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Watercolors in twenty twenty four

Posted in art, Art Gallery, Art Journaling, Art Show, art workshops, art,poetry,writing, Artuesdays, Drawing, Graphite, Ink, Lectures, Painting, sketching, Sketchnotes, sketchnoting, Watercolor, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on October 30, 2024| Leave a Comment »

 

Bouganvillae Vaporose | Fuori dal Borgo
Acquerello su carta Arches
31cm x 41cm

Billowing Bouganvillae | Outside the Hill town
Watercolor on Arches paper
12.2 x 16.14 inches
Il Palazzo dei Sogni
Acquarello su carta 100%cotone a grano medio.
Carta Amatruda – La Carta di Amalfi
20.5 x 29.5 cm

The Dream Palace
Watercolor on paper made of 100% cotton medium grain.
Amatruda paper- Made in Amalfi
8 x 12.5 inches
Lago di Montagna | Mountain Lake

Acquarello su carta 100%cotone a grano medio.
Carta Amatruda – La Carta di Amalfi
20.5 x 29.5 cm

Watercolor on paper made of 100% cotton medium grain.
Amatruda paper- Made in Amalfi
8 x 12.5 inches
Venti di Lavanda in Aix-en-Provence
Carta per Acquerello Arches
18cm x 26cm

Lavender winds in Âix-en-Provence
7×10 inches
Arches Watercolor Paper
Equilibrio Instabile|
Unstable Equilibrium

Acquarello su carta 100% cotone a grano grosso.
31cmx41cm

Watercolor on paper made of 100%cotton rough grain.
12.2 x 16.14 inches

 

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Queen Califia’s Magical Garden {Continued}

Posted in art,poetry,writing, Drawing, Featured Artists, Graphic Design, Lectures, NaBloPoMo, San Diego, school, School Work, Tutorial, Watercolor, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 18, 2010| 1 Comment »

Loose Rendering. Ink, watercolor, prismacolor pencils. August 2010.



Lately, I’ve favored the watercolor and pencil technique, but want to get back to working with markers.

I found these two great tutorials on marker renderings from my blog friend and Urban Sketcher extraordinaire Suzanne Cabrera at An [Open] Sketchbook: can’t wait to share them with my students!

{ Tutorial 1: Furniture/Fabric }

{ Tutorial 2: Interior Rendering }

As usual, the wonderful Color Drawing book by Doyle will provide a lifetime’s worth of lessons.


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Working with Color

Posted in Architecture, art,poetry,writing, Design, Drawing, Experiments, Graphic Design, NaBloPoMo, San Diego, school, School Work, Tutorial, Watercolor, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 16, 2010| 3 Comments »

Marker Test @ Queen Califia's Magical Garden

Initial Sketch. Felt tip on heavy bond (sketchbook) paper.

Felt Tip on Marker (Rag) Paper.

Applying Watercolor 1.

Applying Watercolor 2.

End of ession at site. 20 Minutes. Wanted to have a loose base of color.

Adding Pencils (Albrecht Durer- Made in Germany), texture, few days after.

Do you remember Niki St. Phalle’s ‘Queen Califia’s Magical Garden’?

Well, I went back with my students for some loose watercolor and pencil renderings.

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Artuesday: Sketchbook Exchange II and the wonders of Tara Donovan

Posted in art,poetry,writing, Artuesdays, Cures for the Nothing, Experiments, Museum WOWs, Paper Goods, Sketchbook Exchanges, Spontaneous Constructs, tagged , , , , , , , , , on March 2, 2010| 2 Comments »

I started a new sketchbook exchange with Mike Riggin, a Teaching Assistant at my school.

My initial contribution: illustrating two of my friend Sarah‘s poems, and an origami heart– due to my recent infatuation with Between the Folds).


Also I must, must, must tell you about an art show that could have possibly changed my outlook on life, art, etc.

Tara Donovan, Untitled (Styrofoam Cups), 2008, Styrofoam cups, hot glue, dimensions variable. Artwork © Tara Donovan, Courtesy of the Artist and PaceWildenstein. Photo by Dennis Cowley.

One of the most mesmerizing collection of works  I have ever seen, Tara Donovan’s opus has left San Diego this past weekend, but I for one will find her wherever she will show next.  And don’t buy the book, or even look at my link, which is here for reference only.  No reproduction could ever even attempt to duplicate the sense of wonder experienced in front of one of her works. This is phenomenological art at its best, an art that cannot be reproduced, but must be experienced and uncovered tactically, body-in-the-room, primordially.

You can find a podcast that will guide you through her works here on Itunes. And, while you are there, you can check out Artists on Art.

The shock of understanding will rock you. You will see why Tara was awarded the 2008 MacArthur ‘genius’ award.

No virtuality , no screens.  How refreshing. Hers is one of the faces of Art, and I will refer to her, over and over, when I am asked :”What is Art”?

Art transcends the medium to achieve the sublime.


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