Walter Logeman Art Project 2006-7
#166 Albie
Line. In process but not satisfied.
“No art is less spontaneous than mine,” the French Painter Edgar Degas once said. “What I do is the result of reflection and the study of the great masters.”
He is not a bad master to start with. Here is one of his sketches:
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#174 Thousand Sketches
Every Line tells a story.
And I did a lot of these to see how my line looked.
Great post by Duane Keiser on lines in his On Painting blog.
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And there is something about sigs. I don’t usually sign the digital versions, because I sign the prints. Does not feel quite right to sign them twice! Yet the little pencil lines designed not to distract from the image don’t really suit me either. Sometimes I want to sign it there & then. Sometimes I want to put a big bold felt pen sig on the bottom of a print, but it would create a radical departure from the digital version. Do it anyway?
I think I will do both, sign the digital image & put a bolder sig on the Giclées, if it feels right.
I did that in # 169
What do other digital artists do?
I think the form is new enough to be fluid & I will experiment & discuss!
#172 Grass
I drew it & I photoshopped it. It captures that moment lying in the grass & seeing the back lit stalks.
#170 November Flax 3
#169 November Fax 4
This was the last in the series did yesterday (they are not in the right order here). One of the few times I have used “layers”. I like it, probably why I signed it.
C4 is a well known cafe in Christchurch.
The style – which I am getting better – well, faster – at & quite like does not satisfy me here as it does in this people one. I want to persevere against that feeling!
#171 November Flax 2
#168 November Flax
The actual thing I drew is about a meter high, I just noticed that it could well be a blade of grass.
Somehow flax has caught my interest, if you had not noticed. And now almost three months into the project I realise I will catch a full year of its life cycle – hence November – it is a stage just as the buds are about to bloom, although there are variations depending on location. This one was in the Port Hills.
Added the Flax Category – but I will need to backdate them.
#167 Cathy and Falco
I realised that it is not immediately obvious that the images I do are created digitally. In fact it was not clearly mentioned in my About page till I added it just a day or so ago.
This is a project with minimal parameters – one is to do 1000 in one year, the other is to do them all digitally, which in essence means using my Tablet PC or Palm Treo.
The time frame creates a frame – not unlike the frame around a painting. It is a space within which to explore & see what arises.
Being digital is similar. There is diversity & choice – there is also a clear line.
It is obvious that I am looking over the fence, Yesterday’s post: colligraphy and today I found myself following up on egg tempera mentioned in Katherine Terrell’s post! There is media envy, and you cans see why – that crappy little pen is all I ever use!
I am reading a about peoples work Рand loving that Рmany are also exploring & blogging their creative development, they are material people. I am also keen to find others who are doing what I do, virtual stuff, Tablet PC + Gicl̩e prints. The medium allows diversity & also has its own constraints. If you know of others or you are one, please let me know.
There must be lots of people using the various painting & drawing software… so I guess I am curious also about those who use it to explore their creative journey.
Which brings me to another post… Creativity.