tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4287002539000199774.post6590262331455705548..comments2023-08-10T16:29:42.760+01:00Comments on Semi-Abstract Figurative Painting: Project 2: Painting 4daviddrawsandpaintshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17431945969048461283noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4287002539000199774.post-88742037642030400482009-03-06T20:34:00.000+00:002009-03-06T20:34:00.000+00:00me too with Toulouse Lautrec - I stayed with a Fre...me too with Toulouse Lautrec - I stayed with a French family in Albi as a teenager and went to the TL museum and was just blown away by his work. <BR/><BR/>I revisited a couple of years ago - and still was :>)<BR/><BR/>Jack V is an odd character - he produces a lot of porn images too apparently (TV documentary some time back - sado/masochism - they showed some of the 'milder' ones) - the earlies ones I ever saw of his had an odd edge of violence behind the apparently sexy film-still type images. I found them unsettling. <BR/><BR/>I will revisit :>) and I'm glad to hear that you are pushing those drawing elements.<BR/><BR/>That's something I find important in my own work - the swirling lines are crucial to mevivienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16820836660470146799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4287002539000199774.post-91182671134532937122009-03-04T20:59:00.000+00:002009-03-04T20:59:00.000+00:00Thanks for your comments and interest in this seri...Thanks for your comments and interest in this series, Brian!<BR/><BR/>Yes, I am finally working out that my "strength" lies in drawing, and establishing a good design using oil pastels on the board before I paint is a wise move for me.<BR/>By using oil pastels to define the figures first I can integrate those marks easily with the oil paint (or not) as the painting progresses. I can use them or ignore them when I lay on the paint.<BR/>I actually feel that I have "dipped" with these last two paintings, but don't have time to re-do them. It's a learning experience.<BR/>But I do think I have loosened up in the process and hopefully will be able to put this into effect as I go on.<BR/>Expressiveness is what I aim for.<BR/><BR/>Vivien: Thanks also for your comments, which I hope I have answered, to a degree, above.<BR/>It's interesting you mention Schiele. My 'Theoretical Study' for this Project attempts to compare the expressive work of Schiele, which I love so much, with the stilted, nearly-photo-realism, of Jack Vettriano. I don't know whether to publish this piece, or not, since it is quite contentious! Sufice to say I am not complementary towards oor Jack!<BR/>Toulouse-Lautrec happens to be one of my all-time favourites, in fact he is probably one of my first faves when I first took an interest in painting. Must have been all those wild dancers he got up close to!<BR/>More to follow this weekend.<BR/>I hope you will continue to tell me what you think.<BR/>DAVIDdaviddrawsandpaintshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17431945969048461283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4287002539000199774.post-54160471214291369652009-03-04T16:36:00.000+00:002009-03-04T16:36:00.000+00:00getting looser :>)don't forget to involve y...getting looser :>)<BR/><BR/><BR/>don't forget to involve your 'drawing' marks more - think how Toulouse Lautrec or Schiele did.<BR/><BR/>I think those marks are your strength and would really add to the final paintings.vivienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16820836660470146799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4287002539000199774.post-55131256538435354212009-03-04T02:03:00.000+00:002009-03-04T02:03:00.000+00:00I like the feeling of movement very much here, Dav...I like the feeling of movement very much here, David, made more dynamic by your placement of both figures in the left half of the painting with only open space and the female dancer's leg as a counterbalance. There's a very nice expressiveness in this painting in the natural and graceful gestures of the dancers and in your color choices. Am I understanding correctly that you are doing your preliminary drawing on the board in oil pastel and then painting directly over the pastel? It seems to me that you've established a really nice "stride" with this work.Brian McGurganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11963409828276349170noreply@blogger.com