Showing posts with label 2016 Drawings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2016 Drawings. Show all posts
Drawing #22 Thrift Store Madonna
My daughter and I like going to second hand clothing stores
and trying stuff on. You’d be amazed at
the interesting things you can find!
Many of these store names have the word “Madonna” in them and I’m
assuming it is due to their association with maternal / charitable values. So I’ve interpreted my dressed up Heather in
this picture as a Christian icon (as a tribute to art history more so than to
religion).
The light glints off the cap’s threads around the face
similarly to the Eastern paintings where Our Lady is shown wearing a crown with
shiny jewels. The overall roundness
echoes a large halo above or behind the head.
By covering her head, she is speaking to the traditional sign of
honesty. Often we see Madonnas gaze directly out to the viewer as a request for prayers.
The white and pink carnations (pompoms) are symbolic of
innocence and motherly love and around her neck she wears a garland of roses.
Drawing #19
Was going to take a little break from drawing because I was having so much trouble with everything I touched it seemed. Anyhow- I started doing this gal and it was sooooo much fun! Had a wonderful time and now I'm finished my "cloud-chaser". For those who don't know, cloud-chasing is the activity of blowing clouds of vapor using an electronic cigarette (vaping).
So here's Skye....
Drawing #16
Charcoal and pencil - about 2 feet by 3 feet. Walter - another one of the fellas I play bingo with.
Drawing #15
Charcoal and pencil of a beautiful woman named Mariann. A bit challenging at first, but once I got into the hair, it was fun. About 1.5 feet x 2.5 feet
Mariann gazes out of the picture with an expression of innocence. Not one of naivety, but perhaps a look of curiosity or open mindedness. She is looking at something we can’t see.
You might call the drawing itself incomplete. She has a lot more to tell. We don’t know the context of her portrait. We can’t see the rest of her head and we can’t guess at what’s going through her mind. Her tresses are reminiscent of the courage of Caravaggio’s snake-haired Medusa, but that’s where the art history comparison ends. Her hair is interwoven with strings forming patterns such as the ouroboros (behind her ear) and the lemniscate (back of her head down left shoulder), both which can be seen as symbols of infinity and strength.
Don’t let the earrings fool you. I happen to know Mariann is a Gemini (the Twins). With that in mind, you know there’s always another story to discover.
Mariann gazes out of the picture with an expression of innocence. Not one of naivety, but perhaps a look of curiosity or open mindedness. She is looking at something we can’t see.
You might call the drawing itself incomplete. She has a lot more to tell. We don’t know the context of her portrait. We can’t see the rest of her head and we can’t guess at what’s going through her mind. Her tresses are reminiscent of the courage of Caravaggio’s snake-haired Medusa, but that’s where the art history comparison ends. Her hair is interwoven with strings forming patterns such as the ouroboros (behind her ear) and the lemniscate (back of her head down left shoulder), both which can be seen as symbols of infinity and strength.
Don’t let the earrings fool you. I happen to know Mariann is a Gemini (the Twins). With that in mind, you know there’s always another story to discover.
Drawing #13
Finally done!
If I wanted this true to my mom, I'd put in a few more wrinkles, but I'm more so thinking about the design and the vulnerability of the two people. Thinking about doing a series of large drawings like this - perhaps I'd call it "Fragile: Handle with Care".
Drawing #10
Okay, had so many things to do when I got back from my holiday, but I
had to finish this drawing first thing. This is a cute guy I play bingo
with on Fridays at the Nursing Home. He's so sweet. Done with
charcoal, blackboard chalk, pencil crayons.
Still crazy for me to work with color. I spend about an hour putting color on and a good week trying to take it off and tone it down! Its got a strange pastel-ish glow but still too much color for me.
Still crazy for me to work with color. I spend about an hour putting color on and a good week trying to take it off and tone it down! Its got a strange pastel-ish glow but still too much color for me.
Drawing #9
I've been trying to do portraits in color, but I just can't get the pencil crayons to tone down to my level. I'm not usually much for color, and they are just so intense. Anyhow.. I went to the dollar store and bought a box of colored blackboard chalk for a dollar and gave it a try. I actually quite like the result. Working with it is a bit difficult, but I like the skin tones way better than the pencil crayons.
So here's a cute fellow I play bingo with at the nursing home.
So here's a cute fellow I play bingo with at the nursing home.
Drawing #7
Looks like I forgot to post my last pic. Likely because I was rushing around at the last minute to put my stuff into the art show in North Battleford and the one in Biggar.
Drawing #6
Been very busy because there is a show at the gallery and I have to do up two drawings by Tuesday morning. Title of the show is "Shiny Like a New Diamond". First drawing - pencil / charcoal.
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| She Wears Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes |
Drawing #5
Didn't fade out, but did charcoal pencil and coloured pencil. Seems to have worked for this particular pic.
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