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It was inevitable. I mean how long can you keep girls and boys apart?
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Let's get sketching!
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Fairy Sketch
New Moleskine -
Finished out my old one, so got to start in my tiny, new Moleskine this weekend. Christened it with a view of the informal concert we watched my daughter play in downtown at Seattle's Winterfest celebration.
I also listened to this weekend's Conceptart.org's live streaming class on sketchbooks. Lots of great examples of famous artists sketching (and not the beautiful, elegantly composed and finished 'sketches' that many artists sell now as sketchbooks). Plus a number of good ideas on sketchbook exercises and subjects. A worthwhile way to spend the afternoon.
Must.Keep.Drawing....
Labels: Conceptart.org , Moleskine , sketchbook , Tara Larsen Chang
Happy Chicken -er, Turkey Day!
Happy Thanksgiving - my artsy-drawing friends. Thanks for your talent and your input and for enriching my life the last couple of years.
Labels: gratitude , Happy Thanksgiving , Tara Larsen Chang
Goblin Girl take One
So I've been trying to find my own "style". It seems that I've been looking for it for a long time with no luck. Then the other day I had an epiphany... I think I have actually had a "style" for years but I've been trying to paint realistically and have unintentionally brought a lot of undue stress onto myself. In trying to paint like Donato, Rebecca, Scott etc. I lost my own voice which was barely audible as it was. Doing a lot of research and talking with Madeline about licensing and artists who do quite well for themselves with licensing has had me thinking in a different way about my own work. Oddly enough it opens me up to a lot of freedom. Could I really make a living painting and drawing what I love and want to create rather than deal with being art directed? Even though this girl is just a beginning idea, it's the way I always used to draw. My question to everyone is this, "Is the natural way that I draw too elementary? Is it worthwhile in your opinions to go more toward this direction?
Breast cancer benefit needs art
Step up and help Daarken with his Beautiful Grim benefit - http://tinyurl.com/yehy353
--Madeline
Eakins in ballpoint
IlluxCon Saturday Night Model Drawings
Life Drawing -
We did a series of short poses of our long-necked, leggy model. I decided to mostly ignore the faces/hands/anatomy and focus on the drapery and folds. To see how much I could get laid in in the various scant 20 minute poses. Also tried out different densities of charcoal pencils, from hard to soft - which means I can either have more control or more value...
Made good use of "The Virgin Queen" soundtrack for background accompaniment.
Labels: figure drawing , Tara Larsen Chang