Monday, September 24, 2012

Figure in Yellow and Purple

Drawn Tuesday, from life.

Ink and pastel over Tombow marker on Wallis sanded paper, about 9" x 9".

18 comments:

  1. I can't wait till my Wallis sanded paper arrives the end of the week. I'll see for myself what that's all about. This painting is botanical. It took me a minute to see I was looking at a seated woman. Nice, interlocking composition.

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  2. hmmm. This one unsettles me a bit. I'm not sure why.

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  3. This is so dramatic!Is the skeleton like leg meant to be symbolic? Or is it for effect?

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  4. Yes, Nice composition - so much dynamic motion - and I love the size!

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  5. I had several pictures to page through, and obviously I'm not alone in saying your September 7th knocked our collective socks off. And 9/21 fascinates me. The colors, the way the colors define the body, the upright lines, the arm.

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  6. Thanks, Linda. You will likely love the paper.

    Botanical is not a bad description.

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  7. Margaret, it is probably the state I left it in. Just a bit further, and it would probably be beautiful.

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  8. Najma, thanks.

    I left the leg skeletal on purpose. I wanted to stop before I had worked it to completion.

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  9. Thanks, Katherine.

    Part of me is feeling like going back and working more on this. Maybe later.

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  10. Thanks, AH. You have singled out two of my recent favorites.

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  11. I'm with Margaret on "unsettling." Something or everything here is not happy, not entirely healthy. Very effective at that.

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  12. You and Linda both keep introducing me to art supplies I have never head of - like the Wallis sanded paper - so much to learn! Love the bold colors in this one as well.

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  13. Banjo, I was thinking of it as incomplete, rather than unsettled.

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  14. Naturally Outdoors, if you are doing pastels, Wallis paper is something to try out. Lovely surface and good strength.

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  15. I don't see this as unsettling. It looks dynamic to me. Despite her seated pose, she looks filled with energy, vibrant.

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  16. Thanks, Susan.

    It is surprising sometimes, what people see. I think it looks dynamic, too.

    But I was sick when I drew this, and it was the last drawing I did before I packed it in for the day, so maybe my exhausted state is more reflected in this than I knew.

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