Just got to see a copy of "Eye Candy from Strangers" over the weekend... a sort of hodge-podge showcase of sexy girl art published by Brand Studio Press to promote both area Illustrators and their art book line... and saw my painting inside!
I was shocked to actually see it in full print glory covering a full page... man, Alberto must've been hittin' the bottle awful hard during that editing session! Regardless, it was nice to have more work in print...
Funny thing is... this is not truly a painting at all... it is actually 3 small oil sketches from a series of female nudes I painted using the phases of the moon as a lighting motif. Each painting was executed using only black, white, and one saturated color (some of the luminosity is a result of the ochre wash I used to prime the masonite boards prior to painting. Each color study took exactly 15 minutes to render...
I just scanned three of my favorites, crammed them together alongside one another on a scanner, and turned them into one piece... weird, eh?
5 comments:
15 min? Pretty impressive. I like the middle one best. Congrats on getting into the book. I hope to submit something for the next book...if I can get myself to draw a girl.
Thanks Justin...
Yup... these little gems were painted back in my Grad student days... when I was at the height of my painting powers. That is to say... when I painted daily and often!
The middle one, eh?
That's the "Full Moon" piece...;)
You should try to draw a girl sometime, Justin... Monsters are super-sexy, to be sure... but the female animal is infinitely more mysterious (and difficult).
I've done a few drawings of girls here and there...and yes, more difficult for sure. Funny, I did a piece sort of similar to these, in that it was just the torso - no arms, though or legs or head..back in my undergraudate days. We'll see....
I'm taking life drawing sessions at SVA on Wednesday nights for practice... they're free for Alumni, you ought to come by. The models are terrific...
I'm going to post a few sketches on my blog soon...
By the way, I'm thinking about hiring a model to pose for me... but my apartment is a bit small... what should I do?
She charges $25 an hour... not bad for an attractive gal who holds a great pose. Interested in sitting in?
The color choices really work, and lovely shapes. Kudos.
Post a Comment