Wednesday, 15 January 2025

Japanese Koi Paintings

 

Holding Your Brush

In order to master the of Brush painting you must

Hold your brush between thumb, middle finger and ring finger

Hold brush perfectly upright 90 degrees to paper

Dont let your arm touch the paper so you have flowing arm movements



Have a practice first










Hokusai - Koi Woodcut Print


Hokusai Koi Fan Print







Wednesday, 8 January 2025

GCSE 2025 Gathering - Tea Parties, Parties and Celebrations

 


Mary Cassatt - The Tea Party 1880


Hilda Fearon - The Tea Party 1916 


Edouard Vuillard Girl In An Interior 1910


Edgar Degas -  In A Cafe (The Absinthe Drinker) 1875 - 1876 




Monday, 6 January 2025

GCSE 2025 'Gathering' - Fantastic Cityscapes or Landscapes - Carl Warner Food Landscapes

Carl Warner - Food Landscapes 

These are not AI or digital. Carl is an Artist, Director and Photographer who makes Landscapes for Photoshoots, you might have seen his work advertising food in adverts








GCSE 2025 'Gathering' - Queues of People - Norman Cornish / John Singer Sargent / Pieter Bruegel

 


John Singer Sargent 'Gassed' 1919



Pieter Bruegel 'The Parable of The Blind Leading The Blind

1568



Glasgow Kids A Saturday Matinee Picture Queue Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley 1921-1963


The Food Queue CRW Nevinson 1918


Norman Cornish Queue at Berrimans Fish And Chip Van 


Norman Cornish Berrimans Fish And Chip Can At Night


Sketchbook Study

Norman Cornish 1919 - 2014


Bus Queue Norman Cornish 1919 - 2014



Wet Friday 1975 Norman Cornish 1919 - 2014


GCSE 2025 'Gathering' - Collections of Items 'Burning House'

 

Hannah Queen, 20, Blue Ridge, Georgia, Photographer


Laura Pritchett, 24, Southern Delaware, Artist

What would you take with you if your house was on fire? It's an old question but have you really thought about the answer?

This is the starting point for Robert Holden's intriguing project, titled The Burning House

Article About The Burning House

Thursday, 5 December 2024

Giovanni Strazza 1818 - 1875 Marble carved to look like fabric

 


Giovanni Strazza 1818 - 18575

The Veiled Virgin

Carved from Marble 1850s






Raffaele Monti


Veiled Christ Guiseppe Sanmartino




Copy of Sculpture by Sanmartino in fired clay 1752