From the moment I did the 360 degree study exercise, I knew what I want to draw for this assignment. I would take that idea and expand on...

Exercise 3 - A limited Palette Study Although the exercise says to develop one of the sketches from the previous exercise, because I’d...

During this exercise I wanted to produce work with a bit more imagination than in previous exercises. I have strived up until now too, as...

So we move from the country back into the town, time to get urban. I know I’ve mentioned it before, but I really wish I’d hit this...

Having never studied art academically beyond GCSE, perspective is something I have muddled through, rather than ever really studying and...

As I’ve mentioned in previous logs, I tend to rely on photographic reference more than I should. For this exercise I was determined to...

Slade educated John Virtue, is an English contemporary landscape artist. He works solely in monochrome, balancing on the fence between...

After reading the brief for this exercise, I felt it was time to take stock of the course so far and consider where I am as an artist....

Exercise 2 - Sketchbook Walk The task at hand in this exercise was to produce a number of drawing whilst out in the environment. Taking a...

Living in the North of England, I was never going to struggle for reference material for this exercise. The weather changes frequently...

With the solo tree studied, it was time to tackle more of our leafy friends. As with the previous exercise, I took inspiration for the...

OK, so before we begin, I’ve got some big news. Hold the front page; the world needs to know. Are you sitting down? Good, then I begin....

Draw a tree. A simple enough request I thought, then you sit down in front of one and really look at it. There’s a reason I haven’t...