Ella RoseyMay 8, 20222 min readReaching the end - ReflectionsThe portraits are all done and finally I can compile them all onto this blog post. Looking at them all together really is heartwarming as...
Ella RoseyMay 6, 20221 min readWeek Eleven - A final, slightly frantic, week of printingThis was it the last week to print everything that needed to be printed and I managed it. I had three stones left to draw and print, this...
Ella RoseyApr 30, 20221 min readWeek Ten - The remaining backgroundsThe second to last week left of time in the studio, this week was a sunny week, so the walks into the school of art each day looked like...
Ella RoseyApr 1, 20222 min readWeek Nine - The week before easter, printing portraits.It is the final week before Easter and I still have a lot of printing left to do and preparation for after Easter. I started this week...
Ella RoseyMar 26, 20221 min readWeek Eight - Three new portraits.After finishing my mum and my brothers portraits I have begun three new ones, two being close friends of mine and the other of my Dad....
Ella RoseyMar 23, 20222 min readThe first piece done - trials and experiments with ink.In my last blog post I mentioned my slight unsuccessful day trying to print the background to the print below but as you can see in the...
Ella RoseyMar 20, 20222 min readWeek Seven - Another print done and a slightly unsuccessful day of printing.This week consisted of printing the below image of my brother, a portrait I very much enjoyed drawing, the composition and details of the...
Ella RoseyMar 17, 20222 min readThoughts and reflections while drawing my portraitsI thought I would take a moment just now to slow down and write about my thoughts and how I reflect on my portraits throughout this whole...
Ella RoseyMar 12, 20221 min readWeek Six - A good week of printing.Week six, almost halfway through the term now so I am having to pick up the pace slightly on my work. Having started the first of my...
Ella RoseyMar 5, 20221 min readWeek Five - Starting the first of my exhibition pieces and thoughts while drawing these portraits.This week I started the above work on the first of my exhibition pieces, I decided that alongside my main seven portraits I am doing I am...
Ella RoseyFeb 26, 20221 min readWeek Four - Starting some smaller portraits and decided upon technique.This week I started working on two smaller portraits as I have decided to go along my central portraits I am going to have some smaller...
Ella RoseyFeb 19, 20223 min readWeek Three - Things going wrong, rectifying situations and thoughts about my eventual exhibition.This week started with me accidentally removing the portrait that I had previously applied to this stone using gum transfer, I used too...
Ella RoseyFeb 12, 20222 min readWeek Two - Gum transfer paper and exhibition planning.I started off the week, re-graining this stone below as last week when I did it circular scratches appeared in the stone surface, most...
Ella RoseyFeb 5, 20221 min readWeek One of the final semester - The first week back.It is the start of February and the first week of the semester, I came back into the studio to my two old stones from last year (pictured...
Ella RoseyDec 24, 20212 min readReflections on my first semester workReaching the end of the year I wanted to do a blog post just looking back at all the work I've done this year just to round up the...
Ella RoseyDec 16, 20211 min readWeek Eleven - Printing my last stone for the year and some colour printing.It is Monday today and this is the last week of the semester, everything seems to have accumulated to a lot of work that needs to be...
Ella RoseyDec 11, 20212 min readWeek Ten - Drawing up my last portraits for this year...Next week is the last week before Christmas meaning I only have time for this last drawing and then next week will consist of colour...
Ella RoseyDec 4, 20212 min readWeek Nine - Making mistakes and a new portrait piece Starting off this week I finished drawing up a new stone, this time I was more focused on Romanticism influences when doing the portrait....
Ella RoseyNov 27, 20211 min readArtist research and trying not to stay in my comfort zone.So far this semester I have drawn up three stones, I have really enjoyed starting to explore the limits of portraiture using lithography...
Ella RoseyNov 27, 20211 min readWeek Eight - Experimenting printing in colour and starting a new drawing.After etching my stone last week I was ready to print this week, again I used three different types of paper to continue to see how my...
