Art supplies are bloody expensive. Ok, not exactly breaking news, but for some reason four years ago when I left Memphis, TN, I thought it was a fantastic idea to leave most of my supplies in a friend's storage unit. Suffice to say, four years later, I've yet to go back to Memphis. Other then a couple charcoal sticks, some prisma color markers (whopping total of four actually), and my sketchbooks I left EVERYTHING behind, from my 72 count prismacolor pencil set to my wacom tablet.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Why is this blog called Lord of the Marbles?
Point blank - because the image at the top is one of the first LARGE charcoal exercises I've done since collage, and I like two dimentional cats :)
The setup for this still life was actually taken from a painting exercise intending to teach the style of Venetian Painting (the values are painted first in shades of red and the colors are built on top). Not only did I love the example paintings provided in the book, I thought the subject matter was not only dirt cheap to set up, but also a great practice in reflective objects. Personally, I feel if you detest drawing/painting something, it probably means you need to practice it and I detest reflective objects.
The focal point of this sketch is a shiny green lucky cat that stands about three inches tall that I picked up in Philly's chinatown about two years ago. And yes, his eyes really are painted on lopsided on the lucky cat in question.
The book mentioned earlier is Diane Edison's Dynamic Color Painting for the Beginner and honestly, I think it is a great read even if you have painted before. I actually checked this book out from the library while trying to research color theory, a subject I never got to take in my short stint in school. I remember older students talking about the class with a zeal I'd never heard before from...well college students.
http://www.amazon.com/Dynamic-Color-Painting-Beginner-Edison/dp/0810970902
The setup for this still life was actually taken from a painting exercise intending to teach the style of Venetian Painting (the values are painted first in shades of red and the colors are built on top). Not only did I love the example paintings provided in the book, I thought the subject matter was not only dirt cheap to set up, but also a great practice in reflective objects. Personally, I feel if you detest drawing/painting something, it probably means you need to practice it and I detest reflective objects.
The focal point of this sketch is a shiny green lucky cat that stands about three inches tall that I picked up in Philly's chinatown about two years ago. And yes, his eyes really are painted on lopsided on the lucky cat in question.
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| ^ The set up |
http://www.amazon.com/Dynamic-Color-Painting-Beginner-Edison/dp/0810970902
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Writing Club Exercise: Examining the first sentence
The idea of this first exercise is studying one's initial response to a piece of work. The exercise is to grab your five favorite books off the shelf, write down the line or two of each on paper, and write about what made you appreciate that first sentence and want to read the book further. As much as I love this idea, I'm going a step further and expanding another 5 introductions, but to graphic novels since that is my end goal through this writing group.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Welcome
This blog was created in an effort to perform writing exercises and practice and an outlet to talk about my adventure back into art. I dropped out of art school 4 years ago because I couldn't afford it, slaved away in retail for a few years, moved a couple of times and realized my soul felt empty. I am now regrouping my discarded inventory of art supplies and attempting exercises and practices taught in school and from books I've checked out at the library. All the meanwhile a friend and I will be starting a writing group, so I hope you all stick around with me to see the fruits of my labor.
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