Kitchen Sink Realism
Published on Mar 20, 2017
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Late1950's cultural movement in London
- Late1950's cultural movement in Great Britain
- Social Realist movement
- Gritty domestic life of the working class
- Loose, gestural and expressive brushwork
Peter Coker
John Bratby
Source Material
Take 6 images of metal objects in your kitchen sink
Source material
Crop, Make a GRID, look for angles, leading lines, value
Formative Charcoal Drawing
from the photo grid, enlarge your image
Develop
work your image up starting with dark values
Contrast is the KEY
Emilie Faracci
Untitled Slide
Kira - charcoal study. Negative Space, Tonal Values
Charcoal into Oil Paint
- similar technical procedure
- Shadow Shapes
- Negative Space
- Light, Medium and Dark Values
- Grids and box shapes to start.
Make a thin, neutral coloured Ground
Traditionally burnt umber/ultramarine mix is used.
Encajar
to find placement and proportions
Encajer
- Careful Placement of boxes
- Use negative space
- Tallest object first
- Use a straight stick at vertical to check angles.
use negative space!
it helps with placement and proportions
Grace G blocking in the objects
Emilie F blocking in the objects
Blocking in
Big loose shapes
Shadow shapes
neutral value, burnt umber
Shadow Shapes
Isolate darkest values first
Darkest Values first
Dark Values first
Kira uses burnt umber and ultramarine for shadow shapes
Delaney working on shadow shapes
Highlights
Next identify areas of light
adding highlights
adding highlights
Highlights
Shadows and Highlights completed
Working in the mid values
adding highlights. fat over lean
fat over lean
adding colour values.
Today
- Photograph and store your charcoal sink studies in BLACK FOLIOS.
- Set up painting. Easel must be FAR AWAY from tables, wall and obstructions. STAND BACK - can you?
- Ready for colour? Paint the sink area (background) first and then slowly advance through the image.
Allegra, mid values
Delaney, mid values
Today
- Change your ipad to colour version so you can start adding colour!
- Always paint the background first!
Athena. light, medium and dark colour values
colour values
light medium and dark colour values1
Ezgi
Unique mark making with smooth brushstrokes. Katherine Rose
Esme 2019
Sophia 2019
Marie Ogino 2019
Emilie F
Ella
Henry Leland
Canvas Preparation
- Measure and Cut canvas
- Tape to a board
- Make a burnt umber wash and cover canvas
- Paint a thin "window" grid
- Block in shapes - LOOSELY
You will need:
- 1 Jam Jar or larger with a lid
- 1 Old cotton t-shirt
Think about...
- Holding your brush
- Stand Back
- See color within color
- Build layers slowly
- Cloth in your left hand to wipe between colors.
