Saturday, September 4, 2010

Women in Blue and Grey




Update September 5, 2010:

I've reworked the drawing; the new version is what's posted here.

Drawn September 4, from life, further developed in studio.

Pastel and Conte pencil on black pastel paper, 12"x16".

13 comments:

  1. wonderfull, you know I love expressionismus! a great work

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  2. Very nice.

    I appreciate your comments on my work. Coming from a pro artist means alot. Thanks much.

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  3. Oh, this is quite lovely. (Phoebe & Albert want you to know they also look good in shades of pink and blue and green, and their modeling rates are quite reasonable. And when it comes to poses, freedom is their middle name.)

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  4. Thank you, nc and Pierre.

    Pierre, your drawings and photos are lovely.

    AH, thanks. I'm particularly taken with Miss Phoebe's headshot. I think she's a natural. (Could you please explain how to link in a comment?)

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  5. Are you a daily painter? Nice colors.

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  6. Thanks, Birdman.

    Does about 2 to 3 times a week count? Planning to increase frequency as I get unpacked and settled in.

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  7. I keep wanting to write "drawn to"...anyhow, once I enlarge your drawing, what my eye focuses on is the figure between the two women. It creates a mysterious element of narrative quietly taking place between the bookend figures. I appreciate the reductive line work. Very direct and underplayed in a good way. Add this to my other favorite posted on August 10th.

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  8. PA, glad you like it; cool that you see the figure in the middle.

    Once again, I arrived so late (and it was so crowded) that my easel could only be set up way away from the model.

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  9. This now joins Aug. 25 and Aug. 31 as a favorite. What an interesting complication compared to the original.

    My thanks to PA, for the expert eye.

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  10. BANJO52, thanks. (PA teaches us all.)

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  11. I know nothing about discussing art but I can tell you that your figures are both fascinating and distressing to me in that I'm so used to seeing idealized bodies it's going to take me a little while to let go of all those conventions to really appreciate your work. Society really has us brainwashed doesn't it? And I don't cater to magazines and advertising that promotes women with perfect bodies. It's just everywhere we look.

    wv subverso

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  12. Paula, thanks for coming and looking. And also for articulating your distress. It's telling me something I was unaware of. You're quite right: These figures are not "idealized" in the way you mean.

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  13. They're true to life and that's what makes them beautiful - through your art.

    I keep wondering about what I want to be in my next life, either as a boy who does extreme sports or as a woman who can express herself through the arts, especially one who sings and paints. I think you lucked out this time.

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