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
I love it when a painting is all about the paint. Also color. I love it when a painting is all about the color. And pattern. I love it when a painting is all about the pattern. Aaaaaand texture. Abstract painting class: 7 Fridays for exploring paints for paint’s sake. Also color. And pattern. Aaaaaaand …
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Before there were art supply stores, people made art. Before there were pencils, there were sharpened mineral rocks. Before there were brushes there were clumps of grass and twigs and fur. Today’s drawing is “No Art Store Tools.” You can use paper, but no pencils. Ink is fine, but no pens. So what now? Lots! …
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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