Hot Idea Gets Out
It feels good to get back to abstraction. I have some vague notions of images I want to reveal, but no real pictures that I want to transcribe from inside my head. The watercolor below is a start.
Monthly Archives: March 2019
Backgammon
I was witness to a backgammon tournament of sorts.
Layers of Clouds
This is the completed sketch from yesterday:
Young Woman on the Phone
Layers of Clouds (Underpainting)
I used lamp black and charcoal gray for the dark undersides of the clouds in this sketch. To soften the edges of the dark brush strokes (applied to dry paper), I diluted the pigment on the brush and drew it parallel to the initial stroke, as one would execute a graded wash. Toward the bottom […]
Woman with Pocketbook on Table
This sketch was done quickly, without looking at the page. I thought that this lady would get up at any moment. I’m told that the proper parlance for pocketbook (or ‘pocabook’, a term I remember from youth) is purse. Pardon my anachronism .
Cloud Practice 3: With Blue Skies
In these practice sketches, I tried several different techniques. First, I only partially removed the liquid mask. This resulted in a stippling effect in some of the clouds. I also laid down a second blue wash on the sky. I tried different ways of sculpting the clouds with gray and black pigments. In the second […]
Trio of People at a Table
This is an exercise in blind drawing. I began on the left, and drew the first profile. The middle person, facing away from me, was easy to draw. I took a risk with the third profile, attempting to portray the mouth and chin (unlike the first figure). Each of the three portraits has a different […]
Practice: Clouds at Different Heights with Blue Sky
This was an attempt to combine clouds with blue skies. First, I used liquid latex to mask areas for the clouds, then I painted the blue sky. I knew that the sharp edges around the mask would need to be soften, as clouds are soft. On some of the edges, I added water, before the […]
Girl Waiting for X-ray
I don’t think there were broken bones, she was just resting.
