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| My Hat that Swims, Self portrait, Charcoal, 9 x 12 Note done on 9 x 12 paper. It's very hard not drawing with my whole body. This is practice drawing #1. |
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| Almost packed. Two Mastersen palette boxes hold the total list. Both fit nicely into the kid's carry-on luggage piece. |
To the 350, I've already spent joining the Association (50), to get a lower price on the workshop (250), I've added the suggested supplies plus a Kid's carry on suitcase bringing the total cost to a whopping 431.73 plus some tax! The filbert brushes take the prize. They better be more magical than the slanted flats that served me so well on The Unknown Children.
I didn't charge nearly enough for that portrait. I'm surprised I was even able to paint it with the meager supplies I had on hand, but I did--and didn't do a bad job either. After next week though, I'm going to be fantastic--but starving on some street corner after Honey sees the bills. I'm pretty sure he's going to want to trade this crazy fool in for a wife who just plays Canasta.
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| Unknown Children |
Jitters aside,art prices should be high. It is a costly pursuit involving not only money, but time and emotional stress chasing after that little piece of perfection we can never quite reach. This workshop may bring me closer to the satisfaction I'm looking for when I look at my own work--or at the very least, sharpen my eye. All spent, all packed, I'm ready to go. --After just a bit more practice drawing small with charcoal.
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| Packed and ready to roll with or without the outstanding UPS order. Thanks Celeste Bergin for a very functional idea. |
I really love the self-portrait... that hat: a meant to be :-))))
ReplyDeleteA marriage made in heaven. Thank. I did have trouble handling the charcoal though sitting up close and personal. I like to stand.
DeleteI think that portrait painting is great. More realism than you later work, fun to see that side of your art.
ReplyDeleteThis is the side I'm concentrating on this year. Portraiture comprises most of my drawings. I hope to get a lot better at it in the next two weeks. But the test will be JD. Charcoal is easy. Oil paint not so. Hopefully so soon. Thank you for your confidence.
DeleteDear Linda, your hands are ready to capture the best of everything. You're BRAVA!
ReplyDeleteYou know how instill in your artwork something that only you know how to do!
Your sign!
Understanding how to master "your sign" with a more sophisticated technique may be the new change that you want...And so be it!
Thank you for your endearing encouragement Rita. What I want out of this workshop is facility, an easiness with the process and materials. I do hope I am not the only novice with oils on the premises. The workshop is for all mediums. I'm leaving my best one at home.
DeleteLove the portrait--and the hat.
ReplyDeleteThanks Hallie. I have a few more to go to get the feel of that size. It really feels strange not using my whole arm. The hat became an instant classic in my wardrobe as soon as I put it on my head on the way to checkout.
DeleteGreat portrait and interesting remarks about costs. One of the thoughts that I often have is that when we sell our work we don't value it realistically. There's a lot of cheap art out there.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mick. I don't begrudge the cost of education. That's worth it; I think I was just shocked at how much it had gone up since the last time I participated when I was in my twenties. I sounded like an old person who says every time they go to the movies and lay out a ten spot plus, "I remember when it cost a quarter to go to the movies." I've become my dad:)
Deletegreat self-portrait.
ReplyDeleteI think you'll enjoy the new travel-ready set-up.
It makes a lot of sense. Now it will take me some set up and wrap up time; I've done a good job compacting. I wish I had known about--nah--there wasn't any roll around luggage with handles when I was toting that huge valise up that huge hill from the parking lot to the college campus in the seventies fighting the wind all the way. Ah modern invention.
DeleteIt's not just a beautiful charcoal self-portrait, I can actually see that your are happy; even under your hat that swims and glamorous glasses!! And with the suitcase you seem more like you're going on a journey than on a workshop. So, enjoy your journey!
ReplyDeleteWarm regards.
ps.the Unknown Children is one of my favorites :)
It's your only favorite. Portraits weren't on my mind till that commission:) It's that commission that got me into all this.
DeleteThat suitcase sure does look like I'm going somewhere. I'm not a carry-on traveler. I hope I can check it for the four days. I'm not a baggage handler. Did that once big time in Paris; baggage handlers and other like services were on strike. Ellis, being a young, strong lad at the time, was up in the belly of the 707 with another passenger unloading on stuff on the tarmac. Then all the passengers had to drag their stuff to customs including a an old woman in her seventies! Can you imagine! I was thrilled that my mom had lent us her new luggage with the wheels. I pulled mine and carried her's too. In our seventies now, we go no where with luggage we can't handle ourselves.
Your self portrait is wonderful. Have a fantastic creative trip!
ReplyDeleteA trip is right Nora. I do have a lot of baggage to tote--and I don't think they're serving white wine, lunch or pretzels.
DeleteI believe this experience will be worth its weight in gold. The cost be damned - full steam ahead!
ReplyDeleteI think your portraits are stunning!
ReplyDeleteOh it is very impressive art. Really the art is the sign of love, hate, respect and image of mind which is reflected on our paper or on sand. It make is happy and smile with a philosophical thought. Many thanks for your nice share.
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