Painting progress and flexible study Connected Practices

Progress on these paintings 

 

Using some lighter shades to play with the lighting - and will add the whitest areas after. Still pushing and pulling with shadows and depth.

I'm liking how they're going in terms of the tones but am cautious to make them cartoonish.

 I'm not enjoying this one. When I started it, it was a difficult subject to approach. The reason I took the approach I did - quick with text and a floating object untrue to life - was to just get it done. But I've acquired a photograph that I think will do want I want better and be more true to my painting style. 

Useful Connected Practices session where some full time students introduced their projects and talked through the connections that they were making. Some funding acquired by one person which made me sit up and take notice - as I need to secure funding and think about ways to tap into it.

Took some notes to help with my crit presentation tomorrow:Thinking about contextual presentation.

• Intro project – explain – where am I at – general overview – what am I grappling with 
• Have I got work to show /how does it land – how far away is it from my intentions (gap intention and receipt by audience) what does it do? 
• How can you close it /open it up and make more interesting
• Nb a cold reading is ..this is my work – what do you think
• Consider crit structures – peer led crits with notes and discussion
• Where do you want to be at the end so that you can go off and do something
• Connection – Sophie brock

I also have the real life esque baby doll to stage photos with now.