Walter Logeman Art Project 2006-7
Here are the images from a long intense night. Intense. Can I do this and relax more??
That would be a good thing to explore. One thing is that many of these poses are one or 2 minutes long – I feel under pressure, however I am learning to flick through those controls!
Below is one image and link to the rest.
#0649 3e
Another go at life drawing. Good to do. Hard. Learning lots. A lot of sketches… basically I sketch for three hours solid with many poses, it is like entering another world. I’d like to do more, might look for something in New York and in Christchurch, however I feel like such a beginner and different with my tablet there while they all have charcoal.
I began at lunchtime with some preparation, exploring textures. Inked in a few from the last time, but that felt wrong, that led to pencil. Finished up using mostly pencil ecept for the large patches of black, used pastel for that. Everything is done in Artrage II. I am putting them all up in two pages. Exploring textures is the first page. Here is one of the sketches, done in one of my favourite San Francisco cafes “Roasters”.
#0641 Ritual
Larger Image.
#0634 California Poppy
Larger Image.
This was from a photo taken on the Muir Beach walk last week. A tiny delicate little thing, smaller than it it appears here, with deep colouration. I was told it was the State flower… and Wikipedia agrees:
The California poppy is the California state flower. It was selected as the state flower by the California State Floral Society in December 1890, winning out over the Mariposa lily (genus Calochortus) and the Matilija poppy (Romneya coulteri) by a landslide, but the state legislature did not make the selection official until 1903. Its golden blooms were deemed a fitting symbol for the Golden State. April 6 of each year is designated “California Poppy Day.”
I walked to the top of Buena Vista Park just above Height today. Saw the people & their dogs. I had a glimpse of the park yesterday and the first sketch in this series was from memory of something I’d like to do when I walked in the park.
Here is the final image – I will put that here, and link to the day’s work all on one page. There were also some “combinations of “layers” I found striking, so I have added them in.
See all nine Buena Vista sketches.
#0633 Buena Vista IX
Larger Image.
~
If you are enjoying these sketches:
And / or
Get my Update Email which comes out a few times a month. (you can easily unsub if you want to). I am just working on the next one now! It is not all that long, but goes to a lot of family & friends and other artists and so there is some behind the scenes info! And some useful links.
~
Technorati tags: art digital painting drawing sketch sketching sketchesdigital art tablet_pc tablet san+francisco sketchblog painter corel artrage
#0624 Tree
Larger Image.
#0623 De Young
Larger Image.
#0622 Colour
Larger Image.
I have a series of 8 quick still lifes – I will put them all on one page
& here is one:
#0614 #4 Still life
Larger Image.
On Friday We went to the De Young. I like the building. I even like the mesh now. There was one flaw, the top viewing deck is “elevator only”, ridiculous. We met a friend of Amy’s Joe Mangrum. Does ephemeral art. I liked the Hiroshimo Sugimoto exhibit, the suble siplicity of the seascapes and the art about art idea is present in his long warrior photo.
Continue reading “De Young – Bay Area Figurative – Richard Diebenkorn”
Now that was a very interesting new thing to do in my life. What a lot of learning. The sketches are mostly looser & rougher than I put up and all from the one class. They are all part of the project. One ot the things about doing these 1000 sketches is that I do want to sketch and this event gave me “permission to do that. I want to sketch lots to explore, loosen up, and discover my hand. Another few of these events will help. I will also give the same 2 min approach per sketch a go NOW for some still lifes.
Below is one, and the link to the rest.
Continue reading “Life Drawing Group, Saturday 4 August 2007 San Francisco”