1907-1997
Look how the grain of the wood became the courtyard gravel. I love when rather than making a material pretend to be something different, a material is a material, and just a little bit more. I have been looking at Kiyoshi’s woodblock prints. He was most famous for his “Winter in Aizu” series. Sorry for re-introducing winter just as we’ve finally flowered into spring! A bit dreary for the season, but I like them.[/vc_column_text][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”5526,5545,5536,5544,5534,5554,5555,5535,5553,5539,5546,5521,5528,5527,5529,5530,5542,5531,5517,5532,5519,5525,5520,5522,5523,5533,5524,5552,5547,5538,5518,5540,5548,5549,5550,5551,5537,5541,5543″ layout=”3″ gallery_style=”1″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Iryna Yermolova was born in Ukraine, and has lived in England since 2005. Her figurative works are illustrative, bold, spontaneous, and colorful. They can be a bit too illustration/pretty for my personal tastes, but they still give me some good inspiration for my own painted figurative studies.[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][vc_gallery …
I’ve posted 740 V. Notes since the League started in 2016. Can you believe it? Two or three of them were even good! At this year’s end, I’d like to hear from you, creative readers: What are some V. Note posts that you especially enjoyed? How to search for past topics Did you know you …
This robot was designed to have human-like focus. It looks first at the subject, then at the paper, and wiggles its little robot arm to make marks with a Bic pen. From this, a portrait is produced. It’s normal to assume that creative work is an emotional process, but observational drawing is more like this studious robot …
How did it happen that all of our drawings and paintings are in rectangles? In my online figure drawing class last Sunday, I showed drawings by Matisse, Modigliani, and the very Matisse-like Pierre Boncompain. I talked about positioning the figure within the rectangle, thinking about how the shape of the figure and the shape of …
Saitō Kiyoshi
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1907-1997
Look how the grain of the wood became the courtyard gravel. I love when rather than making a material pretend to be something different, a material is a material, and just a little bit more. I have been looking at Kiyoshi’s woodblock prints. He was most famous for his “Winter in Aizu” series. Sorry for re-introducing winter just as we’ve finally flowered into spring! A bit dreary for the season, but I like them.[/vc_column_text][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”5526,5545,5536,5544,5534,5554,5555,5535,5553,5539,5546,5521,5528,5527,5529,5530,5542,5531,5517,5532,5519,5525,5520,5522,5523,5533,5524,5552,5547,5538,5518,5540,5548,5549,5550,5551,5537,5541,5543″ layout=”3″ gallery_style=”1″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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How did it happen that all of our drawings and paintings are in rectangles? In my online figure drawing class last Sunday, I showed drawings by Matisse, Modigliani, and the very Matisse-like Pierre Boncompain. I talked about positioning the figure within the rectangle, thinking about how the shape of the figure and the shape of …