‘Frock Stays On’
Painting in acrylics after Degas’ ‘Woman Seated on a Balcony’. Continue reading ‘Frock Stays On’
Painting in acrylics after Degas’ ‘Woman Seated on a Balcony’. Continue reading ‘Frock Stays On’
Remember this from the previous post? The ballet fail that I exorcised with a large dollop of white primer? Well, I’m taking another run at light, this one based on a photo reference because it’s clear that imagining how bodies … Continue reading Light revisited
6th March. Pursuing the ballet theme because I’m beginning to get a feel for the shapes, the colours, and the way light works in backstage/onstage contexts. This time there is no reference photo or painting although I did use one … Continue reading More light
Not yet a research point but as I came across it via the drawing module, I’m including some of the material here. Toulouse Lautrec – before the simplified nature of his posters (necessitated, I understand, by the printing process), his drawings were quite loose and almost cartoonish. There was a great deal of movement and energy, often with large numbers of characters and a focal individual. ‘La Danse au Moulin Rouge’ looks to me like a picture of spontaneous uninhibited fun. Egon Schiele – I envy the economy of line, and suggestion of form, but I am less keen on … Continue reading Figure, form, and light: Rego, Vermeer, Lautrec, Schiele, da Vinci