Friday, February 18, 2011

Seated Figure In Violet

Drawn yesterday morning, from life.

Pastel and charcoal on approximately 9"x12" pastel card.
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21 comments:

  1. Cafe PasadenaFebruary 18, 2011 at 1:58 PM

    I gotta come up with blogpost titles like yours!

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  2. Banjo52February 18, 2011 at 3:53 PM

    I really like the purple against black.

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  3. MargaretFebruary 18, 2011 at 4:26 PM

    Fantastic use of color. Beautiful and evocative.

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  4. Jean SpitzerFebruary 19, 2011 at 7:52 AM

    Cafe, happy to be of assistance.

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  5. Jean SpitzerFebruary 19, 2011 at 7:52 AM

    Thanks, Banjo and Margaret.

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  6. Pasadena AdjacentFebruary 19, 2011 at 8:39 AM

    thats the color I chose for my kitchen (wink)

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  7. Cynthia Fox-GiddensFebruary 19, 2011 at 11:27 AM

    Nice painting, love the violet.

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  8. AnonymousFebruary 19, 2011 at 3:23 PM

    Drama.

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  9. Jean SpitzerFebruary 20, 2011 at 9:04 AM

    PA, the cabinets in my kitchen are some kind of very browned out dark purple. I didn't choose the color but I like it.

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  10. Jean SpitzerFebruary 20, 2011 at 9:04 AM

    Thanks, Cynthia and AH.

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  11. AnonymousFebruary 21, 2011 at 7:24 PM

    I saw this one in my dashboard a few days ago and loved the vibrant color. Now that I am here looking at the full view, it's even better.
    I love the tones and shading. Her expression and posture are so natural. Truly masterful Jean.

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  12. Jean SpitzerFebruary 22, 2011 at 10:29 AM

    Thanks, Pamo.

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  13. Pasadena AdjacentFebruary 22, 2011 at 11:48 AM

    That could work; like purple heart (an exotic wood)

    I was just kidding...although if you mix the purple with some of the background color, you do have the walls of my East LA bathroom. To add to the trauma I went out and found this linoleum place on San Gabriel blvd (above the freeway) who was overstocked with 70's rolls. Ended up with some faux flagstone rocks aka the Flintstones. Actually it would be kind of hip today. Then it was cheap and I was poor.

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  14. Jean SpitzerFebruary 22, 2011 at 12:06 PM

    So, are you done with the kitchen? The purple cabinets--really, they are just very very dark, close to brown--and they look good. It's the kind of color that only someone with a lot of experience and confidence would use; but the person who did it (who used to live here) is a designer of interiors, so she had that.

    Most of the house has whitish walls and lots of light; terrific for artwork.

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  15. AnonymousFebruary 22, 2011 at 12:33 PM

    Feel better, Jean. I had a feeling you weren't well.

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  16. Jean SpitzerFebruary 22, 2011 at 1:15 PM

    Thanks, AH.

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  17. Ugly Stepsister aka B. TravellFebruary 25, 2011 at 3:13 PM

    It is really beautiful. BTW...what is "pastel card"?

    Barbara

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  18. Jean SpitzerFebruary 25, 2011 at 3:57 PM

    Thanks, Barbara.

    Pastel card is a support with a surface scratchy like sandpaper, but thick and stiff, like a piece of cardboard. It's made by various manufacturers; the support I used is made by Sennelier.

    The sandpaper-y surface grabs the pastel and also seems to intensify the pigment.

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  19. Susan CampisiMarch 7, 2011 at 8:36 AM

    The violet is moody and magical.

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  20. Jean SpitzerMarch 7, 2011 at 12:16 PM

    Thanks, Susan. I just have a bit of this pastel stick (actually, block) left, I've favored it so much.

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  21. Jean SpitzerMarch 7, 2011 at 12:18 PM

    That's of the lighter purple. The darker is a thin stick of nu-pastel.

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