Drawn today, from life.
I've added more color to the page at home. The artist and his work are more defined.
Mixed media on 12"x16" black pastel paper.
Working in a room with others, all focused on the same enterprise, but each producing individual work, is informative. Each piece is different and personal, like a portrait of the artist at that time and place.
Oh, I really like this Jean! It tells a story. It also is a little spooky because of the blue, I think, but I love that about it! Nice job.
ReplyDeleteVery nice! Bravo, Jean!
ReplyDeleteHow nice that I can watch over the back of the artist! I love the warm light on the model.
ReplyDeleteElizabeth, thanks. I think there's something "a little spooky" about it too.
ReplyDeleteCasey, thanks. Pastels provide a lot of quick color, and I'm enjoying exploring them. With this drawing, I ended up with much of the color on me because I didn't bring an easel. All the studio's spare easels were already in use by the time I showed up, late yet again. So, I was seated in a molded plastic chair, with a board on my lap. Very awkward. Good thing I have a washing machine.
Annie, thanks. The set up at this room has good model lighting. As you know, not always the case; interior lighting is expensive.
You sound like me. Late, late and late again (or either a week early)
ReplyDeleteI caught the second image that I meant to get back to you on. I see you've done some editing. It had a cubist thing going on if I remember correctly.
This work is beautifully composed. I like how your making the best out of a bad/late situation. I had a instructor by the name of Dr Thompson who told us that the minds eye always expected the opposite. To override that impulse he told us to take a primary color then go to it's exact opposite and then one over. You've done that here; and I like the greenish hue in the foremost figure.
and I like how you caught his attentiveness.
ReplyDeletePA, thanks. It started out as making the best of a bad situation, but then I really liked the composition and got into it, but then . . . the guy in front of me finished up what he was doing and left very quickly. So I got a much better seat, but was disappointed. I wanted more time to develop the drawing with him in front of me.
ReplyDeleteI haven't heard that advice before, about opposites and almost opposites. Thanks. I took a rudimentary color theory class at Cooper Union adult education. (Mainly, I got frustrated because everyone else was so much better at cutting and pasting shapes. I always ended up with glue everywhere.) The class made me aware of how relative color is and exposed me to basic color vocabularies.
AH, thanks. He was really focused on his work, moving back and forth from model to page, very intense.
this view is beautiful, the artist and his work.
ReplyDeletethe composition is great, congrats!
Thanks, Denise.
ReplyDeleteI can tell; that's what I saw. Now, I'm going to find your iceblock painting a few weeks back -- it was 113 degrees here yesterday.
ReplyDeleteSounds like Mojave weather. Hope it's better today.
ReplyDeleteI just posted on Portrait in Pink and Blue and I have to wonder if you weren't yearning for something angular here? Again, I don't know the process so I'm just guessing - and trying no to offend.
ReplyDeletePaula, don't worry. I'm just happy you're looking and thinking. Few things work for everyone. I think this particular theme is one I'm going to want to come back to.
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