These chine colle drypoints were some of the last prints made before the show. I was starting to feel comfortable enough with the new medium of drypoints that I could be more “me.” I was working the medium instead of it working me.
The image seems brief and simple, just a person putting on a robe, but don’t be fooled! I hired Janelle to model for me because she’s a dancer, and she has the loveliest ways of doing simple movements. I am most fascinated by the moments in between poses. I wanted to draw her putting on her robe, hoping to catch the fabric in movement and her body shifting just slightly. I caught just exactly the moment I was hoping for, but I in truth Janelle didn’t have a pretty silk robe, she had only a dirty grey hoodie belonging to her boyfriend, and she had to take it off and put it on an excessive number of times in order for me to feel like I had what I needed. I have – I kid you not – 703 images of Janelle putting on and taking off her boyfriend’s grey hoodie. And I was not using the rapid fire setting on a camera. That was just me, clicking the button when I saw something that might maybe turn into an artwork. Janelle didn’t mind, and neither did I. She just kept putting on and taking off her coat, talking about life and stuff. These are the absurdly lovely moments of working with models. Just quietly trying stuff, talking about thoughts and ideas. I enjoy spending time with a person. I appreciate the chance to study simple movements and how they go with each person’s personality, and form. I enjoy the time spent doing these ridiculously lovely things.
I adore the lines in this print, her accentuated contrapposto, and the addition of the chine-colle, Japanese designs on origami paper featuring Ukiyo-e prints of birds and geisha. I think the colors are lovely on the grey BFK.
[caption id=”attachment_12744″ align=”aligncenter” width=”601 Ruthie V, Mud Festival Peonies, 48×72″ oil on panel
My favorite painting to paint was Mud Festival Peonies. It’s large and bright, all happiness and play. This painting was a breakthrough into abstraction for me, something I’ve been wanting for a long time. It was also incredibly fun to paint! I stayed up a few nights to finish it, and I smiled all through the process, even when I had no idea what was happening. The painting is layered and rich with paint. There might be a dozen layers here. It’s etable.
Today’s SEQUENCE challenge: Create an instructional that no one will ever need. #howtodoeverything Post it To be eligible for prizes (yes prizes!) at the end of the month, post your work to Instagram with #30sal and #howtodoeverything so we can find your post. To find more followers for your page, you can cut/paste these to your post: #30sal #howtodoeverything #mansplain …
The League has two different Friday portrait classes this summer. Which one would you rather be in? Would you rather…. Combine drawings from live models with studies from art history? …or study a variety of ages, expressions, and faces? Would you rather…. Add meaningful elements from imagination and intuition? Or measure and exaggerate to pull …
My last post containing a list of frustrations for painters included a picture of Susan Rothenberg. She was painting from her table that was so encrusted with accumulated paint that it resembled the cascade mountains. This post with the picture of Rothenberg bounced back with a note from a League friend. She asked me if …
[image_with_animation image_url=”7137″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Occasionally I can’t find my own darned painting on my own darned computer, so I’ll ask Google if it’s online somewhere. Today I was working on portrait palettes, and was looking for some of the quick portrait studies I’ve done. I remembered one and couldn’t find it on my …
Some Pretty Paintings featured in the Cascadia Weekly
The image seems brief and simple, just a person putting on a robe, but don’t be fooled! I hired Janelle to model for me because she’s a dancer, and she has the loveliest ways of doing simple movements. I am most fascinated by the moments in between poses. I wanted to draw her putting on her robe, hoping to catch the fabric in movement and her body shifting just slightly. I caught just exactly the moment I was hoping for, but I in truth Janelle didn’t have a pretty silk robe, she had only a dirty grey hoodie belonging to her boyfriend, and she had to take it off and put it on an excessive number of times in order for me to feel like I had what I needed. I have – I kid you not – 703 images of Janelle putting on and taking off her boyfriend’s grey hoodie. And I was not using the rapid fire setting on a camera. That was just me, clicking the button when I saw something that might maybe turn into an artwork. Janelle didn’t mind, and neither did I. She just kept putting on and taking off her coat, talking about life and stuff. These are the absurdly lovely moments of working with models. Just quietly trying stuff, talking about thoughts and ideas. I enjoy spending time with a person. I appreciate the chance to study simple movements and how they go with each person’s personality, and form. I enjoy the time spent doing these ridiculously lovely things.
I adore the lines in this print, her accentuated contrapposto, and the addition of the chine-colle, Japanese designs on origami paper featuring Ukiyo-e prints of birds and geisha. I think the colors are lovely on the grey BFK.
[caption id=”attachment_12744″ align=”aligncenter” width=”601
Ruthie V, Mud Festival Peonies, 48×72″ oil on panel
My favorite painting to paint was Mud Festival Peonies. It’s large and bright, all happiness and play. This painting was a breakthrough into abstraction for me, something I’ve been wanting for a long time. It was also incredibly fun to paint! I stayed up a few nights to finish it, and I smiled all through the process, even when I had no idea what was happening. The painting is layered and rich with paint. There might be a dozen layers here. It’s etable.
Ruthie V, Cecily’s Peonies 36×36″ oil on panel
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