Period 4

Just a quick update, i will tell more later about the my last period of the second year on St. Joost.

This slideshow contains most of my drawings, they are both sketches made forests and my own artwork. Ill elaborate on these later too and i will also add the walldrawings i made.

Period Two, learning what not to want

A struggling period for me. Trying to find a way to draw like in the workshop, but then much bigger. The largest artwork being 2 by 1.5 meters (last 2 photos in slideshow) in which each line can be seen and each line was a torture to make: the wall on which i hang the paper was very rough and i had to press hard on the siberian chalk to make heavy think lines :(

But i don't like that big one. I prefer the finer lines of pencil that i used for other big drawings in this period. Plain charcoal also isn't very usefull when trying to draw precise, clear lines >.<

At the end of this period i felt a bit stuck, my imagination wasn't sufficient enough to make up new shapes that aren't generic and are abstract. I knew i would need an inspiration, wether it's something i see in nature or something from a photograph. But using an image felt a bit fake, inferior to what i make myself (Plato's mimesis :P ). What i learned in Period Three (the Minor period) was that images aren't inferior as long as i don't mimic them but use specific details of them and transform it into something completely different. It all sounds very vague but if you look at my blogpost in March 2008 about the Minor u might see what i mean.

Summary: Period 2 taught me more about technique than what my fasciniation is. I learned what i did NOT like :P

Nude Model drawings Period One and Two

After Period Two ended we had to present all our work and progress to our teachers. Mine consisted of two parts, one wall artworks and on an other one i wanted to show my modeldrawings. I made a selection of 12 drawings from period one and two that showed how i progressed at my techniques, from simple yet precise lines to only shades of grey without any contourlines.

Workshop week before the start of Period Two

A short yet very intens week. Also a week in which i discovered my own way to draw 3D objects. Previously i had been struggeling trying to draw stones in perspective. From this point on i am able to see things differently.

Period One

Finally some time to complete the blog.
This slide contains my artworks of period one, second year at St. Joost.

What began as a collection of stones, became a stepping stone to the second period.

Overview on what is to come

There a few things i am going to update soon:

Period 2 of this 2nd year at St. Joost.
Period 1 there are some works on the blog alrdy but not all of it.
Period 4 of my first year.

Especially period 2 needs to be on this blog, because so far this 2nd year has been a very good year for me, i learned a lot compared to my first year.

Minor "De Tekenkamer", slideshows and short movies

For family and friends, but also for myself an overview of what i have made during the Minor " De Tekenkamer ". There is a slideshow which contains almost all my work from that period. And there are 2 youtube videos.

I have been able to improve my drawing technique with ordinary pencils (ranging from 2H to 5B) and the use of charcoal.

But the most important thing that i have learned is that i now know more about what i really want to make. Its hard to say it in english though:

Specifieke vormen die voorkomen in de natuur interesseren me. Ik vind het zelf moeilijk om een (abstracte) vorm zelf uit me hoofd te halen, daarmee worstelde ik enorm in de 2de periode. In de minor heb ik mezelf afgeleerd om te denken dat het gebruik van een foto/afbeelding slechter is dan zelf iets te bedenken. Het maakt het mij makkelijker om nu ook op andere punten te letten, compositie en textuur. Kleur wil ik nog niet gebruiken dat is nog een heel ander gebied wat ik zou moeten onderzoeken, ik heb nu de neiging om gauw te stylistisch kleuren bij elkaar te doen.

Anyway, enjoy the pictures :)

PS: my wallpainting is something that has turned to be pretty good considering i never used "eitempera" before and the last time i seriously painted was in october.
It is also something that could lead me on a different path.