the panels don't join up properly, which gives away something of the way they are made.
Why not make the image again and start swapping the panels in and out? See how it changes. Od, like I plan to do, make another drawing in the same way and exchange panels to make two or more different works. Tree in winter? Tree in summer? Autumn? Spring? Maybe it's displayed a single image but one panel is swapped every week...
Interesting observations and comments, good to hear from the actual artist, I'll check out your website. Christine always has something interesting for us up her sleeve !
DeleteInteresting observations and comments, good to hear from the actual artist, I'll check out your website. Christine always has something interesting for us up her sleeve !
DeleteThank you currantbun; in trying to keep you on your toes I keep myself on my toes too!
DeleteThank you for your kind words Bryan and for input on how to push this method of working further.
ReplyDeleteI like how the drawings work together too. They give the finished piece an integrity hard to capture if the result was too polished and the whole celebrates the input of the individuals who made it.