Paintings, drawings, work in progress, occasional notes on materials and process
Monday, January 21, 2008
Last one, for now
More watercolor, overworked the hand dreadfully and still never got the drawing right. Tomorrow I start a new image; this girl is starting to sneer at me. I will probably come back to her; the experiments were useful but I didn't quite capture expression/emotion/drawing as I'd like to.
I like the new effort. Has a very fresh, spontaneous feel. I like the "blooming" effects in places. And I think the hand is okay, not as overworked as you think. What you're doing looks like fun! I wonder what you're headed toward, or aiming at. One can get really wonderful effects with watercolor, but you're so good at oils. Is this a temporary diversion? Or a new path? BP
I agree with babarba and would go further about the hand. the "dirty" hand works with this painting. I almost said "subject matter" but I don't mean it that graphically. Or rather I do mean it graphically, just not pornographically.
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I like the new effort. Has a very fresh, spontaneous feel. I like the "blooming" effects in places. And I think the hand is okay, not as overworked as you think. What you're doing looks like fun! I wonder what you're headed toward, or aiming at. One can get really wonderful effects with watercolor, but you're so good at oils. Is this a temporary diversion? Or a new path?
BP
I agree with babarba and would go further about the hand. the "dirty" hand works with this painting. I almost said "subject matter" but I don't mean it that graphically. Or rather I do mean it graphically, just not pornographically.
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