Week 3: Body and Soul

This week discussion is on Body and Soul but also focusing on various issues that are being represented in each of the artists work. Today I want to refer to Lucian Freud's painting, Benefits Supervisor Resting. When I was viewing the painting it automatically reminded of my life drawing class and how we had to draw a nude model and there was a piece that I drew of a plump woman in charcoal and it was my first time drawing a human figure but what was similar between Freud and I was that we both used the same models repeatedly. For me though, it was more of a way to understand how to draw a model in different positions (unfortunately this is the only drawing I have of a nude model) but for Freud, he was interested in how he can learn more from his models in an emotional, physical, and mental sense.

Week 2: Drawing and Painting

These two images represent my experiences in drawing and painting. The first image is an 18" x 24" self-portrait of myself in charcoal. I did this as a summertime project in 2012, just so I can keep my fingers moving and no lose most of the acquired knowledge of how to shade and blend objects or figure without the use of "cartoon lines". I must admit I still have a long ways to go in regards to drawing with charcoal and after viewing the works of Laurie Lipton's charcoal and pencil drawings, it gave me a hint of inspiration in how to use tiny lines as well as velvety tones to render an object effectively. My next piece is an abstract of geometric shapes and I am using complementary colors on each panel and trying to merge them as one unit. I completed this in the Fall of 2010 in my Design Fundamental class at my community college. This was my second time painting (my first was an assignment where I had to design and paint a color wheel) and I am sad to say this was my last time painting. I hope that I can find time to paint and really understand the fundamentals of how to paint efficiently.