Helen Rae (1938-2020) “Her drawings, in colored pencil and graphite, are immediately striking for their vivid imagery, resonant use of color and innovative reworking of source material. Using fashion advertisements as a point of departure for otherworldly journeys into the subconscious, Helen transforms the original images into something uniquely expressive, which possess a strange beauty and power.” (tierradelsolgallery)
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 …
People posted hundreds of drawings for our 30 day January challenge, in which artists are invited to respond to a daily prompt posted on our V. Notes blog. Unlike other drawing challenges, these prompts are wildly varied, open to non-typical materials around us, and are designed to feed a broad spectrum of creative skills at …
The blue hour is the period of twilight at dawn or dusk when the sun is below the horizon. 20-30 minutes right after sunset and right before sunrise, the indirect light takes on a blue shade that is different from the blue of the sky during a clear day. Curious about how we perceive blue …
I’m collecting images to share for week three of the SAL Challenge. I’ll post them tomorrow. One more day left in the 31 day creative challenge. Get your sketches up!
Colored Pencil Drawings by Helen Rae
Helen Rae (1938-2020)
“Her drawings, in colored pencil and graphite, are immediately striking for their vivid imagery, resonant use of color and innovative reworking of source material. Using fashion advertisements as a point of departure for otherworldly journeys into the subconscious, Helen transforms the original images into something uniquely expressive, which possess a strange beauty and power.” (tierradelsolgallery)
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