30/11/2010

I love the photography of Bernd and Hilla Becher. They deal with similar themes to my project, presenting images of various man-made structures in groups, in black and white. I think it's beautiful.




Idris Khan is another artist whose work I admire, and I'm very drawn to the misty, ethereal quality of the his photomanipulation. He compiles many photographs of the same sort of structure and superimposes them, adjusting the opacity levels of each layer until the desired effect is achieved.
I'd love to try this, with photos of the water tower from different angles.

09/11/10

In preparation for painting it I did a tonal study in charcoal of my view. It's three A1 sheets together, and my hands are still a bit grey.

I also did a few paintings and ink drawings of the watertower, simply investigating the form and perspective.

 I am not very confident with colour so I'm hoping these tonal studies will help me.

01/11/10

I finished and printed another woodcut. I'm really enjoying it and want to experiment more with the medium. I'm pleased with how this one turned out, more so than he first - I think it captures the starkness of the metal structure against the grey sky.