Still life in watercolour, A4
I was trying to experiment with primary colours and this is the result. Still needs work but I'm happy with the progress I am making :)
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Still life in watercolour, A4
I was trying to experiment with primary colours and this is the result. Still needs work but I'm happy with the progress I am making :)
“I want to play in the NBA. Or be a mortician.” “Why a mortician?” “I liked the way that my uncle was dressed at his funeral. And if I’m a mortician when someone in my family passes away, then I can take care of their body. Also my science teacher went on the internet for me and found out that morticians make $54,000 a year.”
Top-notch career advice out of the mouths of babes. First you have to like something about the job, whatever it may be. Better yet if it serves the needs of the community you live in. And finally... the money.
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GIFs! Inspiration for you, Teddy :)
How do we look at portraits? Just like this gif.
In his series “Morfologies of Gazes," artist Mariano Sardón explores the paths our eyes take when we look at faces by using eye-tracking data taken from over 100 people as they looked at portraits for eight seconds. (The dots represent eye movement and pupil dilation.)
Watch his TEDx Talk on the project to learn more>>
So interesting.
Watch: Lillian is a burlesque dancer and her TEDx talk nails the key to positive body image
Preach.
Great message.
I wanted to share some work in progress shots from one of my paintings (sorry for terrible cell phone quality). This is ‘View from the High Line - 26th Street’, completed late last year.
The painting is based on photos I took from the High Line park, which is a repurposed elevated railroad track that runs through parts of the the Meatpacking District and Chelsea on the west side of Manhattan. I love the High Line because it is covered in lots of interesting plants, but the views are pretty great as well. From this vantage point, you can see the Hudson River and Jersey City at the end of the street in the far distance. The large building at the end of the street with the horizontal bands of windows is the Starrett-Lehigh Building. Built 1930-31, it is an interesting early example of International-Style Modern architecture in an industrial building. This was historically a very industrial area, but it is now the heart of the Chelsea gallery district. The buildings on the left and right foreground, along with most of this block, are home to several high-end galleries.
For the painting, I worked on Arches Hot Press 300lb watercolor paper. The size of the art is roughly 18 x 26 inches. I start with a detailed perspective drawing of the entire scene in pencil. As you can see from the progress photos, I worked from left to right, nearly finishing each section of the painting as I go - but always going back and polishing previous sections as needed. This strategy of moving across the painting helps me keep track of how much progress I have made, but i do not focus in on each little section and mechanically copy inch by inch from the photo. As with all watercolor, the painting generally starts light and the darkest colors and finest details are added last by necessity. I use a mix of watercolor tubes, most of which are Winsor Newton brand. I didn’t use any gouache or opaque white. I usually use a small amount of masking fluid and masking tape but I don’t think I needed much for this painting. From start of the drawing to finish, this painting took about one month to complete - working on average a few hours a day.
I approach the overall process of a painting like this as if it were a traditional landscape painting. I am most concerned with balancing lights and darks, color vibrancy, warm/cool, etc. throughout the whole painting so that the final product is harmonious and compostionally pleasing. Balance was incredibly important in a composition like this one, which is so dramatically split down the middle.
Sorry for rambling on, hopefully someone finds this interesting!
I love this artist's style. The colours and details are simply amazing. This post is so telling of the level of care that goes into the art. So much for a beginner like me to learn from and admire.
“I want to be a wildlife biologist. I really, really, really like animals. I like that lizards have really long tongues, and cheetahs can run really fast, and armadillos have hard shells. I spend a lot of time thinking about what it would be like to not be a human. Like what would it be like to fly? It would also be interesting to not have to go shopping for food, or worry about money. And you could go anywhere you want as long as there weren’t predators nearby. One time my dad brought me some quills from an African Crested Porcupine, and I accidentally broke one of them, and I saw that even though it was hard on the outside, it was soft and spongy on the inside. And it’s been my favorite animal ever since.”
What a great snapshot of a child's sense of wonder! I read this over and again - can't help smiling every time :)
Bell peppers, fruits and ceramic gourd watercolour on A4 paper
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Capsicums watercolour on drawing paper A4 (21cm x 29.7cm)
I did this one afternoon after seeing my classmate’s lovely paintings of red peppers. He is in his seventies and still working hard to improve his art! He’s an inspiration to all of us in class.
Tea time (A4 or 21cm x 29.7cm), watercolour on paper
Another exercise we did. I’m having loads more fun with my Windsor and Newton paints nowadays, although I’m still leaving ugly watermarks everywhere!
A couple of watercolour exercises we did in class.
The apple looks strangely flat. Oh well.
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Above: Saul Leiter, “Diane Arbus on 10th Street,” 1970. Photograph © Saul Leiter Estate / courtesy Gagosian Gallery.
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This is the first time I managed to finish a piece in class.
Gardening (still life in pencil, A3 size)
Still life in charcoal, A2 size
My first attempt at using charcoal. Surprisingly fun to work with!
Still life in pencil, A3 size
Day 2. Think the forms and values are somewhat off in this piece.