Colours
Even though it was 33 deg C today, there is a definate change in the air. Even though the radio said the relative humidity at 8am last week was 94%, the mornings feel different. We really only have two seasons up here, Wet and Dry, and it’s been an amazingly dry week. (I may have put the mocker on myself as there is talk of a cyclone forming by the end of the week - Cyclone Hamish). Last year March was the wettest time of the year - who knows what’s in store?
You can’t fool the plants though. We have decidious trees in the street - the Beach Almond (the bat’s & cockies fave). Whilst they are nude for only a fraction of time, they do drop their leaves. They go from deep emerald green to fire red canopy. It seems one leaf is extra keen.
And speaking of nudes, here is one I did late last year at uni. We had to choose an artist whose palette knife technique we admired, and to emulate that style in a painting of our own. I can’t recall his name, but I do remember the vibrancy and movement he captured in his work. First nude and first palette knife painting. It was quite quick, around an hour and a half, but man did you use up a lot of paint! With some colours at $38 per tube, oil painting is NOT cheap.
Hope you are all enjoying Autumn wherever you may be!
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half an hour?????? You’re kidding!
It look amazing!!!
nudes are one of my faves and yours is amazingly vibrant. i love using a palette knife, you get such bold textures and like you say it’s quick. i did an outback house in a dust storm once (my sister has in her office) and it’s still one of my faves. $38 a tube is expensive but as they say you get what you pay for. autumn is sneaking in here (adelaide) we’ve actually had some rain. first in three months
§38 a tube? did you buy that at the jewellery shop nextdoors? *g* lascaux or what?
for a first-time-study this is very good, i must say!
recommendation from an old woman: draw nudes on big sheets of strong paper. do
fast position changes rather than long periods of posing. with fast i mean less than 1
minute. consider anatomy studies. draw, draw, draw. and draw males instead of fe-
males: they are much better defined in their muscular structure. try to attend ana-
tomy classes - it’s sickening smellywise, but it does pay off. if such stuff ist not avail-
able, then try to have a look at anatomy museums (i did that and i still do that al-
though the next anatomy museum is about 4 hours away by car; am currently working
on a series of still born babies, which are also handicapped e.g. with spina bifida etc.).
draw until you go nuts. then go for acrylics and knives.
i love drawing nudes. i love if they change position ever 30 seconds or even less. they
are an easy prey that way and they sharpen your sense for lines and proportion to
the utmost.
i truly would like to see more linework of yours! it might be rewarding. especially for
you. and of course for everyone else
Love the colours and the texture. I remeber having to do what ellis is saying when I majored in Art at uni. Drawing nudes as they walked or changed position every 30 seconds. The last time I had a clean out I threw them away11??**The drawings not the nudes.
I also love the colours and texture…Anything bright and bold and i`m there….
Art is definitely expensive especially if you want the quality…I`m finding this out with my daughter….
Hope Hamish gets on his bike and goes back from where he came from….
I’m hoping for a few more storms yet before we bid The Wet goodbye. We’ve seen quite a bit of the sun here for the past week or so and it’s been HOT as hades. Maybe hotter. Love the nude, and the tree with it’s one poor confused leaf!
Thanks everyone for your inspiring comments.
Have been preoccupied with really boring stuff this week - tax returns. I LOATHE the hours of dredging paperwork it involves. It is mind numbing and soul destroying. Our acountant has been gently prodding us to get it sorted for a while now, then a polite letter to get it done, then a “WHERE IS IT?” conversation yesterday. Now we find we are relying on another third party for documentation… I HATE TAX RETURNS WITH A PASSION!
Doda, that was an hour and a half. Half an hour would be miraclous I reckon. I do like the buttery texture of oil, but hate the mess, smell and drying time.
Elli! How are you! $38 is for a big tube of violet, but that’s a local Aussie Brand. If you got to New Holland, then expect to pay hundreds of dollars per tube!
I really enjoyed your description of Life Drawing Classes - I think I will have to attend some just to check out the smell. Up here in the Tropics everyone smells all the time - yuk!
No museums up here, the anatomy one sounds intriguing. Still borns must be hard to work with - how does your mind interpret what you see?
Diane - NOOOO!!!! You threw them out???? I would have LOVED to have seen them. Quick, get Bill to pose for you now so we can see your style!
Mandy, Hamish is looking like he’ll be here by tomorrow night/Saturday morning. Great. And I hope you are making the most of that rain! What’s your daughter doing? Would love to see…
Tazar, yep -hot and humid this way as well. I had to give the garden a really good drink today as thigs were looking very sad. Fingers crossed for rain (but not too much) from Cyclone Hamish over the weekend!
Happy autumn…bold colors…dramatic… and do hope Hamish is kind
Have been going at breakneck speed with this and that…spinning the wheels, making a lot of smoke and not a great deal of distance….hence my tardiness
oi sometimes Cindy I seem to remember the big wets getting bigger in March April…something I am sure you would like me to bring up.. not…..
Job well done. The painting is fantastic. I would buy it, love the colours
the texture is amazing. I was drawn to this particular piece by the vibrant colors. the use of color on the body to show the lighting is beautiful. the strokes are strong and hold their own. thank you for sharing with us.