Figure drawing

-

I've spent most of my waking hours this past week curled up on the couch with my feverish baby boy, catching up on all of his favorite PBS Kids TV shows... and doing a little reading when he lets me. 

It would be hard for me to get too many baby snuggles. And I do like reading (and boy do I love watching Curious George's A Very Monkey Christmas 17 times the same week, haha!). But all that sitting does get a little overly sedentary. So it was nice to get out and draw last night. And I'm not too unhappy with this one, really. I wish I had had a little more time to refine the hands/arms and feet, but then, I'm always wishing for more time :)

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Another progress post

-
Image
I've been working on this little painting copy the past few days when I get a chance. If you know much about current artists, I'm sure you recognize this one immediately ;) My copy isn't perfect--the drawing's a little off here and there, and goodness, I'm having a hard time matching the greenish hues in his grays--I want to make everything more warm. But I'm learning so much copying this. There's something very different about gazing at a painting with the intent of recreating the effect and then actually trying to do it, versus just gazing at a painting. He is very careful about the temperature of each brushstroke--it's a constant play between warm and cool, muted and more saturated (though really, almost everything is so beautifully muted to a degree). Also, there are very few flat color shapes. It's as though each brush of paint is half-mixed, creating so much variety within what would appear to be very small, simple shapes. I also love ...
Read more

Portrait of Corey from structure class

-
Image
I was pretty happy with how the likeness developed on this one (is it just me or are bearded men always easier to draw?). I'm also loving the focus on form in this class. We talked quite a bit about form light and highlight and how those things are related (or not so much related). Form is an area that I need some definite guidance, so I'm really glad I'm taking this class.
Read more

Painting en plein air

-
Image
5x7, water mixable oil on linen panel, 10/23/15 The clouds have been unbelievable lately here in Utah--so big and billowy. Whenever I go outside, I have this urge to paint! But I'm not a landscape painter (yet)... not that I wouldn't like to be. I'd like to be able to paint whatever I want :) However, I used to have this idea that I just couldn't paint landscapes (after a couple of miserable failed attempts).  But now I'm thinking, "Why not?" I'm sure I can learn how with some practice, and I do want to. I'm finding lately (especially since starting this blog and recording some of my thoughts as I go along), that I have this constant inner dialogue regarding my art. There's always a voice saying "you're not any good and you might as well not bother." I don't like that voice. And since I'm more aware of it, I'm becoming more effective and pushing it away. Who really cares if I'm not any good anyway? No on...
Read more