Posts Tagged as ‘Drawing’

January 15, 2009

Contemporary Art (3) – Douglas Kolk

Douglas Kolk, Nurse City, 2007, Collage on paper, 189.2 x 189.2cm

Douglas Kolk, Where You Went, 2007, Collage on paper, 188 x 210.8 cm

Douglas Kolk, Help me Nasal, 2005, Collage on paper, 97 x 81 cm
Douglas Kolk (b. 1963 Newark, New Jersey) lives and works in Boston. He seems to be preoccupied with the notions [...]

May 30, 2008

Drawing – Workshop

Here are few general observations I made myself or heard from my teachers:
* remember that drawing is also a physical activity – engage all your body, whole arm, torso – not only your hand
* do control the pressure and speed of your tool all the time
* quality of line used is very important (generally – [...]

October 30, 2007

Drawing – Introduction

Considered to function among the most intimate, personal of all arts drawing is often defined in many different ways.
Drawing appears to be an act of mark making, a product of that act, a vehicle for visual expression, a skill of seeing things as they are (copying reality), extracting an essence from a drawn object, [...]