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New Start<\/span><\/p>\n

Another New Studio<\/span><\/p>\n

After having Covid19 <\/a>and therefore doing no work between the 2nd<\/sup> October and the 18th<\/sup> October<\/a>, I found I’d reached the point where I didn’t know what I was going to do. Both the summer projects were finished and while I have a list of several things I’m interesting in doing I wasn’t really committed to any of them. So I wanted a New Start.<\/span><\/p>\n

So on the 18th<\/sup> I went in to the studio with a view to experimenting with the Redfilm<\/a> output\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/redfilm_4_blog.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n

I had two large boards ready for drawings and I decided to use these to make drawings to complement the films.<\/span><\/p>\n

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red garden underpainting<\/p><\/div>\n

18\/10\/23<\/span><\/p>\n

This drawing started as ‘red_garden’ and was taken through the underpainting using pastels with water through the day.<\/span><\/p>\n

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red garden ink layer<\/p><\/div>\n

23\/10\/23<\/span><\/p>\n

A week later I’d had delivery of some more Red media including Ink Blocks from Derwent [link] and the drawing was worked up as seen with the addition of some highlights using white charcoal, as seen below.<\/span><\/p>\n

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red garden 23102023<\/p><\/div>\n

23\/10\/23<\/span><\/p>\n

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red garden two underpainting<\/p><\/div>\n

18\/10\/23<\/span><\/p>\n

The drawing above was begun as ‘red_garden_two’ and the underpainting was done with pastels and some very cheap pre mixed poster paint.<\/span><\/p>\n

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red garden two ink layer<\/p><\/div>\n

23\/10\/23<\/span><\/p>\n

Again I further worked up the drawing on the 23rd<\/sup> with the ink blocks and finally added highlights with white charcoal.<\/span><\/p>\n

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red garden two 23102023<\/p><\/div>\n

23\/10\/23<\/span><\/p>\n

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red garden three<\/p><\/div>\n

23\/10\/23<\/span><\/p>\n

Also on the 23rd<\/sup> I started a 3rd<\/sup> drawing on an A4 board, ‘red_garden_three’ produced in the same way.<\/span><\/p>\n

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studio 23102023<\/p><\/div>\n

23\/10\/23<\/span><\/p>\n

I ended the 23rd<\/sup> with the studio looking like this and decided to change it when I came back as the mirror experiments with the film didn’t work.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Studio from Window 25102023<\/p><\/div>\n

25\/10\/23<\/span><\/p>\n

So on the 25th<\/sup> I took down the projection room with a view to making a smaller one to view the edits in isolation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Studio from Door 25102023<\/p><\/div>\n

25\/10\/23<\/span><\/p>\n

The day was finished with the studio looking like this and I discovered that Covid19 has left me completely knackered after what seems like not much work.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Red Sketchbook 19th October onwards<\/p><\/div>\n

19\/10\/23 onwards<\/span><\/p>\n

While this was going on I continued to work in my attic studio using stills selected from the films to develop ideas in my sketchbook as the starting point for new work going forward. Initially this was envisaged as two dimensional and Virtual work but very quickly grew into physical sculptural form.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maquettes made from 20th October onwards<\/p><\/div>\n

20\/10\/23 onwards<\/span><\/p>\n

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studio from door 30102023<\/p><\/div>\n

After the 30th<\/sup> I’d finished the viewing room and made a space to build a large sculpture.<\/span><\/p>\n

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studio from window 30102023<\/p><\/div>\n

I also did some further work on the red drawings.<\/span><\/p>\n

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red garden three 30102023<\/p><\/div>\n

This is red garden three, the A1 drawing.<\/span><\/p>\n

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red garden two 30102023<\/p><\/div>\n

This red garden two,<\/span><\/p>\n

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red garden 30102023<\/p><\/div>\n

The Red drawings are not finishshed and I’ve started a large sculpture that will be featured in my next post, but that’s my new start.<\/p>\n

Drawing<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve continued to draw every day; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The October drawings can be seen here<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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