Max Blundell

Stages of painting - Payne’s Gray vs Black Ivory

Analysis of Michael Borreman’s book titled Weight

Analysis of Luc Tuymans’ The Return

Experimenting with under painting

Looking into the book of the BP Portrait Award from 2015, for inspiration and a general sense of the styles of portraiture available around me.

Some more notes from Elizabeth Payton’s and Aire and Angels

After seeing Elizabeth Payton’s exhibition Aire and Angels, I requested the book for the library as it was interesting to see her process and how her art is layer out and considered in the book itself. More analysis inbound

My analysis of the exhibition I saw at Center Space Gallery in Bristol

My analysis of Luc Tuymans’ show La Pelle and some of the work in it

I saw Amak Mahmoodian’s show titled Zanjir at the Arnolfini in Bristol. I really enjoyed how she presented her work from the sheer fabric at the enterance to the double sided hanging pieces

Research looking into Richter’s writings in the Daily Practice of Painting. It was really interesting to hear his inner monologue and ideas about the medium and how he feels he uses it. I also research into his 48 Portrait series, this made me think of how I catabolise or name my work to make it more understandable or to convey meaning

Some preliminary research into Gerhard Richter and his use of soft-focus, also known as Vermalung

I started to look into Sarah Kogan and her work on display at the Saatchi Gallery. Her use of abstracted landscapes and tonal qualities provide an experience for her audience. That subtle feeling of conveying heavily topics like death and war, through her void like paintings. I want to study her paintings to see how she translates ink into oil and retains the fluidity of the ink.

Accessed @ www.sarahkogan.com/bio.html

I tried layering the same mix of watered down ink on the Fabriano 300gsm paper and I did it in a way that would show the clear distinction between the layers. It managed to make 9 layers before remaining the same tone. It was a good experiment to test out the materials that I am using