I had fun with free-form drawing today. I drew the curvy figure outline with one stroke, including the figure ‘8’ that I made into sun glasses. I’m not sure where I got the idea to make a cube, or how I decided to place it in the composition. I drew solid lines for the front […]
I combined free-form pen and ink curves with negative-space lines that I drew with masking fluid. The term ‘negative-space line’ seems oxymoronic, since a line has virtually no width dimension. I define ‘space’ on a two-dimensional surface as a bounded shape. I used the inked lines to form the edges of color fields. The white […]
I could not resist putting myself in this snapshot. To tell the truth, it was nearly impossible to keep the camera shadow out of the shot. However, a good photograph is in part, about photography, about the photographer and of course, about the subject. In portraiture, there is interaction between the photographer and the person […]
I like the spongy green surfaces that have sprouted up within some of the bicycle lanes here in town. I came across one patch yesterday. The by-now-universal bicycle icon (see post ‘Bikon‘) was emblazoned on this green field. The iconic bike rider looks a bit pediatric due to the foreshortening in the picture. This was […]
I begin many of my compositions lately by applying thin beads of frisket, a masking fluid, which can be painted over after it is dry. After the paint is dried, the frisket is removed, revealing the white of the paper. Frisket lines become white lines. I did not have a figuration in mind when I […]
In this abstract I sketched only one recognizable form – the cross section of a brain inside a head. I sketched the rest of the lines with a fine point frisket (liquid mask) applicator. My initial concern was to paint gradients of color within each field bounded by the frisket lines. The Bauhaus Master, Paul […]
After I took the photo featured in yesterday’s blog post (Bench Series No. 4), I turned to resume my walk and encountered the bench pictured below. It was in front of a fast food restaurant. I’m sure it was designed especially for that environment. Note the metallic construction and the perforated surface. Easy to hose […]
My walk today was restricted to the roadside. I saw a number of benches, mainly at bus stops. Here is one of the first encountered today. Not a very good view, but the people who sit on this bench are not looking straight ahead but rather to their left, to see if the bus is […]
Below is my impression of a visit to a psychiatrist’s office (those who still engage in talk therapy). In this little skit, the shrink talks and the patient absorbs what he can, even if it is not what the psychiatrist says. The patient, in turn uses what he hears to help himself with what is […]
I know the 4th of July was a couple of days ago, but the ringing in my ears is only now subsiding. My car alarm went off several times when the concussion of the larger explosions tripped the motion sensors. I painted fields of colors to start today’s watercolor experiment. I splashed water on them […]
