Showing posts with label still-life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label still-life. Show all posts
June 30, 2011
February 10, 2011
studio feb 10 (morandi) and pattern
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| Gsaxena, Still-life with spice jar, karua, & hanky from Nepal, Feb 10, 10"x 14" |
I was looking at Morandi's still-life and simplified mine. The colors were so jarring before. I need to learn about warm and cool colors for shadows etc. Here is a still-life by Morandi (1890-1964)--an Italian painter.
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| Giorgio Morandi, Still life 1953, 8"x15 7/8", oils |
I might redo the background on mine. Make it flatter and less wispy... perhaps.
This was my pattern painting today:
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| Gsaxena, remaining paint and more, feb 10, 28"x 24" |
It is fun having two completely different methods to work on.
February 9, 2011
studio feb 4 &7 remaining paint
I find the leftover fragments after a drawing, painting, or collage fascinating. After I made that collage still life last week, the next day I had to clean up the little left over fragments. The leftover shapes were so interesting and tiny. As I collected them they formed a collage of their own.
The same goes for left over paint on the palette. Acrylics tends to dry out, unlike oil paints which one can preserve for a day at least. So as it nears 5 pm and I have to clean up a bit, i use the remaining paint on left over paper.
I am realizing I prefer unfinished drawings and paintings to over working them. Of course, I don't actually know what 'unfinished', 'overworking', or 'finished' means... I am doing painting exercises with still life nowadays, because still life is all around me. This particular one seems over composed and crafted...
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| Gsaxena, remaining pieces, Feb 04, 11"x 17" |
The same goes for left over paint on the palette. Acrylics tends to dry out, unlike oil paints which one can preserve for a day at least. So as it nears 5 pm and I have to clean up a bit, i use the remaining paint on left over paper.
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| Gsaxena, remaining paint and a little more, 20"x 7" apprx. |
I am realizing I prefer unfinished drawings and paintings to over working them. Of course, I don't actually know what 'unfinished', 'overworking', or 'finished' means... I am doing painting exercises with still life nowadays, because still life is all around me. This particular one seems over composed and crafted...
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| Gsaxena, Still life in process 01, feb 07, 10"x 14" |
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| Gsaxena, Still life in process 02, feb 07, 10"x 14" |
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| Gsaxena, Still life in process 03, feb 07, 10"x 14" |
February 3, 2011
studio feb 03 mostly done collage
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| GSaxena, Fruit Study, Feb 03 2011, 20"x28" |
Internet doesn't reproduce colors very well. This is mostly done now... wasn't sure if collaging through and through was a good technique for this piece. It was a good exercise in color and shapes though.
February 2, 2011
February 1, 2011
January 31, 2011
studio jan 31 fruit studies
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| GSaxena, Fruit 01, Jan 31 2011, 8"x10" |
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| GSaxena, Fruit 02, Jan 31 2011, 8"x10" |
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| GSaxena, Fruit 03, Jan 31 2011, 8"x10" |
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| GSaxena, Fruit 04, Jan 31 2011, 8"x10" |
January 28, 2011
January 18, 2011
studio jan 18
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| Incomplete Still Life, GSaxena, acrylic, Jan 18 2011 |
I have to play catch up with everything that comprises my imagined practice. As you can see painting and drawing form a large part of that imagination. I am trying to pick up where I left off.
This still life composition became on its own. A flowering bulb of mine had dried up in its pot (placed inside a glass cup). I was just rearranging and cleaning when the colors in the composition seemed to become important for me. The internet never reproduces reds and pinks justifiably... but still one gets an idea.
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