Julie Ellis Artist

Tutorial with Laura – 09.12

Tutorial with Laura – 09.12

Essay tutorial – Notes Great work to date, wordcount almost at 3500. The book seems to naturally support the essay. Could they be merged somehow. Is there a place for a separate theoretical piece? Maybe a conclusion or summary which somehow brings in the...
Polyptych – Studio Day

Polyptych – Studio Day

A polyptych (/ˈpɒlɪptɪk/ POL-ip-tik; Greek: poly- “many” and ptychē “fold”) is a painting (usually panel painting) which is divided into sections, or panels. Following tutorial last week, I have decided to start what I hope will be my final...
Tutorial with Mark – 25.11.21

Tutorial with Mark – 25.11.21

Really useful tutorial. We discussed everything focusing on my painting as I felt that this was most likely going to be the development I plan to exhibit. The following notes are very rough. There is a generally better understanding for me now in terms of how...
Painting – Studio Day

Painting – Studio Day

Today I have worked over the drawings which I made using charcoal, pastel and water based paint. There is something which I feel able to add which is to do with the translucency of glazes achieved with only oil paint. I can’t seem to achieve this with water...
Book experiments

Book experiments

Ideas include; overlapping different thicknesses of paper and different translucencies. also experimenting with different translucencies of print quality. Using home printer, this added to my lack of techy knowledge is making it a very artisan low-tech outcome. I...