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Today we met at Atlas Cafe and had to be almost thrown out because we went so overtime. Sorry pics are so blurry.   My collage for the day  Airy's collage  Tobiah's sketch  Richie's collage  Mark's collage  Mark's collage  Mark's collage made from my scraps.
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Spent another incredible day drawing and sketching the nude.    My bits of beloved charcoal.
Back in October of last year, I visited the Toledo Art Museum and discovered the artist, Ralph Albert Blakelock, who I instantly fell in love with. He sadly spent many years in a mental institution. Tonight I reviewed his work online.  This is the first painting I discovered of his at the Toledo Art Museum. My friend and I screwed around making paper after visiting the museum. It was really fun and I'm excited to try integrating spices into the paper.    I was not surprised that I'd love this show. It is completely over the top and decadent.  I had to revisit a few of my favorite paintings as well.    My friend and I stopped by the piers and I snapped a few pics. I played with low res pics and blurring. I found this small pop-up gallery in Hayes Valley and liked this work by Joseph "JD" Green.     Art quilt detail  I have worked in many wood shops and this just looks like one of the scrap bins.    Detail from oil painting.
Once a year, the de Young Museum hosts an event where they invite florists to bring in flower arrangements to compliment some of the artworks. Afterward, my friend Airy and I sketched.    Today I visited the de Young Art Museum and learned of Alice Neel's work. Really amazing stuff.    We visited some antique stores and an art museum. I love this painting from the antique store.  During my recent trip to the MidWest, I saw a beautiful drawing by Theodore Roszak, one of my favorite sculptors. Tonight I spent some time revisiting his work.  Today, while standing in line for Free Farm, I quickly sketched the tents. Not great.  I then headed over to the Mission Gardens and stared at an acrylic cube for a really long time. I struggled trying to get the angles and proportions correct. Another one that is not good.   I honestly felt that some of the street art I stumbled upon was more interesting than many things in the art galleries. However, I found this drawing that I fell in love with.     Street Art     John Singer Sargent is one of my favorite painters.   Rembrandt may be my very favorite painter.  I was excited to discover the museum had some of Robera's work, which is incredibly beautiful. I've included two more paintings as examples below but they were not at this museum.   (detail) I want to research this artist more. This extremely black painting was my favorite of the day.      Turner - one of my favorite painters  (detail)      (detail)    (detail)       More ArtDetails I LoveThis by British artist Julian Merrow-Smith. She paints one painting a day. I really love this one.  They have a very large collection, but here are some of my favorites. Today my mom and I hit the art museum during my MidWest visit. I've been really excited to see the Alphonse Mucha exhibit. No picture were allowed, but I've included ones I found on the internet.   I was really excited to see a drawing by Theodore Roszak because I've only ever seen his sculpture.
Here is an example of one of my favorite pieces by Theodore Roszak. I find portraits extremely challenging but felt I needed to face this one.  A good friend's son recently died, so I painted a portrait. I'm unhappy with the way the mouth turned out, but I like his hair. It took me a long time because every time I sat down to paint his picture, I became overwhelmed with emotion. To help me, I turned the picture upside down and painted this way. This was a really great show and full of a lot of content.  |
AUTHORTerrance Graven is a San Francisco artist whose installations incorporate sculptural elements, performance art, costumes, sound pieces, and theatrical lighting. CATEGORIES
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