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.
Peter Laurent de Francia 1921 – 19 2012) was an Italian British artist. Influenced by nineteenth-century socialist painters such as Gustave Courbet and Honoré Daumier, as well as by socially committed artists of his time such as Renato Guttuso and Pablo Picasso, de Francia created artworks with a drive for social change. Peter de Francia wrote about the work of artist Fernand …
A note from Keith Pfeiffer: For a full size image of the flowers painting above, contact Keith Pfeiffer. Online art classes with Keith Pfeiffer Digital Painting, Wednesday, April 1, 7:00-8:30. $5 Quickie Beginning Figure Drawing, 3 Wednesdays starting April 8, 1:30-3:30. $65 Advanced Doodling, 2 Thursdays starting April 9, 6:30-8:30. $35 Digital Landscape Painting, 3 …
Ruthie V. Some Pretty Paintings A collection of figures and flowers in paintings and prints Artist talk Saturday at 3:30pm (TODAY!) yak yak yak yak juxtaposition yak yak yak sexy flowers yak yak yak Opening Reception to follow 5:00-7:00pm Show open through January 27, 2019 Smith & Vallee Gallery 5742 Gilkey Ave, Edison (360) 766-6230 Open Daily …
Yesterday I talked about trace monotypes: “Trace monotypes are made by laying paper down on an inked piece of plexiglass, then drawing a design on the back of the paper. The drawing tool presses the paper against the ink, making a dark line on the front of the paper.” – Ruthie V, circa yesterday Today …
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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