Studio Shadows
April 19, 2012Sketching Trees and Thinking About Polynesia – Seattle
April 18, 2012
After seeing the Gauguin exhibit in Seattle, I was very aware of the trees in Seattle. One day we took the ferry over to Vaschon Island. It was farmers market day so we joined the people sampling and buying food while a local band played in the background. Children and a golden retriever puppy rolled around in the grass.
Red 8″ x 6″ acrylic and charcoal on paper
Graphite Aquarell 8B drawing in a moleskine sketchbook
The following conversation went on after my new internet friend commented on yesterdays post Responding to Gauguin
I love it! Funny how in responding to Gauguin (both this one and yesterday’s are hot responses) you cannot not also respond to other things at the same time, like acrylics on paper.
Submitted on 2012/04/17 at 7:10 am | In reply to Andy Parkinson. http://patternsthatconnext.wordpress.com/
Then I see the little painting glowing on the computer screen and think that would make a gorgeous big oil painting, guess that’s what keeps us painting. Each piece we do just makes us want to make another one We finish a painting and then we are left with another question to answer. what if ….
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Responding to Gauguin
April 17, 2012
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Pink 8″ x 6″ acrylic on paper
Gauguin‘s color ! I just wanted to try it. So I’m painting some little guys which is good. I need to remember how to use my brushes. More than that. I need to remember how to paint. My hand needs to figure out how acrylics work on paper. I used to paint in oils on canvas. This is different. It’s not easy for me which is a good thing.
Sketching Gauguin Paintings in Seattle
April 16, 2012
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8″ x 6″ acrylic on paper
This one looks like they are having a conversation.
Drawings are from my moleskine sketchbook.
English FA Cup: Tottenham 1 – 5 Chelsea
April 15, 2012
Sketching a Gauguin Painting in Seattle
April 13, 2012
Deux Femmes/La Chevelure Fleurie (Detail) 16″ x 6″ acrylic on paper
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One hundred and ten years after Paul Gauguin was painting in Polynesia I copied some of his paintings. Making some notations in my moleskine sketchbook,
Gauguin La Chevelure fleurie (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
I was blown away by the way Gauguin used color, the way he drew space using shapes and line. I sketched very quickly and noted the color of his simple shapes with the idea of going back home and painting a little rendition of a Gauguin.
Drawing Arsenal playing Manchester City – Seattle
April 12, 2012
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Early in the morning we walked down to Cafe Presse in order to get seats to watch the teams play soccer live at 7:30 am. We sat up at the counter and read the paper and drank hot coffee until the game started. Œufs plats, jambon, fromage rounded out our meal. I had my iphone with me so while we watched the game on a big TV screen, I sketched the game using an app called Brushes.
Didn’t get a picture of Balotelli.
Li Chen in Seattle
April 11, 2012
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Li Chen‘s work is on exhibit at the Frye Museum in Seattle. “Earth Piercing Fire” is made of clay, cracking with time, old pieces of wood lattice and some old wire. You can see Chen’s background as a sculptor in Taiwan where he made Buddhas. Later without any training he branched out into contemporary art pieces.
4″ x 6″ moleskine sketchbook, graphite aquarell pencil
Rainbow Found on Capitol Hill Reminded me of Marrakech
April 10, 2012
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The sun was shinning in Seattle and color was popping up everywhere. A friend stopped to say hello to us. She was in city dark clothing, but her arms cradled two large bunches of spring flowers and she had bright pink shoes on! Window boxes, filled with perfect red tulips, were placed under the police station. The building was painted a marvelous jewel tone blue. It reminded me of Yves St. Laurent’s garden in Morocco. His house was painted majorelle blue. A lemon tree dripping with bright yellow lemons was in the foreground. The pots for plants were painted bright colors. A little green frog chirped in the pond.
| red: life |
| orange: healing |
| yellow: sunlight |
| green: nature |
| indigo/blue: serenity/harmony |
| violet: spirit |
Abstract Six Shadow
April 6, 2012
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I think this little sketch is successful. It seems to have a nice balance and variation of line, color, texture, space. I like the edges, especially where the black meets the shape on the right side.
