43things TEAM PROJECT: support fellow artists in their artistic projects

Took my first class in over 20 yrs.
And OMG I had to draw a cute naked guy…luckily he was super cool and so was his girlfriend.

looking for my Louise Brooks painting and DD LOVED this drawing I did when I was 16.She told me I am a great artist. It made me feel good because I think she is a very talented little artist, so I respect her opinion. I really want to get started on this goal. I just need to find something to inspire me, maybe on one of my walks I might see something and take a pic :)
EDIT-20 min later- I just got a call from the drawing class I wanted to go to last week but could not make it to cause dh was launching rockets,to remind me of the class tomorrow night.OK I think having the guy call me to remind me was a sign from God to get my butt in gear :) we get to draw live models, yea, no dumb bowls of fruit!

a co-worker/friend and i were talking of how she’s been wanting to take a painting class… she hasn’t done any art since middle school… so i suggested we have an art day… so we got together and muddled around with some art supplies that i had thanks to my generous sister, who donated to me an art box that someone had given her but for which she had no use, as she’s picky about her materials…

whew. that was a huge run-on sentence!

anyway, it was fun mucking around with the watercolors from the art box… i kept treating them like they were oils… which was kind of funny. Even K, who hasn’t painted in years, could tell that i was using the wrong medium for the type of painting i was trying to do… but until i have some more stability in my life (move into a more permanent living space) i can’t do oils… also, even then it may be difficult, since oils are so toxic…

have been off again, on again member of this team…

i’m back and ready and willing to support (and hopefully ask for your support too.)

love,
bookish

who here does pastels?

I’m having a LOT of problems with them these days…

if somebody has a tip or technique of keeping pastel DARKS very DARK, I’d love to know what it is…

Its very frustrating that I can’t seem to manage DEEP darks…

I’ve been focusing on LIGHT… but that gets tiresome if you can’t make contrasts…

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“Silent Freedom is Freedom Silenced“

At the sound of the tone the current time is 10:41 pm….

And Cathie is done working and has all… ALL Weekend to paint! Or at least until Saturday at 5pm, then from 8pm to Sunday evening!

The canvases are waiting, the paint is wet, the glass of wine is in hand, the music is playing… and I can go do what I LOVE!

Didn’t quite get my pencil out, but did a bit more thinking about the face composition and shading! Go check them out, Almost Aversion and Amelio.

Yes, I experimented with blue shading on Amelio and am not quite sure if I like it or not…

Whatcha think?

The second one of the evening.

Facing life head one, looking it in the eye, and when things go wrong… having that secret little smirk.

I wish I had more time! But now I have to clean my brushes and go to bed…

Ick…

I’m still working very long hours. But I’ve had these in my head for a bit.

I’m dealing with life and losing in my own time, in my own way. And maybe, just maybe, I needed to take my time to get these in my head to paint.

In many ways I’ve lost a lot of my innocence in the past two years. My naivity is no longer a predominent aspect of me. It makes me angry that I’ve lost that. But at the same time, I grew up, and am all the wiser.

Hence, this painting. Shadows of Innocence

What do you think?

After a few years I have picked up this piece to try finishing. I really am not liking the face yet (hence the practice carvings). I think maybe 5-6 more tries and I might be ready to carve on the actual piece. I have been trying to stay true to Mucha’s original, but I think I would like to thin out her nose and change her expression to something that pleases me more.