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Painting and drawing, lifesavers
This is for all the people who would like to paint and draw but think they don't have any "talent"... for all the people who found in drawing and painting a new and powerfull tool to get out of depression and boredom... for all those who... [more]
This is for all the people who would like to paint and draw but think they don't have any "talent"... for all the people who found in drawing and painting a new and powerfull tool to get out of depression and boredom... for all those who love art and artists... for those who don't think "different" is "bad"...
The year is still 2005, a good year, a rich year (not in money-rich, of course…) I’ve drawn and paint a lot, portraits, nudes, landscapes, bizarro-baroques…
So many of them are now blown in the wind: given, bought for peanuts, lost… Happily, there are computers and digital photography and scanners… So, there is still my digital portfolio. One day, maybe, I (or someone else) will make an album with my best images. I guess it’s ok to call them images more than paintings or drawings since, for...
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Back to 2005’s portfolio…
That means also back to nudes, since 2005 was a very rich year in nudes. I’ve painted and draw them (probably I should say “it” but I love and respect them too much…) in charcoal and watercolor, in ink and acrylics…
Here are some samples…
…and another…
…and another charcoal one (technique I rarely use - it’s messy and my studio is a very little and cluttered… it’s not charcoal dust that I need; but still, I show you this in order to prove that I still know how to...
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These last weeks I’ve finished 2 landscapes in acrylics. I’m usually not satisfied by what I do but these two gave me some pleasure… A rare pleasure, a pleasure I suppose each artist expects from his/her work… I cannot explain it entirely… It’s kind of a mystery… and that’s not a bad thing…
I’ve discovered acrylics here, in Canada. In my native country, during my art high school years, it was unknown, practically… Artist material were rare, pretty expensive and not very good. No imported...
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