One of my favorite author/painters is
Charles Sovek. In his book Oil Painting: Develop your Natural Ability Sovek shows a section on painting gestures. He recommends you paint directly onto printed newspaper, for warm up. (I think the idea is that you'll loosen up without a care about the results). I was thinking about Sovek's gesture exercise and also influenced by my blogging friend, Susan Sanford (
ArtSpark) who often illustrates onto something that already exists. Susan/ArtSpark usually transforms something that had been relegated to a life in a drawer..into something "new".
Below are my gesture paintings onto some pages of an old book. What was really fun was making some of them step out of the page. Someday I might do more of these with a more serious intention. You might try this too..it is an engaging way to "loosen up".
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9 comments:
Hi Celeste- Thanks for the hat tip.
A great exercise - it really sparks the imagination.
I love the way these are stepping off the page.
What a great idea! They are very engaging.
Seeing shades of the graphic designer in you in these pieces, Celeste. They are absolutely fabulous and so intriguing! (And on more than one level for me.) I so miss visiting you here for each new piece. I hope I can get back to it in early January. That is my hope, my prayer, and my goal!
That top one caught me off gaurd! I thought it was a part of the original art!
It works perfectly! I'm going to have to try this, fun!
You give recycling class!
See- you make this look easy and effortless. Even in your gestures, your artistry and genius shines through. Lovely!
I have a question. Do you have to own the book or do you frequent libraries?
Guerrilla book clubs.
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