Sketching from sketches: above are sketches made during a jazz concert (Ellis Marsalis Quintet at the Snug Harbor on Frenchmen Street), followed by the larger sketches done with water soluble graphite pencils with wet brushwork. Note that this was a fabulous concert!
Category Archives: My Art
Finishing & Scanning a (large) piece
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felt the need to tweak this piece a bit on my return from my recent trip to the South. Just a little bit though.
Then it was time to scan it! But it is 18″x24″, so this means 6 scans that need to be aligned & patched together digitally: painful. And no color correction on scanning since they all need to be scanned with the same settings. And then how to get the color & light correction close to the original… which seemed much brighter in photos taken on a bright sunny day!
Now in the dark rainy weather, this piece is dark & somber even with the bright lights in my studio. Do I adjust per my earlier photos & memory? Or for today?
Don’t forget to click to see the larger image.
Sketch to Digital Color…
Something caught my eye while I was watching TV last night, and provoked three sketches, since digitally modified & enhanced. I was thinking of loops of rope and a jar, but this last one just looks like a Teddy Bear stepping out to me… :-)”
Monoprints from this week
Held Safe in Comfort
held in arms
held on lap
such comfort
such safety
enjoy
an illusion
of value
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Drawing Wood
Painting drafts: The Burden
I am struggling with this surprising imagery and and with my use of paint. I don't usually start with paint, or even work so primarily in paint. Often I start with a drawing, or collage, or other ... Here I started with paint and a plastic card & palette knife. And there is only a bit of "drawing" with pastel & graphite, mostly "painted" over with a wet brush so more like painting.
The imagery I can hardly speak to 🙂 it is so iconic / religious. It may come from recent reading set in traditional Middle Eastern culture, but it has other symbolism as well. We all carry a burden, we try to persist, to accept, and to continue on as best we can.
