Posts tagged 'Figure Drawing'
| One of the premiere art events in Northwest Florida is ArtsQuest, the fine art and music festival held every Mother’s Day weekend. This year it includes 130 international visual artists of all genres. While the artists sit in their booths, musicians perform in the open-air amphitheater, and demonstration areas give attendees opportunity to see art being produced ... |
| I need to warm-up for a little while before my efforts at figure drawing start to flow naturally. During the initial warm-up period, I try to capture the general directional line of the model, and a few of the light and dark patterns, or perhaps some of the essential contours or textures. Often it feels like I am drawing a ... |
| Those of you following my work know that I have been attending the weekly figure drawing sessions at Studio b. On Easter Sunday, 2012, the owner, Colleen Duffley, has just posted the design for the new venue, which will be constructed out of re-purposed shipping containers, true to the b’s intent, ... |
| It was interesting to draw in a new location last week. Studio b. has moved to a nearby community, and the room was filled with unsorted moving boxes, furniture, and art. The ordered disarray appealed to me. The ambience at the new location is much warmer, with rich woods instead of cold plaster and tile, and ... |
| What a whirlwind my life has been for the past month or so. In my “day-job,” I own and manage a service business which supports the local tourist industry. Here in Northwest Florida, that translates to being incredibly busy for the 5 weeks of high school and college spring breaks, when families vacation here, and then from late May to ... |
| After warming up with two-minute, 5-minute, and 20 minute drawings, I spent the last hour of the figure drawing session drawing the model clothed, in her blue jeans and her brightly colored shawl. I had noticed her shawl when she first arrived. I was the only artist this week, braving the rainy weather, so I had my choice of pose ... |
| The activities of my life are an extension of who I am right now, and so the amount of time I have available to devote to my art is limited. Knowing that I have made that choice does not stop me from sometimes resenting it. I have a full-time job, owning and managing a small service business, and I have ... |
| Last week I didn’t draw, except for my practice at home. Instead I watched and listened to a lot of live music at the 30A Songwriters Festival, which I blogged about in my last post. And last Friday I attended a yoga presentation on the Root Chakra, the first in a 7-week series, a subject which is all new to ... |
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| This week I started setting up my studio for painting. It’s been a long time since I did any significant painting, especially in oils, which is what I intend to use, for the most part. I have some ancient paints, which I think will be adequate while I re-acquaint myself with color mixing.
I well-remember the elements and principles of composition. ... |
| Sometimes the artists will talk during the breaks between the longer poses at the figure drawing sessions at Studio b. This week we touched on the purpose of our lives, parallel universes, and the annihilation of the solar system that is going to happen in a zillion years. I have to confess, I have never lain ... |
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