I have started painting figures again after a time too long to mention. To begin with I started doing self-portraits. This was also influenced by chance meetings with people I have not seen since high school and noticing how different they looked. I call this theme Reunion - since I am looking at myself again now that I am over fifty.
II What
Pencil drawings, ink drawings and water color paintings. I have also included watercolors with acrylic. I have worked using a mirror and also more recently from a model at a figure drawing group.
III How
I have tried to take the way I use lines and primary and complimentary colors in the same way I used them in the paintings of the rivers. In this way showing that the edges are important. I have tired to keep the lines in ‘motion’ and soft. I keep my hand moving and try to let them weave a sense of detail into the image.
IV Why
I would like to convey in the figure paintings, in the same way as in the landscapes, that edges are soft. We don’t - as people just stop and start – we interact with our environment. In terms of the self-portraits I find that as I’ve aged my edges have gotten softer…
II What
Pencil drawings, ink drawings and water color paintings. I have also included watercolors with acrylic. I have worked using a mirror and also more recently from a model at a figure drawing group.
III How
I have tried to take the way I use lines and primary and complimentary colors in the same way I used them in the paintings of the rivers. In this way showing that the edges are important. I have tired to keep the lines in ‘motion’ and soft. I keep my hand moving and try to let them weave a sense of detail into the image.
IV Why
I would like to convey in the figure paintings, in the same way as in the landscapes, that edges are soft. We don’t - as people just stop and start – we interact with our environment. In terms of the self-portraits I find that as I’ve aged my edges have gotten softer…
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