I've been thinking a lot about the drawing style in my last post and have pretty much concluded it works well for drawing, but not well as a sketch model for painting... so back to the drawing board and I've come up with a better style to go with. Below is the original priest and below that a new version in the new style. I think the new version will lend itself well to being a sketch model for painting....
If it still feels good after awhile, I'm going to redraw all the characters, plus some new ones, and start over.
The original:
The new version:
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Monday, March 26, 2007
I stopped by the Penna. Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia to see the Daniel Garber exhibition in the main gallery on the second floor. As I was leaving, I got sidetracked by the first floor small one room gallery. There was an exhibition of Laylah Ali's drawings. I had not heard of her. I was stunned...
Viewing her ink drawings brought me back to an earlier time in my life when I was drawing similarly. But at that time I was simply to young to be able understand it or deal with it properly.
In a way that may be hard to fathom, Ali's drawings remind me of one of my art gods, Francis Bacon. Her pictures strike me the same way with the same quiet gut power.
So... I'm now wrestling with how I might transform my painting style or rediscover and continue with a style that led me into a brick wall so many years ago. I am going to shelve the current version of the "The Irreverant Rapture," - and start anew... same theme, new style, better understanding of oil paint...
Here are some characters that may show up in the new composition...
A detail:
Viewing her ink drawings brought me back to an earlier time in my life when I was drawing similarly. But at that time I was simply to young to be able understand it or deal with it properly.
In a way that may be hard to fathom, Ali's drawings remind me of one of my art gods, Francis Bacon. Her pictures strike me the same way with the same quiet gut power.
So... I'm now wrestling with how I might transform my painting style or rediscover and continue with a style that led me into a brick wall so many years ago. I am going to shelve the current version of the "The Irreverant Rapture," - and start anew... same theme, new style, better understanding of oil paint...
Here are some characters that may show up in the new composition...
A detail:
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Saturday, March 17, 2007
There is a pile of bodies on the left next to the church wall. The pile is being investigated by some creatures... doing who knows what... I think it intensifies that little story by putting a tarp over the pile of bodies...
I took a photo of the roughed in area of the painting and then used Photoshop to sketch how the tarp will look...
I took a photo of the roughed in area of the painting and then used Photoshop to sketch how the tarp will look...
Friday, March 16, 2007
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Monday, March 12, 2007
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
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