I happened to catch one of my granddaughters on the sofa during the recent visit. Pen and ink
Mae on the Sofa
Art
Field with Woman
Starting with a life drawing session, I added a some landscape with VanGogh’s wheat fields in mind, particularly Wheat Field With Lark (the muse), changing to the purple drippingness.
Woman plays Lute
Ode to Artemisia Gentileschi, 1593 – c. 1656.
Barcelona Jazz! Paintings
A celebration of two outstanding elements of Barcelona’s culture, jazz and Gaudi’s innovative designs at Casa Mila. The main, larger section represents the architecture, an inset the club scene, based on original on site pen and ink drawings at the Palau de la Musica. The brightness of the colors matches that of the music, the dance and movement the fullness of participation and unity.
Portrait of Young Man, pastels, after the Rubens sketch
Portrait of Young Man, pastels, after the Rubens sketch. Rubens and other artists of the time would use the same figure in multiple paintings.
Madam X
This is my pastel of the famous John Singer Sargent painting title Madam X. It was quite controversial at the time since she was portrayed with bare shoulders. She begging him not to display it but he refused but it came to be known as Madam X. At his peak Sargent earned the equivalent of over $1M for a portrait. There is an excellent collection at the Metropolitan in NYC.
Drawing the models
I work on drawing the human form most when I am in Valencia where I can arrange for models in my studio or join other groups. Here are two recent efforts. There are 20 minute efforts.
Fiddler On the Hoof
Rich, indeed! (I made a funny!) Digital painting of a horse, ridden by the fiddler.
English Woman, charcoal portrait
At a bar in the Russafa neighborhood of Valencia I did this charcoal portrait of an English woman.
Trains!
We often travel by train. Our most exotic trip was the 54 hour journey on the rickety train between Tanzania and Zambia. Train museums always merit a visit.
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