Well, I couldn’t very well do Modiglioni and not do Picasso. So for my ‘shape’ page, I gave cubism a little try. I have not studied this at all and this is my first attempt, but I do love the look of Picasso’s works in this form.
I first did a painted background, then washed it with gesso to give it a muted look. Then I sketched a woman, and portioned her off into blocks. I also added some into the background and then painted them in using various shades of the skin tones I painted her with. I like the overall effect and it it fun to try different things.
Today’s challenge is to make a piece of art and give it away. Isn’t that where we all started? We made art as children and ran home to mom to give her our wondrous works. She proudly displayed them on the refrigerator, or wore the macaroni necklaces. Grandparents we another satisfying choice to share our art with. When my grandma passed away many years ago, I found she had kept many of those art gifts and I now have them back. How special it made me feel that she had kept them all those years. So giving away our art is really no challenge. It makes us feel good inside.
My journal page is a Modigliani inspired piece with my own twist and a little touch of Misty in the petals. I have also done a little sister piece that will be going to a wonderous queen of mixed media, who is in the hospital. I hope it will brighten her day.
This was so much fun and was over way too soon. I knew from the moment I read this weeks challenges who my pick for favorite artist would be. Now, mind you I have a whole list of inspiring artists that are out there right now, Misty Mawn of course being one of them, but for this challenge I wanted to go back further. I have loved this work of Amedeo Modiliani, ‘Portrait of a Woman in a Large Hat’ for a long time. I have often thought to replicate it as an inspiration page in my journal, but have never gotten around to it until now. I love the warm skin tones he achieved and those amazing blue eyes that aren’t really eyes at all. Graceful, long neck, and features, and the hand, I love adding a hand to my work. So representative of all women do. It seems that art is inspired by those who have gone before us and the visual images we are exposed to everyday. Look around you and be inspired.
Do you ever smell your art supplies? I know it sounds a little weird, but I love the smell of gesso, paint, and yes CRAYONS. I love the smell of the artroom at school, that hint of tempra paint that hangs in the air. I borrowed my 7 year olds crayons to do todays challenge page. He thought it was funny that I was using his Crayola’s rather than my Caran d’ ache. He kept asking why I didn’t use my ‘fancy crayons’.
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