This class involves learning the complexities of painting directly from life. Dual emphasis on exploration paint and surface, as well as the figure will be developed. This course will cover the history and appreciation of contemporary painting and will cover a wide range of painting techniques. Students will work up to developing their own personal style within the confines of academic figurative art.
I know that painting is not your forte, and that drawing comes more naturally. Perhaps slowing down, like way down, would really help you improve your painting skills, and not being so impulsive. But at the same time being an impulsive painter has its benefits, especially not being afraid of mark making. I really appreciate the painterly feel of this piece, and wish you had more time to finish it. the aspects of this painting I really enjoy would have to be the mark making. I feel that the color palate is strong, but it is too dark. I think you really just need to isolate yourself in painting, with no distractions, and you would emerge with some fantastic pieces. Keep pushing yourself!
Painting may not be your area of expertise but if find this painting and your last to have some of the most brilliant suggestive marks made. The brushwork in my opinion if depiction was the subject is brilliant.
This painting feels agressive to me. I can tell that you went all in and just painted what you feel. I like looking at the figure, but my eye keeps getting pulled down to the lower right corner. I can't remember if you said you didn't have time to finish or if you wanted it that way, but the white corner is a bit distracting. There is a lot of texture and that keeps my attention. Nice!
Several people mentioned that this painting was constantly changing, I unfortunately didn't get to see the changes it when through. But this feels like a painting that doesn't really know where it wants to go. You have some really nice moments like the chest(my favorite part), shoulders/arms and beginning of the hands. But other areas feel very chaotic, I don't know if this is intentional or lack of time. The right leg also pretty much disappears. This may be from the reworking but the colors feel a bit muddy, it would be nice to see some brighter highlights in there to add contrast. I like the way the figure is turning out, it would be nice to see it completed.
I really enjoy once again your gestural painting as it allows us to see all your strokes you create and gives it a narration of frustration or anger. It actually makes me relate your piece to the artist I chose for my master copy and it can be hard to achieve your style of painting. I really love the shifts of dark and lights in the chest as you use mainly very warm colors. I also find the angle you chose to be very interesting which lures one in. To change it up a little I think maybe you could add more values into the couch to make it not appear to be as flat. As Lydia says as well, to maybe just slow down a bit and take your time to work out all the values. I understand how frustrating it can be though as time goes on painting for hours the same image.
I love your style! The loose strokes, to me, seem to match the relaxed feel of this painting. The figure is done very well; nice flesh tones with pops of color, nice proportions. I personally like the uniqueness of leaving the couch in the foreground unfinished. I like how the red and blue work together to draw the eye and create a mood, which to me is reminiscent of early evening laziness (not sure why).
I find your approach interesting and appeals very much to me. your heavy use of lines and lack of blending creates a unique style that I have seen in many very well known painters work. the only thing I would recommend is not fearing failure in actually trying to reproduce what you see just to familiarize yourself with it before you drift off to your own style which is again very pleasing to my taste.
Wow your composition is so dynamic. I like the view and hansling of that view.the angles that make the couch on the left are so strong that it makes this painting take on a whole new feel. It makes it an exciting piece for me to view and I believe it has a strong almost kinetic energy. Yoyr broad loose brush strokes are very fun for the eye and i think that painting very well could be your forte with a little push. Transfer ideas of drawing into your painting and i think you will have a smooth transition. As a primary drawer, I felt the same with painting. I think we all can relate.
I think you have done a solid job of laying out this painting in terms of figure and overall composition, but I don't feel like it is finished. I think that the proportions of the couch need to be addressed as the shape makes is bigger farther away than it is closer. The number of times you redid this painting is incredible... I think slowing down and maybe stepping away a few minutes at a time might have helped you build up your work more than just redoing it every 20 minutes. That being said I admire your ability to lay down a solid sketch so quickly. However, I feel like this is hardly more than a sketch and a quick blocking of colors, which is somewhat disappointing because I think you could do so much with a little more patience.
I love how loosely you painted this figure! You did a great job capturing that left hand and forearm. I felt like that angle was one of the most challenging parts. I also love the detail in the right hand. I wouldn't change a thing on this painting!
I think with the right amount of time, this could be cleaned up and made to be a great expressionistic piece. The problem -is that is seems TOO impressionistic. I wish you had time to calm the storm, or slow down and actually look. Understand detail and objects in relation to one another.
I really like this piece. Once again, you have shown your ability to incorporate high levels of personal style and technique into your painting, and you have done so without holding anything back. I love the deep blue your used, and the way it sits on the pale yellow in the bottom half of the piece and the gray on the top half really gives the piece structure and grounding.
I think your next steps depend on where you want to go with painting. While remaining within your style, you paint boldly and quickly. As others have said, this allowed you to paint this piece several times during the course of our class time, which i think led to some of the weaker aspects of the painting, such as the muddied tones in the figure. Because you paint quickly and with such proportional accuracy, i think, again, that working on a larger scale would help you think through the painting process more and avoid working. Another possibility would be to work on several different paintings of the same size, one every class session. There were a lot of points during this painting process that i remember seeing your painting and thinking it was at a point of completion. I don't know if you experienced that as well, but if you did, it would be fine to stop and be done early, and begin working on something else.
I know that painting is not your forte, and that drawing comes more naturally. Perhaps slowing down, like way down, would really help you improve your painting skills, and not being so impulsive. But at the same time being an impulsive painter has its benefits, especially not being afraid of mark making. I really appreciate the painterly feel of this piece, and wish you had more time to finish it. the aspects of this painting I really enjoy would have to be the mark making. I feel that the color palate is strong, but it is too dark. I think you really just need to isolate yourself in painting, with no distractions, and you would emerge with some fantastic pieces. Keep pushing yourself!
ReplyDeletePainting may not be your area of expertise but if find this painting and your last to have some of the most brilliant suggestive marks made. The brushwork in my opinion if depiction was the subject is brilliant.
ReplyDeleteThis painting feels agressive to me. I can tell that you went all in and just painted what you feel. I like looking at the figure, but my eye keeps getting pulled down to the lower right corner. I can't remember if you said you didn't have time to finish or if you wanted it that way, but the white corner is a bit distracting. There is a lot of texture and that keeps my attention. Nice!
ReplyDeleteSeveral people mentioned that this painting was constantly changing, I unfortunately didn't get to see the changes it when through. But this feels like a painting that doesn't really know where it wants to go. You have some really nice moments like the chest(my favorite part), shoulders/arms and beginning of the hands. But other areas feel very chaotic, I don't know if this is intentional or lack of time. The right leg also pretty much disappears. This may be from the reworking but the colors feel a bit muddy, it would be nice to see some brighter highlights in there to add contrast. I like the way the figure is turning out, it would be nice to see it completed.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy once again your gestural painting as it allows us to see all your strokes you create and gives it a narration of frustration or anger. It actually makes me relate your piece to the artist I chose for my master copy and it can be hard to achieve your style of painting. I really love the shifts of dark and lights in the chest as you use mainly very warm colors. I also find the angle you chose to be very interesting which lures one in. To change it up a little I think maybe you could add more values into the couch to make it not appear to be as flat. As Lydia says as well, to maybe just slow down a bit and take your time to work out all the values. I understand how frustrating it can be though as time goes on painting for hours the same image.
ReplyDeleteI love your style! The loose strokes, to me, seem to match the relaxed feel of this painting. The figure is done very well; nice flesh tones with pops of color, nice proportions. I personally like the uniqueness of leaving the couch in the foreground unfinished. I like how the red and blue work together to draw the eye and create a mood, which to me is reminiscent of early evening laziness (not sure why).
ReplyDeleteI find your approach interesting and appeals very much to me. your heavy use of lines and lack of blending creates a unique style that I have seen in many very well known painters work. the only thing I would recommend is not fearing failure in actually trying to reproduce what you see just to familiarize yourself with it before you drift off to your own style which is again very pleasing to my taste.
ReplyDeleteWow your composition is so dynamic. I like the view and hansling of that view.the angles that make the couch on the left are so strong that it makes this painting take on a whole new feel. It makes it an exciting piece for me to view and I believe it has a strong almost kinetic energy. Yoyr broad loose brush strokes are very fun for the eye and i think that painting very well could be your forte with a little push. Transfer ideas of drawing into your painting and i think you will have a smooth transition. As a primary drawer, I felt the same with painting. I think we all can relate.
ReplyDeleteI think you have done a solid job of laying out this painting in terms of figure and overall composition, but I don't feel like it is finished.
ReplyDeleteI think that the proportions of the couch need to be addressed as the shape makes is bigger farther away than it is closer.
The number of times you redid this painting is incredible... I think slowing down and maybe stepping away a few minutes at a time might have helped you build up your work more than just redoing it every 20 minutes. That being said I admire your ability to lay down a solid sketch so quickly. However, I feel like this is hardly more than a sketch and a quick blocking of colors, which is somewhat disappointing because I think you could do so much with a little more patience.
I love how loosely you painted this figure! You did a great job capturing that left hand and forearm. I felt like that angle was one of the most challenging parts. I also love the detail in the right hand. I wouldn't change a thing on this painting!
ReplyDeleteI think with the right amount of time, this could be cleaned up and made to be a great expressionistic piece. The problem -is that is seems TOO impressionistic. I wish you had time to calm the storm, or slow down and actually look. Understand detail and objects in relation to one another.
ReplyDeleteI really like this piece. Once again, you have shown your ability to incorporate high levels of personal style and technique into your painting, and you have done so without holding anything back. I love the deep blue your used, and the way it sits on the pale yellow in the bottom half of the piece and the gray on the top half really gives the piece structure and grounding.
ReplyDeleteI think your next steps depend on where you want to go with painting. While remaining within your style, you paint boldly and quickly. As others have said, this allowed you to paint this piece several times during the course of our class time, which i think led to some of the weaker aspects of the painting, such as the muddied tones in the figure. Because you paint quickly and with such proportional accuracy, i think, again, that working on a larger scale would help you think through the painting process more and avoid working. Another possibility would be to work on several different paintings of the same size, one every class session. There were a lot of points during this painting process that i remember seeing your painting and thinking it was at a point of completion. I don't know if you experienced that as well, but if you did, it would be fine to stop and be done early, and begin working on something else.