"Draw your pleasure, paint your pleasure, and express your pleasure strongly." -Pierre Bonnard, 1867-1947
posted by drawatron at 10:09 PM
[12] - Wanna-be Academiers- June-July
Try to do the Illustration Academy assignments, or at least the idea-making and thumbnail part of it. Experiment, try something new, push yourself. Also use this time to catch up on old projects if you want!
[1] - SELF PORTRAIT - due Aug 31
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[3] - HALLOWEEN - due Oct 2
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[4] - EDITORIAL - due Oct 16
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[5] - SHORT STORY - due Oct 30
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[7] - CELEB PORTRAIT - due Jan 31
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[8] - CONVERSATION - due Feb 28
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[9] - NIGHT COLOR - due Mar 31
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[10] - ENTERTAINMENT- due April 30
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[11] - MAD COW - due May 31
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9 Comments:
Hey Chris..... It looks good, though should I be embarassed that I don't recognize this person?
I really enjoy it but I think knowing more about it would help me to appreciate it even further.
sorry about that... its Kurt Vonnegut... probably the best living author and one of my favs. dont worry about it, as far as him physically he is an unknown but the piece makes two references to his books. the word balloon refs "breakfast of champions" and the yarn "cat's cradle"
I've only ever read his "Slaughter House Five"... awesome book! I'll be sure to check out the others. Ever read any of Chuck Palahniuk's works? Of course there's "Fight Club" but check out "Survivor: A Novel" "Diary: A Novel" (which is about art, sort of), and "Choke." Weird, cool stuff.
About the image: Looks like the strand of yarn disappears behind him from the right side of the image to the left.
Chris, I really like this portrait. The face, the hair is really well rendered. It's hard to paint wrinkles well!! I'm very impressed. The only thing was that I didn't know it was yarn, until I you wrote that. I thought maybe it was wire (still a really cool image)...maybe if it was a little less taught.
It's a really really great image! I think It's one of my favorites of yours!! How do you feel about it.
I showed it to Aaron (who loves Kurt V.) and he really liked it. Yay you.
thanks guys. there is a lot i have changed but i cant scan and the pics look like hell. the yarn thing is a bit more resolved. i am not overly impressed with it but i think im on the right track somewhere. thank you so much for the kind words.
Chris, this is an awesome piece! I got the reference to Kurt Vonnegut, but not immediately - I just thought "Where have I seen that astericks before? No but seriously it's really great. I can't wait to see what else you have done with it.
Right now it kind of looks like a book cover, doesn't it? The text could go on his shirt or something.
Tyler, thanks for the book recommendations. Weird and cool sound right up my alley. And as far as Kurt Vonnegut goes, Cat's Cradle is really awesome, and I found Galapogos really amusing too. He's my favorite author too!
oh yeah, how did you paint this? Is that a pencil drawing with thin washes over it or something?
you are good
pencil drawing, rubbed it out, then washed over it with acrylic. rubbed the acrylic down in the opaque areas leaving the pencil to come through. then oils. i wanted to leave it with a pretty muted color (cant see it in the photo) so i only washed with limited colors. after that i finished the highlights with pastel.
I should try that technique, I guess it's a little bit like Andrea Wicklund's? I love that we are all pulling techniques from all of our teachers and using them in our own way. We are awesome ;)
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