Jean's Paintings: Head In Purple And Gold; Head In Orange

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Head In Purple And Gold; Head In Orange

Drawn yesterday morning, from life.

Tombo marker and ink on 11"x14" Bristol paper.

21 comments:

L.W.Roth, said...: These are really nice Jean. I really like how you use those markers. The looseness and the speed are very exciting--the contour drawing is right on too.; March 31, 2011 12:07 PM
Margaret said...: Ah! What a great face.; March 31, 2011 12:39 PM
Rodney said...: Great sketches! I really like the purple and gold version, fantastic!; March 31, 2011 12:55 PM
Banjo52 said...: The orange is REALLY dramatic, but I like the purple and gold better, including her expression, which comes through better there. She looks like a thinker.; March 31, 2011 8:03 PM
Pasadena Adjacent said...: I'm going for the red figure. Breaks with tradition. It's nicely flat. Cropped in an unexpected way and a bit tweeked.; March 31, 2011 9:52 PM
Cafe Pasadena said...: Love your title as usual. The head in purple/gold is wunderful both for the lines & colours. But the head in the orange isn't doing it for me.; March 31, 2011 9:55 PM
altadenahiker said...: You've really captured an expression. I can't choose (not that we're asked to). And yet, just to contradict myself, I think I go for #2, because I admire such obivous confidence.; April 1, 2011 1:44 AM
altadenahiker said...: obvious, obviously.; April 1, 2011 1:46 AM
nouvelles couleurs - vienna atelier said...: good works!; April 1, 2011 5:03 AM
Tony Van Helsing said...: A lot of depth to the face, I like.; April 3, 2011 12:51 PM
PAMO said...: I think you would be really fun to have an art date with... all those grand supplies! I like how you stretch yourself artistically. Your work pays off in your results.
Well done!; April 3, 2011 7:27 PM
Manel said...: The first one is great!!; April 4, 2011 2:51 PM
Jean Spitzer said...: Thanks, all.

I need to spend some time doing some spring-cleaning and stocktaking of supplies. I am running out of supports, am way behind on filing drawings and my brushes have gotten into a shameful state.

Two things I did do was scrape off my large palette and take a first pass at the brushes in question.

Next I have to take a look at the supplies I kept in my car all winter. Some things are clearly goners. I don't know if it was the freezes, the heat or all of the above.; April 6, 2011 7:47 PM
Pierre said...: You really do have a talent for capturing expressions. More good work.; April 7, 2011 12:24 PM
Jean Spitzer said...: Thanks, Pierre. How is (was?) your class?; April 7, 2011 1:51 PM
Pierre said...: Class is OK. Your basic drawing 101. Check out my self portrait.; April 7, 2011 2:32 PM
Pierre said...: Did you do the red first and then the outline or the other way?
Just curious.; April 7, 2011 2:33 PM
Jean Spitzer said...: I put down the color first here. In part because it's a way of dirtying the page: getting started fast. The black lines went on last.; April 7, 2011 3:46 PM
Susan Campisi said...: I like how the different colors create such different moods - the orange, fierce; the purple and gold, contemplative.

How interesting that you put the color down before the lines. I never would've guessed that.; April 10, 2011 2:05 PM
Jean Spitzer said...: Thanks, Susan.

Yes, instead of coloring within the lines, I'm lining where I've colored.; April 12, 2011 1:52 PM
bandit said...: The first really captures an expression, for me: her eyes, wistful, and the shading, the way her loose hair helps to frame the portrait. And I get to disagree with Swede.; April 16, 2011 12:43 AM