Slippin Snowbird RS 52..51

Slippin Snowbird RS 52..51, a photo by ejmordasky on Flickr.

Rural Sketcher 52...number 51 12 17 2012

Here is my study of The Zulu Woman by Irma Sterns 

this is the 6th  portrait done this way where

you learn how others did their work..

it's like that old saying (by I don't know who)

"Tell me something

and I  forget

Show me something and

I will remember

Involve me

and I will understand".....

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I post my palette that shows the 

reference photo I had to draw from

with pencil and at least an hour to figure it all out...

then there is the pencil sketch and the whole spread

with the collage on the left....

and finally my acrylic work again...

do you have any questions?  If so ,

please comment on this Winnasworld

site...click on any photo to see larger

a post with A Diary of Faces class where we paint from the old Masters works to
learn from them...what we take away from the exercises...you sort of put on their shoes for awhile.
This particular artist (Georgi Mashev from Bulgaria)  didn't have much to see on line.. but you could gather he did a variety of themes...and was well known for his portraits. He must have used oils and we're doing them in Acrylic, so right there you are swimming upstream trying for similar results..I found in this work of a
girl in white hat and blouse had close values and many colors, such as in the shadow areas...when I was done, I felt I had to add some emphasis here and there as the close values seemed dull to me...on the opposite page is a collage I add for each artist we study...a small bio of the artist info..also a story is
unfolding  with bits found in the collage...first see pencil sketch still needing some work...and the you see the brushes I used and a color I liked for the background  that has had here and there added colors for different values there...then the left side of the spread---isn't his self portrait sort of darkside looking...then the last one down is the final work....all comments are very much appreciated !  Notice at the upper left is a click away from my usual  flick site....I like to use this Winna's World for all the
comments...it is uploaded to my flickr site just to send you here for all the information etc...

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Carrie Underwood Live performance of Temporary Home - ACM 2010

don't forget, that up on the left is where you can click to go to the flickr site 

I use a lot...

Self Portrait for JK Portrait Party members

I realize it is only September---

but 

from the look of all the pumpkins appearing in

 super markets and along the roadside around here -

-you feel the spirit of Halloween just around the corner ...

so to nudge your macabre consciousness---

-here's photo of me taken in the 

Dentist's office several years ago for

 preview shots for Invisiline braces,

 which  was a successful adventure  for a tooth gap

... 

More Messin' - "Moby Dog"

More Messin' - "Moby Dog", a photo by bcarman on Flickr.

an imagination to envy !!! Thought you like to see some of
bcarman's work...

The Three Graces

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this page I did

for my Creative Journalists Society

with the theme of The Three Graces

....a new vintage shop

on Main St in Stafford Springs,Ct.

What I chose to draw was Vintage clothes, hats,

pocketbooks, hat box, pointy toe heels,

and jewelry, a lot of it handmade...

paintings on the wall and the

shop owner trying on a Chanel Hat

for me...the hat on the hat box had this one big rose

which I chose to print photos of it in different

sizes and glue them on here and there..I

liked the soft edges I thought they needed.

Also splattering and dripping  were applied
Below I have removed the roses

JKPP Tatie by winna

winnasworld.blogspot.com

is where you are---up on the left you can click to my flickr site.

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for new comers...JKPP is a site  you join
and draw from photos the members post of themselves...
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a really quick raw ink sketch

 with softly added pencil touches...pencil

My usual heart is not very hidden here and could easily be 

trees in a value that would work well..I loved

her interaction with Elisa with the sunlit coat and her scarf especially
would work out well in color , it seems to me.

Creative Journalists Society

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TO SEE LARGER AND READ ...

I will be posting Creative Journalist Society 

work on Winna's World

These are my first two pages for May and June 2012

..if posts are mailed to

 winnajill@cox.net

 they will be posted on Winna's World.

Theme No 1

Bravo's Restaurant

   

Theme No 2 Inspiration Station

 


Theme 3 The Three Graces  7  18  2012  

larosecarmine's photostream

larosecarmine's photostream on Flickr.

I love the work and words of this talented woman--her watercolor is outstanding for it's sense of place and cover of emotions

Tracto sketch

Tracto sketch, a group on Flickr.

about to do a tractor sketch for them