Finished making the color checker and it's holding base. I'm excited to try it.
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Today's session was really challenging in that the actual drawing experience did not feel engaged and also I did not like the final results. Regardless, it's still good practice.    This is really overworked, but I like the shoulder and head area.   This probably the best drawing of the day, but I'm not happy with the breasts. I bought a new sewing machine for my studio. I quickly crafted a bobbin holder from a sanded dowel and two drilled buttons made of bone. Afterwards, I sewed a couple of non-art related things.  Today I found information on Scherenschnitte, a 16th-century Swiss-German folk-art tradition. It got my wheels turning. I had never heard of Hobo Art until I ran across the term in an article. First I worked on a second test painting for the dissected legs.
  Then I added more latex tubing to my ongoing sculpture/installation.  On the other leg painting that is a lot more transparent, I made a decision that I liked the edges painted white rather than black. So I repainted.  I also drew a pattern for a color checker on some basswood.  Finally, I sorted my paints again to make a limited palette. This is suggested by the Austin, Texas teacher, Mark Calder. I really like his free instructional videos.  Finally, I carved a torch, which can be really physical using the drawknife. After I made it, realized that the handle was way too long, so I cut it to the right length and reattached the end.   Today I cut out a few items from anatomical books. I already like what I'm starting with.    I started to help with Airy's collage. My artist friends wants to use cardboard in his artwork. This led me to explore pictures. Worked for a long time today.  My collage  Mark's collage  Joe's miniscule work  Airy's work in progress  Tobiah's collage    I am really pleased with this semi-abstract drawing. The model was super thin and really fun to draw.   I hate the neck and head of this one. It needs to be scrubbed or smeared.  This is one of my favorite drawings I have made in a long time.  This is one of the worst drawings.  I'm pleased with this. Recently, my friend died and I did not get a chance to give her handmade milagros that I wanted to make. After her death, I decided to continue and honor our friendship by making a few. The flesh-colored one is very non-traditional, but I really like it.  Using different colored-threads, I sewed together different lengths of the tubing. I tried not to be too methodical, but rather to allow myself to fully explore the possibilities of this new medium. I do not like the top green intersection, so will probably redo this one later. I like the angle that the thinner tube protrudes, but do not like the angled bend of the older and darker tubing. Perhaps I should bury the tubing to give it some character?  It wasn't until I was in college around 2002 that one of my mixed-media instructors kept urging me to explore Rauschenberg's work. I finally grew to love his amazing formalism. After visiting his current exhibit at SFMOMA, I am surprised by the wide range of mediums he employed. I must admit I like his earlier works and when he discovered silkscreening, I believe the quality of his work declined.      "Red is the most difficult of colors" –Rauschenberg  I really love this piece and would consider creating a version of it and then naming it after him.    This was probably the most surprising piece that used a pool of bubbling mud that corresponded to sound equipment.
Today was the reopening of the Randall Museum. A sketcher's group decided to attend and I joined them.      I'm painting a test and really like the transparency. I had planned on creating an impasto effect, so I'm starting another test.  I was sitting at my desk working, got tired, and stared at my glass with soda and ice. I snapped a quick picture.  The first picture is a work in progress by Airy. She asked my opinion, so afterwards, I went home and played around with Photoshop to show possibilities.   My proposal is formally sound, but lacks excitement.
Today I explored drawings by the architect Dan Slavinsky. I'm in love with his work.     My artist friend Tobiah and I met at Monument's monthly drawing session.  I love the looseness of this one.   I really dislike the neck and head on this drawing. I will probably go back in and work on it some more.  I like the colors I'm using lately.  This is probably my worst for the day.   This is my favorite drawing of the day. I'm really pleased with it. My sister's Xmas tree fell over, breaking one of my nephew's favorite ornaments. So I tried to turn the situation around by creating another with papier-mâché. It was a very satisfying experience.  My nephew and I took 5 minute turns each until we finished this birthday card for my friend.  We were leaving a cabin we rented, when I found this amazing felled tree.  |
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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