What are Tales of Energy Research? They’re a creative endeavour, trying to make energy research (and solutions) more accessible, as well as giving researchers a chance to find more creative ways to express themselves and any solutions they may have. Humans tell stories all the time, but the type of story is important to conveying …
Most of the time I start drawing by practicing a few quick poses. Each is somewhere between 2 and 5 minutes long and I find sources for my practice on the website Line of Action. The images on said website are great for practice and sessions can be timed. I generally like to use a …
After 3 short years of art school it was finally time for the degree show. The theme I wanted to explore had to do with a pastime of mine: archery. I wanted to examine the similarities between archery, drawing and painting. In particular, I wanted to explore the intense focus and concentration I experience during …
The Opportunity Recently I spent a couple of hours sitting outside on a granite slab, looking for a subject to draw. I must admit that I couldn’t resist their mewling beg entirely and so I did share a biscuit with them, observing them. They kept an arm’s length away from me most of the time. …
Practice makes perfect. Having grown up not speaking English I didn’t know this saying. But it resonated when I started to continuously hear it. I felt it meant that someone, anyone, who had put in the time could be good at any task. Although I didn’t like to practice much as a child, be it …
My mother took me on my first urban sketching meeting in Luxembourg about a year and a half ago. Now I attend the meetings whenever I have the time or whenever I am in the country. Last month the Urban Sketchers went to Diekirch to draw at the Conservatoire National des Véhicules Historiques (National Museum …
For this week’s blog I thought I would share one of my most recent projects with you. I made a set of four different silkscreen print designs. You can easily find many different tutorials and videos on how to do silk-screen prints, and process itself isn’t that difficult. Preparing Prints I used a photo-emulsion paste …
Für den Blog dieser Woche dachte ich, ich würde eines meiner rezentesten Projekte mit euch teilen. Ich habe einen Satz von vier verschiedenen Siebdruckmotiven erstellt. Zum Siebdruck gibt es viele Tutorials und Videos, die die Vorgehensweise genauer erläutern. Das Drucken mit dem Sieb ist an und für sich nicht so schwierig. Drucke vorbereiten Ich habe …
Unsurprisingly, the correct (graphical) perspective is very important in art. Yet how one uses perspective depends on what you want people to see. It can be an especially useful technique for challenging a viewer’s expectations. I was still at school when I was introduced to the different ways of constructing perspective. I found the various …
Es ist nicht überraschend, dass die korrekte (grafische) Perspektive in der Kunst sehr wichtig ist. Wie man die Perspektive einsetzt, hängt jedoch davon ab, was die Menschen sehen sollen. Es kann eine besonders nützliche Technik sein, um die Erwartungen eines Betrachters zu hinterfragen. In der Schule lernte ich die verschiedenen Konstruktionen der Perspektiven kennen. Ich …
