Etude #2
Starting Point: Making up a lady standing.
Objective:
Goal: Good composition.
Result: WIP
Goal: Focus is on color and mark making.
Result: WIP
Goal: Have a woman with a soul represented.
Result: WIP
Picabia - Suzzane Romaine 1943
Right now I am very keen on Picabia and his paintings that feel like studies.
End of Stage 8
I really kind of liked the face at this stage. I lost it while trying to update the figure.
Restraint is important. A few small marks of paint and you have a completely different person looking back at you.
End of Stage 21
I feel like this is what the composition should be. It took a while without a photo reference to land here.
Next step is the surrounding space… what is it? And, don’t destroy the face again.
Emil Nolde 'Frauenkopf', 1925-30
This painting by Nolde is at a specific frequency that one can admire for its raw in your face power, color, and mark-making.
Notes:
It was difficult to hone in on who this person was. Starting without a reference allowed for so many different possibilities it was over whelming.
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Notes:
If you are wanting more information about the text, I wrote about it in detail as part of ‘Objets Et Etranges #1’.
The Incredible William Kentridge talking about creativity