As a painter, trying my hand at printmaking was a little frustrating. Ink on paper is gorgeous even when I make mistakes, but there was something about every print that drove me nuts. So what is it that’s so frustrating about printmaking? I was talking to Nikki about this. She had a good idea: traditional …
Here’s an idea for something to draw: throw your jacket on a chair. Now you have a still life, a portrait, and a landscape. *Quoted from Charity Baker’s “Museum Crawl” class featuring Cezanne’s show of drawings in NY
Day 10 of this 30 Day Challenge was to create something in the style of Morandi’s still lives. This particular prompt produced a prolific collection of quiet responses. Here are some.
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][image_with_animation image_url=”8666″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][vc_column_text]A couple days ago I shared “A Very Fancy Painting Tool” a rough but effective fast-made bridge. I received a great comment from Sue Rose, which prompted more thoughts for today: Sue Rose says: March …
Would you rather….?
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 out a facial expression?
Would you rather….
Explore the spirit of a mysterious scene?
Or be challenged by a technically difficult view?
Would you rather….
Explore meaning and symbolism?
Or draw a squishy face?
Would you rather…
Take a class from 10:00 – 1:00pm PST?
Or take a class from 6:00 – 8:30pm PST?
Narrative Portraits is a morning class taught by Charity Baker.
It starts July 16th.
Expressive Portraits is an evening class taught by me, Ruthie V.
It starts July 9th.
Which would you rather do?
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