Artists are known to be messy. In fact authors go to great lengths to romanticize and glamorize the ‘starving artists struggle’. Today, while getting some supplies for an upcoming show, I wrote on my hand the name of a book I was having a hard time putting down it was Inside the Painter’s Studio by Joe Fig. Basically Fig goes around to various artists and ask them a battery of questions about their studio practices, how and when they dedicated themselves full time to art, how long they've been in their studio, and the process of their work. I just hope the school library or summit has it because I’d love some art literary candy.
I have just about finished organizing my studio/ library room. There has been a good amount of workable materials that have surfaced and I’m fighting the urge to bring them all with me to school next week. Needless to say, I am greatly anticipating the Practicum Studio class. I skimmed the syllabus of the class and I already like the assignments, this bodes well. Here are two sketches in pastel chalk on colored construction paper. My cats were characteristically interested in what I was doing so I drew them.
These are sketches on black rag board. The structure and tooth of a surface really does make a huge difference and these did not hold up well until I sprayed the image down with some workable spray fixative.
Space Uterus version 1.o
Nature is Ancient - This one was inspired by a recent National Geographic article
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