A lot of V. Note ideas wither because they are just one little thought or artwork, and I don’t have it in me to flush them out into a complete chapter. I’ve been thinking I should post more of these single notes. Here’s one: an automatic writing by Bruno Leyval.
Automatic Writing/Drawing: writing or drawing produced without conscious intention
The part of this I’m ignorant of, the bit that makes my head tilt here, is the typing above the signature. I found this picture on the internet, and I can’t figure out if this is part of the piece or not. It adds a stamp of officialness to the scribbles, and again to the only slightly more intentional scrib-signature, and I notice the placement very nicely breaking the right side boundary, but is the typing part of the piece? Or a label added for instruction? Something else? I imagine the piece without the typing, and I don’t like it as much. It really does make the signature more of a legitimate and serious giggle.
I have been sharing works from Figure in Interior; the most unusual art class I’ve ever been a part of. I talked about Cezanne, and how making small marks distributed around the page (thank you to Fran O’Neill) can be a way to integrate time and change within a drawing. I talked about Kathy Paul and …
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Take a class with SAL – anywhere! Source Source You’re reading a V. Note, written by Ruthie V, the director of the Seattle Artist League. The League is an art school for the busy nurse, tech geek, and mom with a long lost art degree. We offer engaging online classes in drawing and painting. Join …
Hopper is known for his oil paintings, but he also made etchings… Hopper was not initially successful as an artist, so he made ends meet with freelance illustration work… Frank Rehn gave Hopper his first solo show in 1924. Hopper was 42. The Seattle Art Museum expected to receive Chop Suey after the death of …
Automatic writing by Bruno Leyval
A lot of V. Note ideas wither because they are just one little thought or artwork, and I don’t have it in me to flush them out into a complete chapter. I’ve been thinking I should post more of these single notes. Here’s one: an automatic writing by Bruno Leyval.
Automatic Writing/Drawing: writing or drawing produced without conscious intention
The part of this I’m ignorant of, the bit that makes my head tilt here, is the typing above the signature. I found this picture on the internet, and I can’t figure out if this is part of the piece or not. It adds a stamp of officialness to the scribbles, and again to the only slightly more intentional scrib-signature, and I notice the placement very nicely breaking the right side boundary, but is the typing part of the piece? Or a label added for instruction? Something else? I imagine the piece without the typing, and I don’t like it as much. It really does make the signature more of a legitimate and serious giggle.
Other artists that come to mind: Cy Twombly, Mark Tobey, André Masson, Henri Michaux
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