Tag: figurative art
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Side Quests and Simplify
I’ve got several different iterations of the wild plant leaves monoprint idea percolating. I love it when one idea turns into a bunch of different side quests, and I give myself lots of different problems to solve. In the sketchbook today I painted this figure with simplification as the goal. Til the morn, Suzanne 834/900
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Chaos and Calm
I spent most of today decluttering and spring cleaning my studio. I did a lot of rearranging and organising and I’ve ended up with a lot more floor space, which makes me happy. At one point I didn’t think I would have any time left for making some art, but I managed to get it…
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Morning Painting
The heatwave has passed, and I got up early this morning and opened the windows to let some cool air in. This is the first time I’ve opened the windows for two weeks, because of the pollution from the fire at Ladybank. I’m not convinced all that has cleared, but the house was needing some…
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From the Dark
Painting everything a chromatic black then pulling out the lighter values is as satisfying as choosing poses that are confusing. Til the morn, Suzanne 828/900
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Silence and Sounds
Today’s 100 Day Project 6×6″ acrylic on canvas. I am happy to report that the stench and pollution from the recycling site fire, which I believe is still smoking, has not been reaching us today, so I am headache free with normal eyes. This meant I could do the project I had been wanting to…
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Colour Joy
Today’s share is from today’s 100 Day Project. I started out with a ground using Quinacridone Nickel Azo Gold, which is a Golden paint that was discontinued a wee while back, leaving many folk scrambling to get hold of some before all the stock went. I have a wee stash, but what’s the point of…
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Sensory Overload
Today has been a LOT. I am struggling with the smell and my allergies are going mad with the stench still blanketing us from the rubbish facility that is miles away. I feel so bad for the people living close to the place because if it’s affecting me this much, they must be in absolute…
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Disrupted Day
I had visitors today, and we are still experiencing the stench of the ongoing fire at a plastic recycling facility some twelve miles away. It’s very unpleasant, and there’s not much we can do but hope for a big storm to clear the air. I painted a couple of wee canvases, and I am thinking…
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Blue Monday (not my mood)
Filling the facing page to the inside cover of the new sketchbook I started yesterday with a figure drawing of the same pose using a Neocolor II crayon. Top tip: always check the pot of gesso you are about to spread over your paper is in fact a pot of gesso, and not an actual…
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New Sketchbook Day
Charcoal and gesso on the inside cover of a new sketchbook. It’s technically not a new sketchbook as it has been in my stash for a while. It’s thicker paper than the spiralbound ones, so perhaps a bit more sturdy for the type of layering I tried the other day. Til the morn, Suzanne 820/900
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Fast Charcoal
Today’s share is from the current A3 figure drawing sketchbook. My reaction to figure pose images is interesting, as I find none of the poses as interesting as the ones from Dinoopis, but the bodies themselves are just as fascinating. I definitely need a certain attitude in the model, though. This was a ten minute…
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