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Saint-Valery-sur-Somme 2008-03-04 01:15:00 after Eugène Boudin Saint
-Valéry-sur-Somme, 1890 The original is oil on canvas and is in the Aberdeen Art Gallery.
View of the Roman Campagna 2008-03-03 01:15:00 after Léon Bonnat View of the Roman
Compagna, 1858 A continuation from last week of copies out of the Degas Landscapes book. This Bonnat (originally in ink and black crayon) and the next few are from very, very tiny plates of examples from Degas contemporaries.
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Wheatfield 2008-02-29 01:15:00 after DegasWheatfield and line of trees, 1892 Here I used the 4B pencil again and leaned on the side of it to make heavy marks. These massive forms are all over Degas landscapes. Big rocks and cliffs and wads of hills.
Landscape in the Orne 2008-02-28 02:15:00 after Degas Landscape
in the Orne, 1885 I really like this form a lot. So much so, that I'm going to make a big deal out of it. You'll have to stay tuned for that. Here's the original painting I worked from.
Mount Vesuvius 2008-02-26 01:15:00 After Degas View of Mount Vesuvius, c. 1856 It's probably because I've started teaching drawing again but after the self portrait, I suddenly had to draw. Not particularly interested in drawing any thing in the studio but I had a book of Degas Landscapes open on the drawing table. I started on page one, stopped at every image that intrigued me and seemed suitable for what I'm looking for and drew it. What am I looking for? Appealing and archetypal form in landscape composition.
Self portrait 2008-02-25 01:15:00 I'm not sure what got into me but late one day last week as the light was fading, I grabbed a small mirror, propped it up on the window sill and put a number 2 pencil to work. My real face is actually a bit longer but I like the drawing, so here it is!
Into the Forest 2008-02-22 01:05:00 Into the Forest
Watercolor on rough Indian Village paper3 1/2 x 5 1/2", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"US$ 75 + USPS Priority Shipping Choose shipping US International Today, I am suspending these small daily watercolor study posts. I have produced enough studies of this type for a lot of development. I am going to concentrate more on my main painting blog and on My Great Day. If you have not been following these daily watercolor studies, please browse around...On Monday I'll start posting new drawings. The best way to keep abreast of these postings is to subscribe by email or RSS. Stay tuned to Landscape into Art and My Great Day for regular daily developments.
This Gypsy Night 2008-02-21 01:00:00 This GypsyNight
Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper 3 1/2 x 5 1/2", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10" US$ 75 + USPS Priority Shipping Choose shipping US International
Rain Coming 2008-02-20 01:11:00 Rain Coming Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper 3 1/2 x 5 1/2", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10" US$ 70 + USPS Priority Shipping Choose shipping US International
Mark Plum 2008-02-19 01:10:00 Mark PlumWatercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper3 1/2 x 5 1/2", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"US$ 70 + USPS Priority Shipping Choose shipping US International
Strand 2008-02-18 01:06:00 StrandWatercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper3 1/2 x 5 1/2", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"US$ 70 + USPS Priority Shipping Choose shipping US International
Fence along the Dunes 2008-02-15 01:04:00 Fence along
the Dunes
Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper 3 1/2 x 5 1/2", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10" US$ 70 + USPS Priority Shipping Choose shipping US International
Salamander Land 2008-02-14 01:00:00 Salamander Land Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper 3 1/2 x 5 1/2", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10" US$ 70 + USPS Priority Shipping Choose shipping US International
Happy Day Way 2008-02-13 01:00:00 Happy
Day Way Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper 3 1/2 x 5 1/2", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10" US$ 75 + USPS Priority Shipping Choose shipping US International
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Where the Steps Begin 2008-02-12 01:00:00 Where the Steps Begin Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper 3 1/2 x 5 1/2", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10" US$ 70 + USPS Priority Shipping Choose shipping US International
The High Road 2008-02-11 01:03:00 The High Road Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper 3 1/2 x 5 1/2", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10" US$ 75 + USPS Priority Shipping Choose shipping US International
Faith in Mystery 2008-02-09 01:05:00 Faith
in Mystery
Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper 3 1/2 x 5 1/2", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10" US$ 70 + USPS Priority Shipping Choose shipping US International
The Road Rises Up 2008-02-08 01:05:00 The Road Rises Up Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper 3 1/2 x 5 1/2", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10" US$ 75 + USPS Priority Shipping Choose shipping US International
Horizon Way 2008-02-07 01:00:00 Horizon Way Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper 3 1/2 x 5 1/2", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10" US$ 75 + USPS Priority Shipping Choose shipping US International
Karlheinz Road 2008-02-06 01:00:00 Karlheinz Road Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper 3 1/2 x 5 1/2", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10" US$ 75 + USPS Priority Shipping Choose shipping US International Interested in Watercolor Paper? I have a lengthy post on that subject today at My Great Day.
Forest Song 2008-02-05 01:00:00 Forest
SongWatercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper3 1/2 x 5 1/2", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"NFS
At the End of the Warm Land 2008-02-04 01:13:00 At the End of the Warm Land Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper 3 1/2 x 5 1/2", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10" US$ 70 + USPS Priority Shipping Choose shipping US International You can watch a video of Diebenkorn paintings on My Great Day.
After Fra Bartolommeo 2008-02-02 01:28:00 after Fra Bartolommeo (1472-1517)Farm on the Slope of a Hill, with a Winepress Under an Arbor I made this drawing last year and just came across it while preparing for next week's drawing class. I copied it from one of my most favorite books, Curtis O. Baer's Landscape Drawings. Baer writes "From Fra Bartolommeo, few drawings of landscape were known until 1957 when an album of forty-one sheets appeared on the London market. The volume was assembled in the eighteenth century, but it is likely that most of the drawings were done at one time. They have relatively uniform sizes, the style is homogeneous, the views are varied. It has been proposed that the artist drew them on his journey to Venice in 1508, or after he moved to the monastery of Santa Maria Maddalena in the Val Mugnone, 15
Mirror 2008-02-01 06:34:00 MirrorWatercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper3 1/2 x 5 1/2", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"US$ 70 + USPS Priority Shipping Choose shipping US International Something very odd has happened to this blog. Somewhere between yesterday and this morning(?) one of my previous posts disappeared and all of my Saturday and Sunday sketches are now showing up on Friday and Saturday. I have no idea what happened or how but if you happen to be reading this and have a clue, don't hesitate to share!Visit Landscape into Art and My Great Day.
No title 2008-01-31 01:09:00 HuntWatercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper3 1/2 x 5 1/2", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"US$ 70 + USPS Priority Shipping Choose shipping US International
Transformer 2008-03-25 01:15:00 A development of yesterday's drawing.
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after Maurin 2008-03-24 01:15:00 after Charles MaurinLandscape c. 1893vaporiser watercolourThe Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum,Rutgers University New JerseyAfter a bit of a hiatus, I'm back with the posts here. I began to develop some work from these drawings and decided to wait to show the original ideas until I was ready to show the developed work. There's not much information to be found on Charles Maurin but he developed, along with his friend Toulouse-Lautrec, an early version of the airbrush that he used to make his vaporiser watercolors. I've never seen one of these myself, and though I made this drawing from a black and white, two by three inch plate of one, it was really too small to tell much aside from the general forms.
Crest 2008-03-28 01:15:00 This is the structure for today's Effortless Breath watercolor at Landscape into Art. I'm thinking that it deserves a little more development than a small watercolor. I might put this aside for a larger piece.
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Awake 2008-03-26 01:15:00 A quick study for today's Awakening at Landscape into Art.
Forming Trees 2008-04-14 01:10:00 The sketches over the next few days were made during my last drawing class at Cheekwood in the Japanese Garden. This sketch was to demo working up the negative space to pop out trees, for example, and establish value.
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