A symmetrical triangle within the composition of figures
She studied the pattern and repetition of the pieces. She examined each character in the painting, and figured out the bride was the one with her orange hair out, and in black. Black clothing dye, as our resident textiles expert Lucy Garnett points out, would have been very expensive at that time, so appropriate for a wedding dress.
Dancing pants study by Dorothy Gleser, acrylic on paper
A codpiece is a covering flap or pouch that attaches to the front of the crotch of men’s trousers, enclosing the man’s cod, worn in the 15th and 16th centuries.It may be held closed by string ties, buttons, folds, or other methods. It was an important fashion item of European clothing during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
Dorothy Gleser’s Wedding Dance after Bruegel (unfinished), acrylic on paper
Sometimes I work on a painting for hours, only to look down and realize my palette is the most beautiful thing in the room. Artist’s Paint Palettes by Matthias Schaller Article and photo source: Kate Sierzputowski Palette of Marc Chagall Since 2007 photographer Matthias Schaller has photographed raw, abstract paintings. The paintings however are not found on …
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 …
Yesterday I wrote about Bonnard’s sketches, and included an unkind description of his wife Marthe. “Bonnard’s wife Marthe was a difficult and neurotic woman who spent a disproportionate amount of her day in obsessive washing and bathing. Thanks to this quirk, Bonnard made many intimate figurative works.” I had read that Marthe was neurotic, difficult, …
Dancing Cod-pieces
A symmetrical triangle within the composition of figures
She studied the pattern and repetition of the pieces. She examined each character in the painting, and figured out the bride was the one with her orange hair out, and in black. Black clothing dye, as our resident textiles expert Lucy Garnett points out, would have been very expensive at that time, so appropriate for a wedding dress.
Dancing pants study by Dorothy Gleser, acrylic on paper
A codpiece is a covering flap or pouch that attaches to the front of the crotch of men’s trousers, enclosing the man’s cod, worn in the 15th and 16th centuries.It may be held closed by string ties, buttons, folds, or other methods. It was an important fashion item of European clothing during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
Dorothy Gleser’s Wedding Dance after Bruegel (unfinished), acrylic on paper
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