The Artist [UK] (July 2016)

Evaluate: Readers examine portray and drawing firsthand from different artists via written guideline and copy, guiding them step by step in the course of the inventive strategy. The journal exhibits readers a large choice of inventive recommendations, educating the basics of artwork making, providing options in several portray and drawing media.

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U Photo collage study for Tea with Tsira, pastel and photo printouts, 91⁄2ϫ121⁄2in (24ϫ32cm). uk TA07p36_39_Lucy_Layout 1 05/05/2016 10:08 Page 39 PRACTICAL p Tea with Tsira, pastel, 193⁄4ϫ271⁄2in (50ϫ70cm). I tried to keep the marks loose and scribbly to create an impression of detail and atmosphere, whilst avoiding too much fiddliness ‘I was particularly excited by the effect I managed to get when depicting the pattern of the transparent lace curtains’ Lucy Willis is exhibiting at the Curwen Gallery, 34 Windmill St, London W1T 2JR from June 2 to 25.

On the light areas of background the linear pattern appears dark whilst on the darker areas it appears light: a richness and complexity that I could achieve within minutes. After the strictures of watercolour technique it has been a pleasure to return to pastels. The variety of marks that can be achieved in pastel is considerable – from patches of blended colour, firm lines left untouched, lines that can be rubbed and blurred, areas of soft, smudged colour that can be drawn over with firmer lines.

With a wide range of tone, from very pale to very dark, indigo makes a lively single colour for a painting Choosing the colours Since three primary colours mix together to make all the colours, mixing more than three to make a darker colour is clearly surplus to requirements. In watercolour ranges, paint manufacturers make as many colours as possible from single pigments to aid the watercolourist’s quest for clarity in mixing. Some colours, however, require the inclusion of several pigments to reach their particular hue or property.

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