40 Days of Drawing: Baring the Soul of the Artist
I am now going to use this blog in a different sort of way for a while. I have been thinking about the direction of my art and talked to a couple of friends who sometimes help me regarding my art. They suggested several things, and I decided to do this project that I really need, if I am ever going to make it as an artist
After a lot of deliberation (with myself) I decided to embark on a project that I need but have not been able to face, as an artist. My drawing skills are atrocious! I guess I can probably draw better than some people, but for what I want to accomplish as an artist, I really don’t have a good drawing ability. If you only knew what I go through every time I draw and paint, you would not believe it. I somehow have a persistence that carries me through, but I have been known to throw my canvases out the window and “give up completely” on a regular basis.
So starting yesterday, I am doing a drawing a day for 40 days. As you can see by the first one, the skill level is not so keen. I will not always share the things I do , but I wanted a starting point to move from. I will draw for a minimum of 1/2 hour. I will draw from life, from books, from my imagination and from other artists drawings. After 40 day of this, my drawing skill WILL be better. It can only improve.
I am so tired of painting an eye 8 times until I get it right, or scraping off the whole face after a days painting, because it looks so bad. I am so tired of being stuck with what I have because I can’t do it any better. I feel so limited that you would not believe it.
My hugest invalidations of my art are my own. And when I trace it back, it always goes back to my limited drawing skill.
My favorite artists were supreme drawers They were able to create effects with their brushes, because they were so competent in their ability to draw. They could compose a canvas with imagination, not being stuck with what the photo shows. They were brilliant. I NEED that!
Thanks Louise and Chris for your help, and this is what I need to do first.
If you want to follow this project, I will be adding entries sporadically, some with the drawings, some only writing what I am going through. I am not really looking forward to this, as I have such a hard time drawing, but I know it will be really good for my art.
Christine
Sargent Original: Coastal Cliff – revised
Here is the revision I have done to this painting. The only change I made was adding the foreground branches.
It is now available for sale.
This painting is oil on canvas, 6″×8”. It is available with the starting bid at $80. Contact me if you are interested in getting in on the bidding. cs@christinesargent.com or call (818) 558-7440.
If you want to buy and bypass the bidding, it is $125.
Christine
Sargent Original: Coastal Cliff
This newest 6″ x 8″ original of mine is anoather shot of the Oregon coast. I scanned the painting into my computer last week and then decided to add some tree branches to the top of the painting, for more foreground. Then when I tried to scan the new version, my scanner did not work. I am impatient, and decided to put this one up even in its older version. I guess I like it so much I wanted to show everyone.
The new version looks pretty much the same,with just a few curving branches across the top. As soon as my brand new scanner gets fixed I will put up the newer version.
I will sell prints of this lovely piece in both forms. With or without the top branches. If you like it THIS way, you can get a beautiful print on archival quality paper for only $35.
Contact me if you are interested at cs@christinesargent.com or call (818) 558-7440.
Christine
Master-Piece: Manet of Monet
Here is my first “Master-Piece” from an Edouard Manet painting. I recently watched a program on the Impressionists and learned of his major role in the Impressionist era.
This is from Manet’s painting of Monet and his wife called Monet in His Studio Boat. This is Monet’s floating studio that he had built to get closer to his subjects in the water.
This oil painting is on canvas, 6″×8”. It is available with the starting bid at $80. Contact me if you are interested in getting in on the bidding. cs@christinesargent.com or call (818) 558-7440. If you want to buy and bypass the bidding, it is $125.
Christine
Christine Sargent Fine Art 