I like Paul Klee‘s artwork so much that I follow him on twitter. I tried emulating his piece, Woman in Peasant Dress, which was twittered earlier today.
Woman in Casual Dress
12″x9″ 140# Cold Pressed Watercolor Block
Of course, there is no comparison between the two compositions. What I had in mind was to break up the space with wide ink lines, which Klee uses in many of his other works. I was much too timid (and narrow) in my use (and scale) of my lines. Klee seemed to capture the essence of peasant garb in his composition whereas I wasn’t able to boil down the ‘casual garb’ into an icon that most would recognize.
I’m sure there is even more information in Woman in Peasant Dress than I recognize. That is only one of the factors that makes the work of Paul Klee interesting.
Oh, I’ll have to look that painting up since I’m using Klee for my self portrait series. I like the simple lines and color blocks of your painting, whether it resembles Klee’s or not! (K)
There’s a link to Klee’s painting on the post. Don’t compare mine to his. No comparison. His was just gave me a starting point.
I did look at it…I like what you did, just taking the idea and not trying to duplicate it. I tend to be more literal in my interpretations!
Klee has a twitter feed…who knew. N.
He was the first to twitter. See his piece, The Twittering Machine.