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Showing posts with label Drawings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Drawings. Show all posts
Monday, February 14, 2011

DECISIONS, DECISIONS!

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These are the drawings I did today in preparation for a new painting.  I may create a series out of this idea.  Now I have to decide how...
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

WHAT'S BLACK AND WHITE AND READ ALL OVER?

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The latest Palette Magazine arrived today and I was very excited and honored to see this image as part of issue on Black and White paintings...
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Monday, July 19, 2010

NEW DRAWING PROJECT!

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I decided I wanted to take up the challenge to do 30 to 50 drawings, each one drawn from the previous drawing.  I could only do on...
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Thursday, June 17, 2010

ANOTHER iPAD APP TO PLAY AROUND WITH

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My self portrait a day project is not without precedent!  There is a woman, Julia Kay, who wound up doing over 1,000 self portraits, one day...
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Thursday, June 10, 2010

TELEVISION AND ART

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Yesterday I was reading a new book on expressive drawing.  It had exercises for intuitive mark making.  I decided to get out my iPad whil...
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Friday, May 14, 2010

2nd DRAWING FOR NEW PAINTING!

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It is difficult to photograph these drawings as they are graphite on tracing paper and I am not pressing all that hard on much of the drawin...
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010

INSPIRATIONAL WOMEN PAINTERS - FIRST STEP!

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This is the first of six drawings I plan to do in preparation for my next painting.  I need to paint something without any collage material ...
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Monday, May 10, 2010

SECOND CHILDHOOD!

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This was done on my new i-pad by pulling up a photo of my drawing and then coloring it.  It is a combination of coloring book and finger pai...
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

SAME TOOL, DIFFERENT SURFACE

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When I find a new tool, I like to try it on as many different surfaces as I can think of.  This is Canon Inkjet Photo Paper Plus Glossy ll 1...
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Monday, December 28, 2009

ARE YOU READY WITH YOUR ART PLANS FOR 2010?

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The New Year is fast approaching. I have been giving much consideration to my art goals for 2010. First, a quick overview of what constit...
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Monday, November 2, 2009

BRUSH PEN PRACTICE

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I recently purchased a Japanese Brush Pen (synthetic nylon bristles) that has permanent ink in the cartridges. I decided to spend some time...
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

INK SKETCH

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Taking a workshop for a week throws off my schedule. Consequently, the following week seems to be filled with mundane but necessary tasks t...
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

THE FIRST STEPS OF A PAINTING

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This is how I start a painting....lots of drawings. I have this idea for a painting which involves Georgia O'Keefe. I am working with ...
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Friday, August 21, 2009

FINAL DAY OF GERALD BROMMER WORKSHOP: MORE IS BETTER!

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Gerry talked about the architect that created the phrase "less is more" then he quoted another architect who stated "Less is ...
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Thursday, August 20, 2009

BROMMMER WORKSHOP DAY 4: GESSO ADDED TO THE MIX!

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Today we collaged the paper first, let it dry, covered it with diluted gesso...let that dry...then drew our image in and added paint. The e...
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

GERALD BROMMER WORKSHOP DAY 3: HEAVY TEXTURE PLUS LINE

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Each day just gets better and better. I am very much attracted to this way of working. I hope to do a lot more in the future and have some...
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

BROMMER WORKSHOP DAY TWO: LINE PLUS COLLAGE

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Today we worked with collage papers instead of painted shapes. The idea is that the shapes do not relate to the line. More like a double e...
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Monday, August 17, 2009

BROMMER WORKSHOP DAY ONE: LINE & SHAPE

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. This is going to be a FABULOUS week! Gerald Brommer is a masterful artist, an experienced teacher of teachers and students alike, and a ...
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

"HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?"

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I think this is about as low as I can go and still have the image read "Frenchman" I may play with it further, but for now I am s...
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Friday, May 8, 2009

SKETCHES FROM SPAIN PHOTOS

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The SF Bay area is very spread out and the last few days found me driving all over the place. Today I sat again at the Gallery Concord. Th...
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