Just finished Simon Schama's Power of Art documentary...

   Finally finished the Simon Schama's Power of Art today. The last three installments were excellent and rather informative. The series covered eight rather influential artists, bringing them back to life- in a manner of speaking. The last three installments covered Van Gogh, Picasso, and Rothko...

I hadn't really heard about Rothko, prior to the series. And I don't always connect with a lot of the Modern art, though I couldn't tell you whether that is due to personal aesthetic taste, the fact that I've grown up in a Post-Modern world, or a little bit of both. I was surprised to find that his later work, shown in the movie, were ones that I could connect with emotionally. There was one in particular that caught my eye, near the end.

Rothko, part of his Black on Grey series

Not the best image of it, but I couldn't find a better one sadly. (It's a tad difficult finding a variety of images of his work. There's a plethora of some of his work, and barely any of other examples.)This particular painting made me think of isolation, of standing in a pool of white with nothing around for miles. Not sure why, exactly. It just did. Anyways, that's enough for now.

Drawing II W.i.P continued

   It's been a long day. Had a frightening moment where I thought there was an issue with Graduation, but found out that everything's moving smoothly. Have to go clothes shopping soon, though. UGH! Just cant wait to have that Associate's Degree in hand.

   Anyways, here's a little more progress on the Ribera interpretation.

finished line art

Starting to do ink washes

And here's where I left off for today. 

 Next time, I hope to start on the other version  of the interpretation. I'm possibly doing a young man trapped in a toy store, stuck with the costume and strings of a marionette. We'll see. ^^;

Final Project W.i.Ps and The Sketchbook Project

I can finally upload some current work. I'm working on final projects for both my Design 1 class and my Drawing 2 class. These are work-in-progress shots, so they may look extremely different when complete. For my Design project, I'm doing an Isometric drawing on a full sheet of Arches (140lb Hot Press) paper.

Full view of the Isometric drawing. Watercolor and graphite at this point. Glass-like architecture.

 And for a close up of part of it:

My Drawing II project is a bit of a Master Interpretation drawing. I'm doing the proposal on a sheet of Stonehenge, and breaking down the original painting into line and shape- instead of subject matter. Then, on a sheet of Arches, I'll bring back the subject matter, but with my definite own spin. The painting I'm using is Jose de Ribera's Martyrdom of Saint Phillip. Here's what I got so far.

Full view. This paper is almost as tall as I am. O.o

Close-up

The actual reference image:

Martyrdom of Saint Phillip by Jose de Ribera, Spanish Baroque

    Also, I decided to participate in The Sketchbook Project. It sounds amazing, and I can't wait to receive my sketchbook. I'll upload the drawings as I work on them. That's all for tonight!