Archive for the ‘Drawing’ Category
Piet Mondrian
Piet Mondrian is widely known for his numerous gridded compositions using the primary colours Red, Yellow and Blue. Mondrian’s career was consumed with the pursuit of mathematical and artistic compositional combinations to acheive an aesthetic nirvana. Resulting in one of his final compositions the Jazz inpsired Broadway Boogie-Woogie.
Alternative Portrait Project
Pupil Example: Regan 2010
Tinhead
Tinhead otherwise known as Christopher Wright is a UK based experimental Illustrator and mixed media artist. His work consists of lo-tech illustrations and mixed media collage/compositions that pay homage to the early Pop Art aesthetic of early Richard Hamilton and Peter Blake et al. Tinhead’s work features on The Foals debut album ‘Antidotes’.
Alternative Portrait Project
Pupil Example: Liz 2010
Laura Barnard
Laura Barnard is an illustrator who has produced a series of cityscapes drawings and compositions. We have used Barnard’s compositions and detailed style to influence our textiles responses for the ‘In the City’ project.
In the City Project
Student Example: Danielle 2009
Laura McCafferty
Laura McCafferty is a textiles artist who blends Textiles and Illustration to create snapshots of social events and environjments with warmth, sensitivity and humour. Her technique of combining Appliqué, Stitch, Surface Pattern, Print and Illustration have inspired our ‘In the City’ Project.
In the City Project
Student Example: Danielle 2009
