Thursday, September 13, 2012

Face in Blue and Yellow

Drawn from life, Tuesday morning.

I used a large (about 7" x 10") paint sample sheet from the hardware store as the support for this drawing.

Tombow marker, ink and pastel on painted paper.

26 comments:

  1. Such repose. I feel like I would like her.

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  2. Thanks, Margaret.

    She feels so sad to me.

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  3. Ciao jean,
    languore e scetticismo caratterizzano questo volto dai colori incredibili che gli danno un fascino enorme!
    Stanco della vita o meditabondo su ciò che lo circonda?
    Ciao. abbracci, Floriana

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  4. this is lovely Jean. The background color and the yellow lime

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  5. I like the lighting lines, very effective. She looks so sad though--or totally exhausted.

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  6. I love the colors in this Jean...the yellow green works so well to evoke light...

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  7. This is so expressive! Such sadness and defeat in her face. You have a great knack for depicting emotions with minimal lines-

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  8. Thanks, Floriana.

    I was thinking about 9/11 when I drew this. The spasm
    Ness that permeates it was mine.

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  9. Thanks, PA.

    I like using my silver pen that I bought in Paris--because it turned out that only iPad wouldn't do.

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  10. Thanks, Linda.

    Yes, the face is very sad.

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  11. Thanks, Chieftess.

    I actually had a bit of light to work with in this case, it wasn't all imagined by me, as it frequently is.

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  12. Thanks, Najma.

    I saw how sad I had made her when I drew it, but I left it that way.

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  13. By the way, nobody has asked, but the model really did have the jewelry depicted, though not the extreme sadness.

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  14. Powerful color again! Nice subtle textures and tones happening too, I see. I think she looks reflective...

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  15. You are a true artist - you have a most versatile assortment of platforms you work on! And you are consistent on all. You inspire me:-)

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  16. Yes, it's sadness or resignation that I see. The colors suit the subject, but I can't say they pull me in. Is that completely subjective, or are there some certain, factual, universal eye-to-brain associations, like what we always hear about blue with coolness and calm?

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  17. Thanks, Katherine.

    It was a time for reflection.

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  18. I don't know, Banjo.

    With color, a lot depends on context, the other colors. A lot also depends on the temperature of the color, there are cool reds and hot blues, though one normally might think only of cool blue and hot red.

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  19. How interesting to learn that you drew the sadness into her expression yet she wasn't really sad. So I see the nose ring. Are those piercings in her cheeks?

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  20. Susan, those are studs in her cheeks.

    Most models assume a neutral expression that relaxes the face as much as possible. It is extremely hard to keep anything approaching joy on the face for minutes on end.

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  21. The result is that they look contemplative, maybe sad, maybe stressed, if the rest of the pose is difficult or painful to maintain.

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