In the following 4 to 6 lessons, we can choose the more complicated human torsos or plaster casts by ourselves to practice, which the drawing methods are the same as what we learnt from the previous lessons. We also changed to draw on the white paper rather than the brown paper, which makes the contract […]
Monthly Archives: April 2020
From the 7th lesson, we will be introduced to oil painting techniques. As the first class of oil painting, we learnt from using a limited colour palette, to learn the treatment of the light and shade in monochrome. In the beginning, choose a dark colour such as burnt umber or ivory black as the main […]
What is Art For? Part 4 How art is used Dr Charles Whitehead continues his series of blog posts on the many functions of art Many shamanic societies believe that humans can transform into animals, and vice versa. This was once true in Europe – such ideas survive in fairy tales and today inspire many […]
Shirley’s work and study life in LFAS I’m a kind of lucky person that finds a full-time job immediately when postgraduate from Camberwell College of Arts. And, even fortunately, the workplace is an art school with a strong artistic atmosphere, and also a warm family that everyone gets along with harmony. From July 2019, you […]
Notes following a talk by Charles Whitehead at LFAS on Wednesday 20th November 2019 From the age of 8, children’s representational art becomes increasingly naturalistic, though decorative features are still common. After puberty, children want to emulate adult art, but computer games are a more likely source than art galleries. [HELP!! These blogs take […]