Considering the work of others

1. Alberto Giacometti
Using line to capture space. Look at edges and outlines / proportions/perspective

2. Richard Diebenkorn
See the world in terms of colour ‘planes’ and shapes interlocking. How do colours
interact to create ‘depth’ and ‘space’ in a picture?

3. Create a semnse of place and ‘atmosphere by considering the tone of each part
of the image, in relation to the others.
Choose an interesting angle of view.

4. Use tone to explore how objects and spaces can make a pattern /structure within the frame.

5. Elizabeth Blackadder (Above)
Renato Guttuso Still-life in Studio
(left)
Choose views in which shapes/textures/colours contrast complement each other.

6. Ben Nicholson
Try combining two or three views together by linking perspective lines and colours

7. Patrick Heron (above)
Ben Nicholson
Explore views which are ‘framed’; views through.

8. Roy Kitaj
Isolate particular shapes and use them to create a pictorial structure. Experiment
with colour/texture within a framework.

9. Roy Kitaj
Use your observed drawings for print – cut stencils and draw over/under printed layers.

10. Henry Moore Peter Doig (above)
Combine contrasting media an techniques. Use them to create and
suggest qualities which ‘enliven’ your subject

11. Hughie O’Donohugh
Limit yourself to one medium but explore a
range of techniques to create marks and
striking contrasts.

12. Jim Dine
Explore how contiuous line can create a
sense of unity and ‘flow’. Explore how the
placement of an image within the page
can be used as part of the work – negative
space.

13. Gertrude Hermes
Explore how many different textures and
surfaces can be expressed through varied
mark-making.

14. Anselm Kiefer
Build an image up using layers
of media. Explore unusual
materials and their potential.

15. Henri Matisse
Draw with a round brush and
ink. Consider how to shape the
mark to express the form of the
object you’re looking at.

16. Mary Fedden
Use ink in at least three
different ways to create
variety of line and tone –
capturing the character of
your subject.

17. Paul Nash - woodcut
Use only black/white to describe
shape/space/form/texture.
Scratch though a dark layer to a lighter
ground.

18. Linocut
Draw with white on black and use college to
create variety an the illusion of form/depth.

19. Picasso still life lino- three colours
Simplify your image – leave details out.
Look for the most significant lines/shapes
for a good composition of contrasts.

20. Angie Lewin
Explore ‘reversing-out’ and the stylisation of
parts o the drawing.

21. Mono print
Allow the brush-mark and
medium to suggest the effects of
light and texture as you observe
the subject.