tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19990786252837072732024-02-07T19:55:40.039-05:00art plein airUn partage de ma vision de l'art. A sharing of my vision of art.art plein airhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02064108365921300125noreply@blogger.comBlogger124125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999078625283707273.post-46338507766820416202012-06-19T22:21:00.001-04:002012-06-26T20:26:12.812-04:00Rapide-Danseur’s White House – a Water Color Demonstration<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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positioned against a deep blue sky enticed me to sketch this scene. In order to
do a studio painting from the gouache sketch, the extreme white tone of
Strathmore Aquarius II paper seemed the correct choice. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Moreover, I opted to use a variety of pigments
which are not usually standards in my palette both for a different feel and to
practice my color mixes. I used: Nickel Quinachridone Gold (M.Graham), Madder
red dark ( Schmincke), Permanent red, Ultramarine deep. Peacock blue, Prussian blue
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and should not be fixed to a board with masking tape because upon removal it
will tear its fibers when removed. I therefore fixed it to a board simply with metal
clips. I began by painting the sky wet on dry with a mixture of Peacock blue
and Ultramarine leaving an undulating uneven edge to the left, top and right.
In order to create an even sky I tipped the board back and forth horizontally immediately
after painting the blue in order to let the paint dry flat and evenly.</span></div>
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Stage 3: I painted wet on dry a small tree and bush shape
below the steps using Quinacridone gold. I dropped in some peacock blue into
this at the top edge. I also left some of the white paper unpainted to simulate
white reflections. I resisted the temptation to go back into this section once
painted otherwise the textured look would be lost. Notice that a carefully
designed tree shape overlaps the right side of the house.</div>
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and Ultramarine blue and yellow with a hint of Madder red, I painted the
background tree shapes. In its interior I left unpainted a white pine tree shape
to be added later. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also added a tree
shape at the left of the house as a visual block to send the eye back into the
picture. This was let to dry.</span></div>
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foreground pine tree shapes using Prussian blue, some Madder red dark and Ultramarine
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Stage 6: The colorful greys of the shadow areas of the house
were added at this point. I used a mixture of Ultramarine, Madder red and a
hint of black to achieve a luminous grey tone.</div>
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painting with Permanent red the trim of the house until now. Otherwise I would
have risked the red bleeding into the adjacent colors. Next, I added the shadow
shapes on the path leading to the house with Ultramarine, Madder red and some
black. The nearer brown rocks were outlined using the right mix of red, yellow
and blue. Finally, with a mix of Ultramarine and Lamp black I painted very
carefully the many window shapes around and between the white roof posts. Deep
black was used under the balcony.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After
adding deeper tones to the left of the foreground rocks, I titled it<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">: Rapide-Danseur’s White House</i> which was
originally the Rectory of the church in Rapide-Danseur, a small town just south
of La Sarre in Abitibi-Témiscamaingue, a region north west of Montréal. </span></div>
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<br /></div>art plein airhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02064108365921300125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999078625283707273.post-65599294355245826002012-03-28T11:54:00.003-04:002012-03-28T11:59:52.240-04:00DESSINER LE PERSONNAGE À L’ENCRE – Dessins au trait et à la hachure<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyvT9-mWUSxgFb-zW6S_eDmxJKvqmHW6cRbeKnNbQ-ywfRXUAvuE5kcAWKm3_-AEDVOtAi-pAgBlOB1tWXU9wYMTMB90kB9ftJZuD4QID1J3GrHfRu3w53Bl8gyqa1AM4bCRk-JxFiSTp1/s1600/0018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyvT9-mWUSxgFb-zW6S_eDmxJKvqmHW6cRbeKnNbQ-ywfRXUAvuE5kcAWKm3_-AEDVOtAi-pAgBlOB1tWXU9wYMTMB90kB9ftJZuD4QID1J3GrHfRu3w53Bl8gyqa1AM4bCRk-JxFiSTp1/s400/0018.jpg" width="277" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: yes;">J’aborde depuis le début de l’année une nouvelle série de dessins du personnage fait sur le motif. Je dessine ceux-ci dans un cahier que je me suis procuré à Florence, Italie cet automne. Il est de format 29cm x 21cm. La surface de ce papier de couleur ocre pâle est idéal pour le dessin à l’encre ou au stylo-feutre. Ce carnet à la couverture au motif de Médici est fabriqué à la main avec le papier fait dans cet ville de renom. Il est d’une grande qualité.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: yes;">Pourquoi le dessin avec un outil permanent accélere le processus d’apprentissge<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: yes;">Voici ce que dit Paul Laseau dans l’introduction de son livre <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ink-Line Sketching </i>:<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: yes;">« Pourquoi commencer à dessiner au trait à l’encre? De tous les médiums que j’ai utilisé pour enseigner le dessin, le dessin au trait à l’encre est celui qui favorise mieux le processus de l’apprentissage. Premièrement, la permanence de l’encre nous encourage toujours de se risquer, d’essayer de placer la ligne correctement où elle devrait être. Comme vous le verrai plus tard, ce n’est pas vraiment un problème si la ligne n’est pas placée au bon endroit, parce que la pratique soutenue de placer les lignes correctement bâtit la co-ordination entre la main et l’œil, une nécissité pour le dessin. Lorsqu’on utilse le crayon graphite, il y a tendence d’être timide, soit en utilisant des lignes pâles ou soit en effacant les lignes moins bien placées. Afin d’apprendre à dessiner, il vaut mieux faire une douzaine de mauvais dessins que d’en faire un qui est acceptable. Deuxièment, le dessin au trait tend à accentuer la structure du dessin au lieu des nuances du médium. Dans le dessin au trait permanent à l’encre, les variables ou les options sont limités par le choix de la largeur de la pointe du stylo. En limitant d’avantage les options et en choissisant une pointe qui produit une ligne uniforme peu importe la direction qu’on la dérige, la priorité est mise sur <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">l’observation</i> au lieu de la décoration du dessin. Donc, le dessin devient une source continue d’apprentissage au lieu d’une série de performances. »</span><br />
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</div><span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: yes;">Scène en contreplongé à partir du deuxième palier à l’atrium du patinoire de L’édifice Bell au 1000 de la Gaughetière, Montréal le 2 janvier 2012. Je commence le dessin par celles debots avant qu’ils bougent.</span><br />
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</div><span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: yes;"><o:p><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Deux scènes croquées à la partir du couloir intérieur nouvellement aménagé de la Place des Arts de Montréal. Celui au bas représente des gens au guichet de la Place des Arts, Montréal le 9 janvier 2012. Ici il est important de bien juger la taille de ceux à l’avant-plan par rapport à ceux plus loin.</span></o:p></span><br />
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</div><span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-no-proof: yes;"><o:p><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;">Quelques personnes se reposant à l’atrium du Complexe Desjardins, Montréal, le 9 janvier 2012. D’ordre général je commence par dessiner le profil ou l’ensemble de la tête des personnes. Ensuite, il est important de dessiner les mains s’ils sont visibles avant que la personne les bougent.</span></span></o:p></span><br />
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</div><span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;">Le dessin en haut représente<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>des gens au Complexe Guy-Favreau au café près des bureaux de réquisition de passeports, le 9 janvier 2012. Les deux autres scènes ont été dessinées à la foire alimentaire de la Place-Vertu à St-Laurent, le11 janvier 2012. Lorsque le temps me le permet j’ajoute des détails des environs.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;">On se retrouve à la foire alimentaire de la Place-Vertu à St-Laurent le 11 janvier 2012. Je choisis parfois d’accentuer certains personnes en ajoutant plus de hachures pour déterminer les valeurs.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;">Persistez avec les mêmes outils pour un certain temps<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;">Une façon d’améliorer la maîtrise d’un médium est de s’en servir de façon soutenue afin de l’apprivoiser. Autant les sportifs ont prouvé ce principe d’autant plus il s’agit pour le dessin. L’apprentissage se fait d’après-moi à petit pas. Les résultats ne sont pas immédiatement évidents mais à long terme il y aura progrès. Dans mon étagère je dois compter plus que cent carnets de toute dimensions et tous remplis de dessins. Parfois je revois ceux des années précédentes, et je me surprends à voir le changement et l’amélioration.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;">Bon dessin,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Raynald Murphy sca </span></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
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</div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">About these five watercolors</b><o:p></o:p><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Look at these five watercolors carefully. Have you noticed how many white shapes were left unpainted? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believe that is what makes them look bright and joyful. Both <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Making-Color-Sing-Jeanne-Dobie/dp/0823029921">Making Color Sing</a></i> by Jeanne Dobie and Charles Reid’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Charles-Reid%C2%92s-Watercolor-Secrets-Reid/dp/B002WTCA5K">Watercolor Secrets</a></i> are must read books equally for the beginner and for the advanced watercolorist. Dobie talks about the importance of whites while Reid explains how painting in watercolor in ordinary sketchbooks helped improve many facets of his art.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqtAeNp9zaHCfUqhsFRHYoQe2Z625T0meLYVWMdkJRkYnWqnFWd1rWbg7YXE-_HkLJMhI72NboJ4LuMRCDCaZ2tN_nkJDkePw0qWSsuielC0HY_q6NWYCta0reSsilkT_d63y9JbZF5iYp/s1600/Kinkora+from+entrance.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqtAeNp9zaHCfUqhsFRHYoQe2Z625T0meLYVWMdkJRkYnWqnFWd1rWbg7YXE-_HkLJMhI72NboJ4LuMRCDCaZ2tN_nkJDkePw0qWSsuielC0HY_q6NWYCta0reSsilkT_d63y9JbZF5iYp/s400/Kinkora+from+entrance.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">“Your whites should be like pearls, containing many beautiful colors and yet remaining white.”<o:p></o:p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">“Keying your whites can make the difference between a watercolor with an ordinary light-dark contrast and a watercolor that develops a glowing contrast.”<o:p></o:p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">“When I ask students, ‘What is the strongest element in a painting?’ the usual responses are: spontaneity, technical control, a strong dark design. While these are desirable qualities, my students seldom think of the simplest element of all – leaving the white paper white.”<o:p></o:p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">“If the viewer’s eye is drawn first to the light areas of a painting, shouldn’t the artist develop the white shapes into something distinctive?<o:p></o:p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“…For the untouched white paper to be the strongest elements in a painting, I stress the idea of working with unpainted shapes from the beginning.”</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Sketchbooks taught me about the importance of time (actually the lack of it) needed to make a good drawing or painting while working on the spot. I learned that I didn’t have time for sketching with searching lines; I needed a single, carefully considered contour line to capture my subject or scene. Slowly my drawing improved. I started painting in sketchbooks in the late 1970’s, suing the same light drawing paper, and found that I couldn’t correct or use overwashes on fragile sketchbook paper. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">This changed my approach to all of my watercolor painting. Even when I paint with heavier watercolor paper, I strive for the correct tonal-value with my first try. I don’t always manage a finish with my fist try but it’s always my goal.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR-nCIo1nCW4p8z6ccoPe4Sk4wbNuV49Ii7Auvp6uwh0eNRtDpuC_ytmpg8rfPgYjaT0kThyOZxX4xK31liHu3HnrqSv3nVWq1dQaiDHhDQN63duHz_-U39f7750oEGeB0oqOSvxTnfEKV/s1600/Kinkora+mess+hall.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR-nCIo1nCW4p8z6ccoPe4Sk4wbNuV49Ii7Auvp6uwh0eNRtDpuC_ytmpg8rfPgYjaT0kThyOZxX4xK31liHu3HnrqSv3nVWq1dQaiDHhDQN63duHz_-U39f7750oEGeB0oqOSvxTnfEKV/s400/Kinkora+mess+hall.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">I painted this series of watercolors on Strathmore Aquarius II 80 lb. paper. This paper is soft and does not accept corrections well, if at all. Paradoxically that is one reason why I like the paper. I strive for the correct value from the start like Charles Reid and never think of “correcting”. For me, a painting either works or it doesn’t. It is only a sheet of paper and modifying the original washes makes the watercolor loose its freshness. I prefer starting over. Also, like Charles Reid, I sometimes paint in ordinary fragile paper sketchbooks. As a matter of fact, some of the watercolors painted by Yvon Masse and myself which were reproduced in our latest book “<a href="http://wwwartpleinair.blogspot.com/2011/11/carnets-du-vieux-montreal-deux.html">Carnets du Vieux-Montréal</a>” were painted on ordinary paper, not on watercolor paper. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH731RDLi7x-CBF38bS7CAIDqWXji0sT-FGowd2q5FeSxYdJEa4_AFZnoZDv69jQHNla3Uy5A0ibzGqrMInBChaT7f_13ZCCFFC8BH84nWXgEYNokfxKFkzrBa5p_Wt4DbG4HewxCkWd92/s1600/enhanced+fifth+kinkora.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH731RDLi7x-CBF38bS7CAIDqWXji0sT-FGowd2q5FeSxYdJEa4_AFZnoZDv69jQHNla3Uy5A0ibzGqrMInBChaT7f_13ZCCFFC8BH84nWXgEYNokfxKFkzrBa5p_Wt4DbG4HewxCkWd92/s400/enhanced+fifth+kinkora.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: left;"><br />
</div>NOTE: Two of the five posted paintings were done on site at <a href="http://www.ccs-montreal.org/en/services/">Camp Kinkora</a> located near Montreal. The other three were worked in the studio using elements from these and from sketches done outdoors. I did not use any photo references for this series since I had plenty of information and I am also very familiar with the site. <o:p></o:p><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Raynald Murphy sca</span></div>art plein airhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02064108365921300125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999078625283707273.post-35472132501122174272012-01-03T17:47:00.007-05:002012-01-03T20:53:29.444-05:00JE DESSINE LE PERSONNAGE SUR LE MOTIF – J’en fais à la tonne, et je crois m’améliorer petit à petit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lorsque je quitte la maison j’apporte toujours un carnet et quelques crayons et stylos afin d’être prêt à dessiner en toutes occasions.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoFJnYNNLDJ4NxK6PzFMlxikWGnShFcnx4AIFc-UfGlAQPavpDh9qhB8iaHJ3GfEuu2Zzq6S5BbO92d6rJz8R320klYMmOoQIJxV9p4Lsb5YVRP5DyJX-7aQy6RoIQmhBJWnViIcuz1IO-/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoFJnYNNLDJ4NxK6PzFMlxikWGnShFcnx4AIFc-UfGlAQPavpDh9qhB8iaHJ3GfEuu2Zzq6S5BbO92d6rJz8R320klYMmOoQIJxV9p4Lsb5YVRP5DyJX-7aQy6RoIQmhBJWnViIcuz1IO-/s400/2.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">On peut <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">tricher</i> lorsqu’on dessine un arbre ou même un bâtiment mais c’est plus difficile avec l’être humain.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;"><o:p><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">La raison en est que la plupart des gens ont une bonne connaissance des proportions des membres du corps humain et perçoivent immédiatement la moindre erreur.</span></o:p></span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Donc, on ne peut guère s’éloigner des standards sans que notre personnage ne semble <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">disproportionné.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Je dessine ces temps-ci dans un carnet à couverture rigide de la marque Cachet par Daler Rowney, format 20 cm x 13 cm. Le papier teinté crème me permet d’ajouter du blanc avec un crayon de cire de la marque Prismacolor afin de rendre la valeur plus pâle.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Pour rendre les valeurs plus foncées j’utilise une variété de crayons : le crayon graphite, les crayons de cire ou même des stylos-feutres à pointe mince ou larges. Comme bien des choses, on s’habitue aux inconvénients du mouvement du wagon lorsqu’on dessine souvent. Lors de l’arrêt du train en station, les quelques secondes où la rame est immobile permettent<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>de dessiner les formes principales des <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">victimes</i>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;">Les formes initiales, surtout les contours, sont souvent faits avec un marqueur feutre noir. Ceci m’incite à me concentrer d’avantage car le stylo permanent ne pardonne pas. Il y a une centaine de pages dans mon carnet, donc je n’ai pas à m’inquiéter si je fais une erreur. J’en commence un nouveau à côté du premier. De toute façon, je dessine pour mon plaisir sans penser à la publication. Comme pour la musique, ces croquis sont mes gammes et non le concert.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOCVfTCXQvLYRqAkn8OUFxxcCWgSOIzLhB40NuPg0JNdK5o_IaUpSdgmGiJZq5__0ijdvdHtK5C0LJOe2Yya7U9Kq-d3IZMAxvMdO3XK6ULOYUbbN80dj8u0k2ean614W6q2vEQdaAVMzr/s1600/11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOCVfTCXQvLYRqAkn8OUFxxcCWgSOIzLhB40NuPg0JNdK5o_IaUpSdgmGiJZq5__0ijdvdHtK5C0LJOe2Yya7U9Kq-d3IZMAxvMdO3XK6ULOYUbbN80dj8u0k2ean614W6q2vEQdaAVMzr/s400/11.jpg" width="262" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;"><o:p><span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;">Si le temps me le permet, j’ajoute tout de suite les valeurs à mes premiers contours. Mais si trop de gens m’entourent, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>je reviens sur mes dessins plus tard. Le refuge d’un resto-café est aussi un endroit que je privilégie pour les compléter.</span></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz6L-yA6ysYex-Yx7jrJXYq45KrZXLqMjd8O8MoWNTIcgix7qZgXmpLtT1rDOauc6zMIQOwDdzAgs3bE9J-hLBeUrTgt_sWPca7I4_xMLVwk8H7DnZcRMY1FxJq3TCx6rfig43t5yeEmYq/s1600/12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz6L-yA6ysYex-Yx7jrJXYq45KrZXLqMjd8O8MoWNTIcgix7qZgXmpLtT1rDOauc6zMIQOwDdzAgs3bE9J-hLBeUrTgt_sWPca7I4_xMLVwk8H7DnZcRMY1FxJq3TCx6rfig43t5yeEmYq/s400/12.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;"><o:p><span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;"><o:p><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Par contre, je préfère ne pas toujours remplir, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>colorier ou ajouter au dessin initial. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Souvent j’aime mieux laisser la ligne définir la forme par elle-même. Certains traits par leur caractère initial soit minces ou épais décrivent déjà le personnage.</span></o:p></span></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">C’est l’action et le processus du dessin qui me passionnent. Je tente de saisir une tranche d’un moment vécu et de le transcrire sur papier à ma façon.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Bref, on s’améliore et on arrive à une calligraphie personnelle en dessinant souvent sur le motif. Il n’y a pas de raccourci.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">En ce début d’année 2012, pourquoi ne pas se donner le mandat et le plaisir de dessiner le personnage pour soi-même, et de le faire le plus souvent que possible?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;">Je vous promets des résultats surprenants si vous persistez.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;">Raynald Murphy sca </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div><div align="left" style="text-align: left;"></div>art plein airhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02064108365921300125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999078625283707273.post-21373512133817483152011-12-07T23:04:00.012-05:002011-12-07T23:24:09.379-05:00PAINTING THE LYRIC THEATRE SINGERS – Noël à la Salle Tudor 2011, Ogilvy<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Good sight lines make a difference<o:p></o:p></b></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">I was invited to paint at the 2011 annual <a href="http://lyrictheatrecompany.com/">Lyric Theatre Singers’</a> Christmas Concert. I had a clear view of the performers and musicians because I was reserved a seat. I painted two watercolors per show, one before the intermission and one after. Each took about 30-40 minutes.</span><br />
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All the skin tones are put in first since these tend to be the lightest tones. While these <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">heads, necks and arms </i>are still partly humid I tint these further to indicate hair and shadow. I attempt to leave the figures further back diffused and less defined. I work much the same way with the clothing by adding lighter more diffused color to those in the background. The shapes, figures, instruments and furniture in the foreground are painted darker and hard edged. Background color is added next in a loose diffused manner stopping just short of the contour of the figures. I attempt to harmonize the background color with the remainder of the scene. When painting a complex scene often less is more. By this I mean that I try to limit my range of colors to a few complementary colors and a couple of cool colors.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">A Note about the Lyric Singers<o:p></o:p></b><br />
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The Montreal based choral group has a long history. Other than performing its annual Christmas Concert at Ogilvy, the director Bob Bachelor leads the signers in stage performances in the spring and at other benefit concerts. In the spring of 2012 the troupe will put on the full Broadway show Curtains between May 31 and June 9. For more information visit their web site. Experience a wonderful evening of choral music by attending their next performance if you have not done so yet! And if you missed the Sing Noël Christmas Concert at Tudor Hall, you can attend the same show at the Rialto Théatre, 5723 ave. du Parc, Sunday December 11<sup>th</sup> at 2:00 pm.<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;">À l’aéroport<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lorsque vous êtes dans la salle d’embarcation pourquoi ne pas dessiner discrètement les passagers assis. Parce qu’ils sont plutôt immobiles vous aurez même le temps d’ajouter de l’aquarelle à votre croquis. J’ai peint ces passagers dans la salle d’attente à l’aéroport Pierre Trudeau à Montréal sur du papier Stratmore Aquarius II format 20cm x 28 cm.</span><br />
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</div>art plein airhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02064108365921300125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999078625283707273.post-29444657202235017342011-11-17T14:53:00.013-05:002011-12-01T22:35:46.014-05:00Old Montreal as seen by two artists – Carnets du Vieux Montréal; an illustrated tour of Old Montreal<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqd-YWusOPiexC6AM6LvsDi9TmV_RhBhY1HnI2M-rFMcltfrsJV9J3E_oZS3urtFlVpDyY-lTDgOS777MpB72d-VBUZcQzgBOQ5asuk3D77hAFt30eU9NpPBrKMowPc4blwTy8PRR6hGt4/s1600/COUVERTURE-hauteDef.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqd-YWusOPiexC6AM6LvsDi9TmV_RhBhY1HnI2M-rFMcltfrsJV9J3E_oZS3urtFlVpDyY-lTDgOS777MpB72d-VBUZcQzgBOQ5asuk3D77hAFt30eU9NpPBrKMowPc4blwTy8PRR6hGt4/s400/COUVERTURE-hauteDef.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Our table top book, the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Carnets</i> …<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">A <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">carnet</i> is a French term with the dictionary equivalent of ‘notebook’ which in English carries the connotation of notes one writes in a blank or ruled book. However, in the book-publishing <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">milieu</i> the French term <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Carnets</i> de … can include more than just written notes; it can also contain drawings, sketches, paintings and/or photos along with hand-written text. The closest English equivalent terminology I can think of is ‘A Picture and Word Journal’<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">. </i>Therefore, the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Carnets … </i>or <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Journal</i> … as a tabletop book can present varied themes such as: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Carnets du Cirque </i>or<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Carnets d’automobile. </i>The <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Carnets</i> can illustrate a town, a region or a city such as: Carnets de Paris or Carnets de Montréal for example.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>art plein airhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02064108365921300125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999078625283707273.post-8464285676446942852011-11-12T21:57:00.013-05:002011-12-01T22:36:41.490-05:00Carnets du Vieux Montréal – Deux passionnés du plein air vous offrent leur vision<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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I knew that there would be hundreds of people at the anniversary celebration I was to attend. I also realized that I would be moving from one location to another drawing as quickly as possible whomever and whatever I could. I sat or stood wherever I could with sketchbook in hand. This was not the time to use a complicated array of materials. Simple meant: graphite pencils (HB, 2B, 4B, 6B), a 03 point felt marker (Prismacolor) and an 8 ½” x 11” DALER ROWNEY SOHO open flat (80 sheet) light sketchbook.<br />
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</div><strong>1. Start somewhere in the middle, draw the head first</strong><br />
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When I draw people in a crowd I usually select a person who is standing or sitting still. I immediately do an accurate contour drawing of his or her head. This shape determines the relative scale of the rest of the scene including the size of the other figures. The heads shapes in the foreground will be larger and those recessed will be proportionately smaller and less detailed.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong>2. Compose and design, don’t just draw isolated people</strong></div><br />
At an event people are interacting. It is the ideal time to “catch” and draw people in action, facing each other, looking away, holding hands for example or in an embrace. If you see a musician or singer, draw him or her. Usually they stand pretty still.<br />
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In the lower portion of page 3, I integrated an arched doorway in the design leading towards the figure. This darker doorway shape contrasts against the white robe of the figure in front of it and the white table cloth. There are repeated echoes of the arched shape in the figure and the dish on the table. <br />
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</div><strong>4. Quickly learn to identify potentially still subjects</strong><br />
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In the bottom left section of page 4, I was able to render rather easily two people because I assumed that they would be in a state of repose for a while due to the placement of their arms. Usually someone who crosses one’s arms or rests one’s head on one’s arms will remain in that position for at least a few minutes.<br />
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In sketch no 5 I am leading the viewer into the scene through the stem of the guitar at right, also via the arm of the foreground figure at left and by the oblique fold of the corner of the table cloth near his hand. The arch of the doorway also leads us to the main figure. Finally, his hand leads us back to the center of the scene. <br />
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In the drawing on page 6 I contrasted the “ovals”, spheres and arcs and the foreground shapes against the strait edged shapes of the houses and cabins in the background. The foreground spheres of the heads, for example, stand out sharply against the triangular and rectangular shapes behind them.<br />
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</div><strong>7. Use dark contrast whenever possible</strong><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honor%C3%A9_Daumier">Daumier</a> was a master at the skilful use of light against dark in his drawings. I have used here a similar technique by rendering the middle row of people with an India ink brush pen. My intention was to indicate the time of day, early evening or dusk.<br />
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I first sketched the main outline of the scene of page 8 using a fine tip felt pen (03). Then I rendered the intermediate values using HB through 6B graphite pencils. Finally, using the brush ink pen I added black highlights at strategic points. It is tempting in a complex scene such as this to say too much. Sometimes more is said by what is left out.<br />
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The next time you are invited to a celebration, bring along your sketch book and pencils to record the event discretely. I promise you will enjoy and remember it much more.<br />
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<strong>About Camp Kinkora</strong><br />
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At the anniversary celebration Fr. John Walsh, who is know for his talk show on CJAD, had some very meaningful words to share with us. I will quote parts of his talk.<br />
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“…thousands and thousands of children benefit from Camp. Kids who never could appreciate life learned about the joys of life, kids who found it hard to get along with others learned the strength of team work, kids whose parents were not reliable role models found role models in councilors and directors at Kinkora, and many who had no meaning in life found meaning and stayed close to the camp and became CITs (Councilors In Training) and then Councilors… <br />
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… An exasperated mother, whose son was always getting into mischief, finally asked him, “How do you expect to get into Heaven?”The boy thought it over and said, “Well, I’ll just run in and out and in and out and keep slamming the door until St. Peter says ‘For Heaven’s sake, Jimmy, come in or stay out!’”<br />
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… Camp is a time of education being led out of ignorance and this will be a great challenge for all of us in the years to come. Back into the future … we need to listen to others more than ever. No wonder we have two ears and one mouth… listen twice as much as we speak. And listen everywhere. Lady Gaga says: <br />
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"It doesn't matter if you love him, or capital H-I-M<br />
Just put your paws up<br />
Because you were born this way, baby<br />
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My mama told me when I was young<br />
We are all born superstars<br />
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She rolled my hair and put my lipstick on<br />
In the glass of her boudoir<br />
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"There's nothing wrong with loving who you are"<br />
She said, "Because he made you perfect, babe"<br />
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"So hold you head up girl and you'll go far<br />
Listen to me when I say"<br />
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I'm beautiful in my way<br />
Because God makes no mistakes<br />
I'm on the right track baby<br />
I was born this way<br />
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Don't hide yourself in regret<br />
Just love yourself and you're set<br />
I'm on the right track, baby<br />
I was born this way<br />
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Give yourself prudence<br />
And love your friends<br />
Subway kid, rejoice your truth<br />
In the religion of the insecure<br />
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I must be myself, respect my youth<br />
Just be a queen<br />
Whether you're broke or evergreen<br />
You're black, white, beige, chola descent<br />
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You're Lebanese, you're Orient<br />
Whether life's disabilities<br />
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Left you outcast, bullied, or teased<br />
Rejoice and love yourself today<br />
Because baby, you were born this way<br />
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No matter gay, straight, or bi,<br />
Lesbian, transgendered life<br />
I'm on the right track, baby<br />
I was born to survive<br />
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No matter black, white or beige<br />
Chola or Orient made<br />
I'm on the right track, baby<br />
I was born to be brave<br />
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I'm beautiful in my way<br />
Because God makes no mistakes<br />
I'm on the right track, baby<br />
I was born this way"<br />
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This is what camp accomplished more than anything else, it gave you your individuality and enabled you to grow into the Person God intended you to be…” <br />
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Thank you, John, for these timely reminders.art plein airhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02064108365921300125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999078625283707273.post-67915581863993507582011-08-03T17:28:00.009-04:002011-08-03T17:46:17.066-04:00LE DESSIN AU CRAYON GRAPHITE – Un atelier de dessin en plein air en Abitibi, Québec<strong>Atelier à <a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmarolle">Palmarolle</a> du 4 au 8 juillet</strong><br />
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Au début de juillet à <a href="http://www.rosabonheur.com/">l’École Beaux-Arts Rosa-Bonheur</a> à Palmarolle, Québec, j’ai dirigé un atelier de Dessin et Aquarelle en Carnets d’Artistes. Nous avons dessiné cette pittoresque région pendant cinq jours en utilisant divers outils, médiums et stratégies. Une courte discussion suivait chaque exercice et j’ajoutais quelques commentaires pertinents sur la page de mon carnet. Je vous présente ces exercices faites au graphite en espérant qu’ils vous motiveront à poursuivre votre propre démarche.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">A drawing can be reduced to four values - white, black and two intermediate values. This simplifies the “reading” of the sketch.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Notice here the variety of the pencil line. Some, for example, are faint while other lines are more intense. A line can also be deliberate or fanciful, for example. By changing its direction one can suggest the “flow” of the foliage, for example.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">When drawing clothing in a close-up figure it is a good idea to indicate fold lines in the cloth. These will suggest stress or force.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Depending on the direction of the light “lose” the line here and there where the sun meets the figure. Accentuate the line darkly in shadow areas away from the light.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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« Ce que j’ai retenu de plus important, au cours de la semaine qu’on a passé ensemble, à croquer le motif, c’est que : Jamais une photographie n’apportera la compréhension du réel qui nous entoure, avec la même intensité que la réalité le fera elle-même. Je pense que c’est probablement parce que l’émotion que peu déclencher une photographie n’est qu’un vague souvenir de l’émotion réelle vécue. » <br />
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<strong>Le dessin en plein air</strong><br />
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Il me fera plaisir de diriger un atelier semblable dans votre région. Vous pouvez communiquer avec moi via mon adresse courriel : raynaldmurphy@yahoo.com.<br />
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Raynald Murphy sca<a href="http://www.bonjourquebec.com/qc-fr/abitibi.html">http://www.bonjourquebec.com/qc-fr/abitibi.html</a>art plein airhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02064108365921300125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999078625283707273.post-91816348358412931952011-07-22T07:06:00.003-04:002011-07-22T07:10:18.493-04:00FOOD COURT SKETCHES – Where to draw on a rainy day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeBS1WHS8fHOMQDesbQH6ryC3RxiGMMbQ2vycLwwxxPepRrlrW5ldyvndrjRc0D0e6lPGvHzI_Oe-plkG4PAlv4_HldLhz5hu0Ia0hDaZGfdCjjUHMqtc7TnsbR1G26HIfmfyksQCNSlCr/s1600/9+Food+court+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeBS1WHS8fHOMQDesbQH6ryC3RxiGMMbQ2vycLwwxxPepRrlrW5ldyvndrjRc0D0e6lPGvHzI_Oe-plkG4PAlv4_HldLhz5hu0Ia0hDaZGfdCjjUHMqtc7TnsbR1G26HIfmfyksQCNSlCr/s400/9+Food+court+1.jpg" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong>A rainy day drawing venue</strong></div><br />
A few weeks ago I was feeling down because a sequence of rainy days was preventing me from my usual plein air sketching and painting. Because my weekly life drawing and portrait sessions were postponed until the fall I was looking for a venue where I could draw and keep up my practice. Then, it occurred to me that after a few minutes drive to the local mall I would find plenty of drawing material there.<br />
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I decided to draw in a Daler Rowney CACHET 5 in x 7 in toned paper sketch book. I brought with me some Derwent Drawing pencils –Ivory black no 6700, Venetian Red no 63 and the Derwent Colorsoft Pimento C540.<br />
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I found a seat not far from a group of seniors chatting at a food court. These were great subjects to draw. When one moved, I started to draw another and so on.<br />
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Moving to another part of the food court I found another group, this time younger, of subjects to draw – card players. Because card players are intent in their game they are also good subjects to sketch.<br />
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My final drawing venue was at a section where two friends were intently talking to each other. Here the advantage is that they will usually maintain the same head position making it easier to capture likeness and detail.<br />
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</div><strong>Bad weather is no excuse not to draw</strong> <br />
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Other subjects that can be drawn in bad weather are things around the house. You might even ask your partner to pose for you. Then, look out the window and draw what is there. Hop in your car and draw what is out the window. Take the subway if you live in a large city and draw there. These are but a few of the possibilities and I am sure you can find many more. The hardest part is to pick up pencil or pen and paper and get out of the house. The rest is pure joy. The sunshine will be within.<br />
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Raynald Murphy scaart plein airhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02064108365921300125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999078625283707273.post-61402731884027381812011-06-25T12:52:00.003-04:002011-06-25T12:55:18.413-04:00LE DESSIN ET LA PEINTURE SUR LE MOTIF – Les avantages du travail en plein air en ville<strong>Peindre sur le motif en ville</strong><br />
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Je peins régulièrement sur le motif en ville. Je ne m’attends pas à créer un chef-d’œuvre surtout en une demi-heure plus ou moins. Je travaille souvent sur une feuille de 10 par 13 pouces (25 x 32 cm). J’utilise un crayon HB ou 2B ou un stylo feutre à pointe mince pour le dessin. J’ajoute de la couleur à l’aquarelle et parfois quelques touches de gouache. Si je suis à court de temps ou à cause des intempéries, j’ajoute alors la couleur en studio de mémoire ou à l’aide de ma photo.<br />
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Mon objectif premier est le plaisir de créer. Je n’ai aucune commande précise lorsque je cherche une scène à peindre. Je me promène dans les rues à la recherche d’un jeu de lumière, de formes intéressantes ou d’un sujet attrayant. C’est difficile de définir ce qui me fait arrêter et choisir une telle scène à peindre. Certes, l’émotion joue son rôle. Mais, parfois la composition se concrétise une fois assis et après une courte observation visuelle de ce qui m’entoure.<br />
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Un jour, après avoir peins deux autres scènes je me retourne et j’aperçois le cheval Capitaine Bob et la calèche. Sa forme brune éclairée devant un arrière-plan gris-bleu sombre m’attire immédiatement. C’est lui qui sera le sujet principal. L’édifice derrière est trop complexe pour le rendre de façon détaillé tel qu’on l’aperçoit dans la photo. Je dessine d’abord le cheval avant qu’il ne quitte ou ne bouge trop. J’ajoute ensuite les éléments statiques.<br />
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</div><strong>Je choisis, puis je compose</strong> <br />
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En comparant mon œuvre et la photo vous pouvez voir ce que j’ai choisi de rendre et ce que j’ai décidé d’éliminer dans mon œuvre. Je suis convaincu que si j’avais peins l’aquarelle en studio à partir uniquement de cette photo le résultat aurait été très différent. Lorsqu’on dessine sur le motif on doit simplifier, choisir rapidement et ne communiquer que l’essentiel. Le geste spontané souvent inachevé communique autant l’émotion.<br />
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Il est souvent très difficile d’éliminer et de ne choisir que l’essentiel lorsqu’on travaille uniquement avec des photos surtout si on n’a pas l’expérience du plein air. C’est pour cette raison qu’une œuvre techniquement bien rendue en studio à partir de photos ressemble malheureusement trop souvent à la photo. Par exemple, si vous comparez la photo à mon œuvre vous remarquerez que les contrastes sont plus prononcés et variés dans l’aquarelle. C’est très difficile d’inventer cette impression en studio. C’est presque impossible, oserais-je dire. L’œil, l’instrument du cerveau, ne perçoit pas de la même façon que l’appareil photo.<br />
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Lorsque je peins sur le motif je choisi parfois de mettre au point certains éléments et de rendre plus flou le reste. Le cheval, une partie de la calèche et le les feux de circulation sont les sujets principaux. Ils sont rendus plus clairs et définis.Le reste de la scène est moins précis et moins détaillé. La photo, contrairement à l’œil, capte tout. Elle ne sait pas choisir. De plus, tout semble être sur le même plan. On ressent moins de profondeur dans la photo comparativement à mon œuvre. Pour augmenter ce sens de profondeur j’ai choisi de placer les couleurs chaudes, soit le brun et le rouge à l’avant plan parce qu’optiquement les couleurs chaudes avancent. Les gris-bleues de l’arrière-plan semblent s’éloigner.<br />
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<strong>Les contrastes</strong> <br />
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Normalement ce qui est plus foncé semble se placer à l’avant-plan et le flou à l’arrière. Les détails sont plus perceptifs près de nous et ce qui est moins précis est réservé pour les plans au loin. Par exemple, l’attelage du cheval et une partie de la calèche sont dessinés et rendus avec plus de précision. Le poteau et les feux de signalisation sont aussi très déterminés et nets.<br />
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<strong>Cet été je vous invite à venir en ville dessiner et peindre</strong><br />
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Je me sens toujours très seul lorsque je peins en ville à Montréal. À l’exception de quelques bons amis qui m’accompagnent je ne rencontre jamais d’autres artistes, ou très très rarement. Où sont-ils ces artistes qui peignent les scènes de ville de Montréal qu’on voit dans les vitrines? Seraient-ils en studio à travailler à partir de photos? Avons-nous oublié l’invitation des impressionnistes de sortir pour aller étudier la nature sur le motif?<br />
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NOTE : Du 4 au 8 juillet, je serai à Parmarolle en Abitibi, Québec où je donnerai un atelier plein air « Aquarelle en carnet d’artistes ». Visitez <a href="http://www.rosabonheur.com/">http://www.rosabonheur.com/</a> pour les informations.<br />
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</strong>art plein airhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02064108365921300125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999078625283707273.post-69094465906308233712011-05-09T21:13:00.001-04:002011-05-09T21:16:14.040-04:00DRAWING HANDS – Observe and practice drawing hands from life<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Most ‘How to’ drawing books illustrate and teach how to draw hands. Personally, I have rarely found art instruction books on this topic helpful. However, looking through art books at illustrations of masters such as Rembrandt, Degas or Daumier has helped me improve my understanding of hands. Also, when visiting a Museum I sometimes seek out portraits by the masters and copy hands drawn by them.<br />
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The subway I find is the ideal place to study and draw hands. Most riders keep their hands relatively immobile. Another place to study hands is at a library. If I see a person using a hand held electronic gadget such as a cell phone or an i-pod I immediately try to draw the hand holding it. Why? Because I am assured that the person holding an i-pod or such will remain relatively immobile for a good while.<br />
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It is important to understand the position of the hand I am drawing. I sometimes try to mentally assume the same hand position myself as I draw to get the proper feel. Somehow, this seems to help. The view of hands clasping a book compared to hands folded into each other, hands resting on a lap or hands holding an object are all very different one from the other.<br />
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<strong>Observe the general shape first</strong> <br />
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I have found that the best way to draw hands accurately is to ignore the fingers. Think of the hand simply as a claw. First, render a studied contour of the general shape of the hand; then, subtly indicate the finger shapes. Paradoxically, if one attempts to draw fingers too defined the result does not look right. I think the reason for this is that we understand hands by their general shape and not by the position of individual fingers. We unconsciously observe hands often, so we know how hands should look. Therefore, when hands are not properly rendered we immediately notice it.<br />
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<strong>Indicate shape first, then the value and finally some detail</strong> <br />
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Drawing hands on toned paper has helped me to understand and render them convincingly. Using the paper as mid-tone all I must deal with are light and dark. The mid-tone color unifies the drawing shapes. Hands drawn only in contour without an indication of light and shade don’t seem as convincing as ones drawn where volume is suggested.<br />
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Again paradoxically, I have found that whenever I attempt to draw fingers too precisely rather than to suggest them the hand shape seems broken up and the drawing does not look and feel right. Here, less is more. The exception is the thumb. If you can draw the shape of the thumb correctly in relation to the rest of the hand, then suggest the rest.<br />
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There is no shortcut to gaining competence in drawing hands correctly. I would suggest more time be spent actually drawing hands and less trying to gain anatomical information about hands. Too much analytical thinking will only serve to convince you that hands are too difficult to draw and you will start to avoid them. Another suggestion is to vary your tools and paper. Finally, draw, draw and draw some more hands…especially in the subway.<br />
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Finally, once you have put your pencil back in your pocket or purse give someone a helping hand if they need it.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Raynald Murphy sca</div></div>art plein airhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02064108365921300125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999078625283707273.post-26455772440805045352011-04-22T15:24:00.003-04:002011-04-22T15:45:22.255-04:00VOILIER AU REPOS - Une démonstration à l'aquarelle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong>Une démonstration en huit étapes</strong> – Cette démo vise à enseigner la manière de peindre à l'aquarelle des objets qui se reflètent sur l’eau. (Cette démonstration est publié dans le magazine <strong><em>l'aquarelliste</em></strong> au numéro d'avril. Pour vous abonner à la revue visitez <a href="http://www.aquarelle.ca/">http://www.aquarelle.ca/</a>) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Le sujet est une scène que j’ai peinte il y a plusieurs années. Je crois que l’exercice est valable car le résultat vous indiquera si par exemple votre style, votre approche ou votre palette a changé. Le changement est souvent une marque d’évolution.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;">Je dessine les contours principaux au crayon HB sur un papier d’Arches, 140 livres, grain fin, format quart de feuille. </span></div><div class="yiv242209364msonormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitVpjKKnwzvofSrD85SaJ7dOLa2wbwRuERn2N_iIRi_sNe7eFWG4dgHeYaCgsf7TX6Un5anYdgKEaL40Btv8NRRIwH-ooToXcZnxh4Y4IvOaBCO_M9cu7DBMhdR5yVKvDFoHP2RDMkzvNE/s1600/3+boat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="297" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitVpjKKnwzvofSrD85SaJ7dOLa2wbwRuERn2N_iIRi_sNe7eFWG4dgHeYaCgsf7TX6Un5anYdgKEaL40Btv8NRRIwH-ooToXcZnxh4Y4IvOaBCO_M9cu7DBMhdR5yVKvDFoHP2RDMkzvNE/s400/3+boat.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><strong>Étape 2</strong> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">J’observe une séquence précise. Je commence d’abord par les sections en haut de la feuille et je termine par ce qui est réfléchi. Je mouille la feuille jusqu’à la ligne d’horizon. Je contourne les conifères, le voilier et le mat. Je dépose du Bleu de Cobalt et du Bleu Outremer Foncé dans cette section semi-humide. Les pigments s’entremêlent tout en laissant un peu de blanc paraître pour suggérer des nuages.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong>Étape 3</strong></div><span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;">Je peins la montagne au loin d’un mélange de Bleu Outremer et d’Alizarine Cramoisie Permanent dans le lavis du ciel encore un peu humide. Ceci rend l’effet de montagnes floues au loin. Je contourne la voile et le voilier. La montagne plus près de nous est peinte avec des couleurs plus chaudes d’un mélange de bleu, de Terre de Sienne Brûlée et de Jaune Transparent de Schmincke. Les pigments s’entremêlent. Je les manipule le moins possible pour permettre la transparence des pigments. Je laisse sécher cette section avant d’aborder la prochaine étape.</span><br />
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Je peins ensuite les roches au bord de la rive ainsi que le chalet. La lumière parvenant de gauche, je laisse paraître le blanc du papier sur le côté gauche et sur le dessus de chaque roche. Elles sont peintes en combinant du Bleu Outremer et de la Terre de Sienne Brûlée. Avant que le dégradé des roches soit sec je tire un trait horizontal assez foncé à la base de chaque roche. Ces traits importants marquent la limite de l’eau contre la rive.<strong> </strong></div><div class="yiv242209364msonormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeRAAmbdy5KwpePYJydK3xV2lNMK6VgtX7LhXjeuaz7H7rMZ3E8aYPHIZx-CVFavgeQ-wp1RQWe_nUplGVymsYPYDLdFf7_ebsFKc_yz6TyyoowKZau5t8qFanYHCcWN20YdhfIwcf84Uz/s1600/6+boat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="301" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeRAAmbdy5KwpePYJydK3xV2lNMK6VgtX7LhXjeuaz7H7rMZ3E8aYPHIZx-CVFavgeQ-wp1RQWe_nUplGVymsYPYDLdFf7_ebsFKc_yz6TyyoowKZau5t8qFanYHCcWN20YdhfIwcf84Uz/s400/6+boat.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong>Étape 5</strong></div><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Sur la section sèche de droite je peins les conifères derrière le chalet, d’abord les arbres orangés et jaunes et ensuite ceux plus foncées. Ces conifères foncés verts et bleus-verts sont peints d’une combinaison de jaune, de brun et de bleu. Lors de cette étape j’utilise mon trainard pour peindre les troncs des arbres. Je laisse paraître quelques traits verticaux pour simuler des troncs de bouleaux.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong>Étape 6</strong></div><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Je peins maintenant le reflet du ciel dans le lac. J’utilise les mêmes pigments que ceux utilisés dans le ciel mais plus foncés et intenses. Le bleu de l’eau près de la montagne sera plus foncé que celui plus près de nous. Ceci ainsi que l’espacement varié des vagues blanches va traduire la perspective. Parce que la forme du bateau est assez simple j’opte de la réserver simplement en le contournant. Si sa forme avait été plus complexe j’aurais utilisé de la gomme réserve. Je contourne aussi les vagues blanches et le reflet du mat au lieu d’utiliser de la cache. Je n’aime pas l’effet tranchant et rigide de la gomme réserve. Je préfère réserver en contournant autant que possible. Je sèche bien le tout avant de continuer.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong>Étape 7</strong></div><span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;">A cette étape j’applique un lavis par-dessus le précédent. Celui-ci représente le reflet des montagnes, des conifères, du chalet, des roches et du voilier. Je peux inventer, mais il y a certaines constantes en nature qu’il faut quand-même respecter. En général le coloris de tout ce qui se reflète dans l’eau n’est pas aussi intense que la matière reflétée parce que l’eau contient des particules en suspension. L’humidité dans l’air et le moment de la journée peuvent aussi affecter la couleur de la scène. Si le ciel est d’une valeur pâle l’eau sera plus foncée et vice versa. La matière réfléchie apparaît toujours moins précise. Les blancs réfléchis sont souvent plutôt gris. Une verticale, comme par exemple le mât du bateau, se reflétera en forme de « S » car la surface de l’eau est rarement d’un calme plat.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong>Étape 8</strong></div>Je peins maintenant le sujet principal, le voilier. Son coloris et ses valeurs dépendent des couleurs et des valeurs déjà posées jusqu’ici. C’est donc logique d’attendre jusqu’à maintenant pour le faire. Le blanc de la coque du bateau va absorber ou refléter les couleurs de son environnement. Donc je fais attention de ne pas introduire de la couleur ou une valeur qui ne se retrouve pas ailleurs dans le tableau. Parce que la coque du voilier a une courbe en forme de « V », je la peins d’un dégradé gris-bleu à partir du niveau de l’eau en allant vers son sommet car la base est à l’ombre.<br />
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Je peins le cordage du voilier à la gouache blanche avec un trainard. Afin de rendre certains éclats blancs pour décrire la lumière, je gratte le papier ici et là avec une lame et j’ajoute quelques touches de gouache blanche au besoin. Je le titre Voilier au repos.<br />
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<strong>Atelier en Abibi, Québec</strong>: Du 4 au 8 juillet 2011, entre autre j'enseignerai à Parmarolle comment peindre des reflèts à un atelier plein air titré AQUARELLE EN CARNET D'ARTISTE. Visitez <a href="http://www.rosabonheur.com/">http://www.rosabonheur.com/</a> pour plus d'information et pour vous inscrire.art plein airhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02064108365921300125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999078625283707273.post-47847162397526987352011-02-10T16:02:00.003-05:002011-02-10T16:07:33.829-05:00SKETCHING WHILE SOMEONE DRIVES – Four different drawing exercises explained<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Wt9bzlWZv_J9h0bINut4Gf_340GkhswwM7UvZpOCD4rfgmgD2EzOMymFdVRRbYJ504-aPegZ-rkVVOxmODGi4W-c-uDBeKvsT0yMKBubCZkNswkImxRpfFQDRlv2Ov7ccewXoA-3ZA87/s1600/B+mini+black.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Wt9bzlWZv_J9h0bINut4Gf_340GkhswwM7UvZpOCD4rfgmgD2EzOMymFdVRRbYJ504-aPegZ-rkVVOxmODGi4W-c-uDBeKvsT0yMKBubCZkNswkImxRpfFQDRlv2Ov7ccewXoA-3ZA87/s400/B+mini+black.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">“With the exception of the contour study, there is no drawing that is not a memory drawing because, no matter how slight the interval is form the time you look at the model until you look at your drawing or painting, you are memorizing what you have just seen.” Nicolaides in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Natural Way to Draw.<street w:st="on"></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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I keep a 4 x 6 in. open flat sketch book handy in my car. I draw in it whenever I am parked and have idle time. I sketch whatever I see around me. I call these practice exercises. Sometimes when I leave the vehicle I carry it with me in case I have time to draw. I particularly like the open flat format because I can draw elongated scenes across the binding. This “car book” is filled with memories of my travels, some more sketchy than others. Often I jot the location, date and time of my drawings.<br />
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I used to find highway driving really boring until I discovered that I could sketch while in the passenger seat whenever someone else volunteered to drive. Recently, when returning to Montreal from a long drive, I had the occasion to try new “road drawing” exercises.<br />
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The term “add-on” probably best describes the first type of exercise. Once I have drawn the limits of the road in perspective I “add on” elements to the scene. For example, in ink or pencil outline I draw the truck that we are following before it disappears. Then, I just “add on” information from another vehicle. I repeat the procedure for the scenery. I might add a tree from the left; a bill board and a guard rail from the right. Tone is incorporated next using various media. More contour lines will complete the drawing.<br />
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This second type of drawing done at a rest stop might be a view out the window of the restaurant or of people in the restaurant. I might complete the drawing from memory later in the car.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong>4 Mini scenes done with a fat or chisel tip felt pen</strong></div><br />
This fourth exercise is better done in winter when the snow contrasts against objects. Using a marker I sketch in black against white. I sometimes add a middle value by dragging the side of the marker lightly over the paper. Compared to the previous exercise I observe more intently the chosen scene as it passes by. Once the main shape is sketched I invent what I think might be there. I spend more time on these than in the previous exercise since I depend more on my memory of mentally stored visual forms.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong>What originally had been just a long drive has now become a learning adventure</strong></div><br />
These fun exercises which develop the visual memory are better done along a strait stretch of highway. I invite you to try them on your next trip. You might become positively addicted as I am now.<br />
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Note : Opens Flat! S'ouvre à Plat! sketch books are a product of Heinz Jordan & Co Ltd. Find them <a href="http://here./">here.</street></a><a href="http://www.avenuedesarts.ca/">http://www.avenuedesarts.ca/</a>art plein airhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02064108365921300125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999078625283707273.post-19267763685924523722011-02-03T17:13:00.007-05:002011-02-03T17:27:17.744-05:00AQUARELLES PEINTES À PARTIR D’UN VÉHICULE – Peindre une série d’un même sujetQuand le froid de l’hiver m’empêche de travailler dehors en plein air je peins des petits formats à l’aquarelle à partir de l’abri et de la chaleur de ma voiture. Récemment, lors d’un séjour en Ontario j’ai peint onze scènes de campagne dans un bloc de papier Strathmore, série 400, grain fin, format 15.2 x 30.5 cm. Je n’ai utilisé que deux pinceaux, un Petit Gris d’Isabey et un en poil naturel. Pour les pigments j’ai choisi un étui style voyage contenant des pastilles d’aquarelle de marque Windsor et Newton.<br />
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J’espère que ces suggestions et commentaires vous motiveront à tenter l’expérience. Le confort, la solitude, la chaleur et la musique seront vos compagnons. Les scènes autour de votre voiture seront votre inspiration.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;">1. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Grange au toit mauve et silo - </b>Je dessine d’abord la scène avec un marqueur à trait fin, permanent, pointe (03), qualité archives, résistant à la lumière, de marque Prismacolor. Je préfère cet outil permanent au lieu d’un crayon car le marqueur me force à vraiment me concentrer et à ne dessiner que l’essentiel. La scène doit être bien dessinée la première fois car je ne peux pas effacer. Aussi, le marqueur n’abime pas le papier comme peut le faire le graphite surtout lorsqu’on revient effacer. Une fois la scène peinte et très sèche, j’ajoute parfois quelques traits calligraphiques avec le même marqueur à certains endroits afin de mieux définir certaines sections ou éléments.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Trois bâtiments aux cheminés – </b>Je termine le dessin en cinq minutes plus ou moins et l’œuvre en une demi-heure. Je n’utilise jamais de gomme réserve pour conserver les blancs. Je préfère peindre autour des formes qui resteront blanches.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">3. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Grange à la porte verte – </b>Je peins d’abord le ciel d’un mélange de Bleu Ultramarine ou de Bleu de Cobalt et de Terre de Sienne (ou d’Ombre) brulée. Parfois j’ajoute un soupçon de rouge, d’ocre ou de Terre de Sienne Naturel dans ce lavis. Le ciel est peint mouillé sur sec avec le pinceau Petit Gris. Je ne reviens jamais alterner ou modifier le lavis du ciel. J’accepte le premier résultat.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;">8. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Granges parmi le boisé – </b>Pour faire paraître la neige blanche sur les toits je place souvent des arbres ou des tons plus foncés derrières ces formes non-peintes. S’ils ne sont pas dans la scène devant moi je les transpose ou je les invente.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">11. Gros arbre devant la grange mauve - Pour représenter une masse d’arbres au loin il faut déposer le pigment foncé au bon moment dans le lavis du ciel mouillé pour traduire l’effet du flou entre le sommet des arbres et le ciel. Pour y arriver il faut pratiquer, pratiquer et encore pratiquer.</div><br />
Ces onze aquarelles ont été peintes lors de trois sorties. Bonne peinture!<br />
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Raynald Murphy sca<br />
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Note : J’enseignerai un atelier de dessin/aquarelle plein air du 4 au 8 juillet à <a href="http://www.rosabonheur.com/indexrosa.php?page=cours">Palmarolle</a> en Abitibi. Cliquez sur ce lien pour les détails. Ou <a href="http://contactez-moi./">contactez-moi.</a><a href="mailto:raynaldmurphy@hotmail.com">raynaldmurphy@hotmail.com</a><br />
<div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>art plein airhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02064108365921300125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999078625283707273.post-89853914303908419852011-01-23T19:04:00.004-05:002011-01-23T21:19:38.856-05:00TEN NOVEL WAYS OF DRAWING – Be discrete and draw people anywhere in this unique “sketch book”.<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">1. For a few cents or at most a dollar pick up a novel at a used book store.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">8. Another time I sat on steps and stepped up my drawing skills by sketching climbers and “descenders”. Pausing between the flow of passersby I read a few lines while waiting for more subject matter.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">10. Sometimes the numbered chapters influence my drawings, especially the tens. I add eyewear to these. When I sketch someone reading a novel I wonder if he or she has ever thought of writing one or better still - draw in one!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I must admit that this novel idea was not my own. An artist friend, <a href="http://rochellemayer.blogspot.com/">Rochelle Mayer</a>, has been sketching in used novels for quite a while ... while riding the subway. She then uses the sketches for future studio work. What a novel idea!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Finally, since every figure drawn has a beginning and an end, I draw a "climax" at every page...more than the author probably ever imagined!</div><br />
Raynald Murphy scaart plein airhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02064108365921300125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999078625283707273.post-64958796650096100772011-01-19T12:41:00.009-05:002011-01-19T13:07:16.977-05:00DESSINS DU NU À L’ENCRE DE CHINE – Un défi que j’accepte avec enthousiasme« …Une brève réponse à la question : ‘Qu’est-ce que le nu?’ : <a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repr%C3%A9sentation_artistique_du_nu">Le nu est une forme d’art</a> inventé par les Grecs au Ve siècle avant J.-C., de même que l’opéra est une forme d’art inventée en Italie au XVIIe siècle. Cette conclusion, évidemment trop simpliste, a toutefois le mérite de souligner que le nu n’est pas un sujet mais une forme d’art. » * <br />
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L’encre de chine, ne pardonne pas. On ne peut pas effacer ou reprendre la marque faite sur papier avec ce médium permanent. Lorsque je dessine à l’encre j’accepte le défi. Le temps semble s’arrêter tant je suis concentré. Comme le skieur en compétition avant son départ je me prépare mentalement avant de commencer. Je visualise, puis j’attaque! <br />
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Voici avec commentaires quinze dessins exécutés dernièrement lors d’ateliers de modèle vivant à <a href="http://wwwartpleinair.blogspot.com/2007/11/le-modle-vivant-radio-canada.html">Radio-Canada à Montréal</a>. Ces dessins de format 9 po par 12 po environ ont été dessinés soit avec une pointe en métal ou avec un petit bâton de bois aiguisé. Je représente parfois les valeurs une fois l’encre séchée par un lavis ou par quelques traits de crayon de couleur. Je ne dessine pas le modèle au crayon avant de le faire à l’encre. Les poses sont de cinq, dix ou quinze minutes.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;">1<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">. Nue fesses à l’air</b> – <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>La qualité de la ligne varie. Elle est parfois dure, mince ou souple.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">2. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Nue morose</b> – La masse blanche du papier non touchée de l’intérieur du modèle contraste avec l’activité de la ligne, des hachures et des taches noires.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">4. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Nue appuyé sur un bras</b> – La force du noir de l’encre n’a pas d’égale avec d’autres médiums.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;">5. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Nue perchée sur le tabouret</b> – Le truc lorsqu’on dessine à l’encre c’est, je crois, de varier l’épaisseur de la ligne.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;">6. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Nue aux seins poire</b> – Il est important que nous sentions le mouvement de la ligne. Notez qu’ici j’ai choisi d’accentuer le rythme des contours du corps par des hachures dans le même sens que ceux-ci.</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;">7. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Nue au visage tendu</b>– Je sentais de la tension dans le modèle. J’ai tenté de l’exprimer par des taches noires à des endroits clés et par des traits rigides au lieu de courbés.</span></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;">8. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Nue à la fesse blanche</b> – Par opposition à la pose précédente, le modèle est à l’aise. Les courbes sont rendues avec une ligne délicate. Le lavis gris de gauche accentue la courbe gracieuse à partir de l’épaule jusqu’au talon.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;">9. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Nue en T</b> – Je concentre intensément – puis j’agis en plaçant avec précision les marques les plus foncées aux endroits les plus importants.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;">10. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Nue en diagonale </b>– Les traits plus foncés sont placés du côté qui est à l’ombre, soit à droite. Du côté gauche le dos et la fesse sont en lumière, donc la ligne est mince ou absente.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;">11. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Nue en étirement</b> – J’oppose les taches noires par des lignes délicates ailleurs.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;">12. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Nu appuyé sur le banc</b> – Pour cette pose il était important de rendre le volume pour indiquer sa musculature. Son expression faciale est transmise par quelques marques bien choisies.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;">13. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Nus penchés</b> – Le placement des hachures aux bons endroits fait que je pense ces deux dessins réussis.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;">14. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Nu au repos sur un banc</b> – Cette pose exigeait que j’indique bien les parties à l’ombre, sinon la pose aurait été incompréhensible.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;">15. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Deux nus en hachures</b> – Lorsque le modèle prend une pose intéressante le dessin de celui-ci semble être plus facile.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;">* <a href="http://www.decitre.fr/livres/LE-NU.aspx/9782012789081">Kenneth Clark, LE NU Tome </a>I, Hachette Littératures, 1998, p. 21</span><span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;"></span></div><br />
Raynald Murphy scaart plein airhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02064108365921300125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999078625283707273.post-20527007380031266482011-01-05T15:37:00.003-05:002011-01-05T15:48:56.947-05:00SKETCHING PEOPLE IN THE METRO/SUBWAY – Drawing shapes rather than people<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Tg7Mr3K1PPFwxOO_VHIWYRtgJfNpTqbC0hIyMIcm_3n9qQ3w6rlQsZ2Ik14Fv0izBwVFOb9CkaiBte5ijtSwIlxgff2pYyV_W7tYZfXMcsKLB8EyFm46pYEvQ5iXMEtc9jNj1-pvsHn1/s1600/C+Berri+Uqam+group+man+reading+on+black.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="306" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Tg7Mr3K1PPFwxOO_VHIWYRtgJfNpTqbC0hIyMIcm_3n9qQ3w6rlQsZ2Ik14Fv0izBwVFOb9CkaiBte5ijtSwIlxgff2pYyV_W7tYZfXMcsKLB8EyFm46pYEvQ5iXMEtc9jNj1-pvsHn1/s400/C+Berri+Uqam+group+man+reading+on+black.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">“I love things and that’s what I paint. Yet I don’t copy them - a photograph could do that better. Instead I react to them. That is, I try to change what I see and make the pieces fit like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle.” Charles Reid in the introduction to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/PAINTING-WHAT-YOU-WANT-SEE/dp/B000NEYM0W">Painting What You Want to See.</a></i></div><br />
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Some say drawing people correctly is very difficult but the paradox is that when one stops thinking about drawing people and starts thinking about drawing shapes, then people drawing starts being easier. Probably because we are so used to seeing people, we try to draw what we think we see – a symbol or an example of a generalized person – rather than concentrate on drawing correct shapes.<br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">One day this winter the weather was not conducive to drawing or painting outdoors, so my friend and I decided to set up at subway train stations to draw people and the surroundings. We sat on small folding stools and drew in small sketch books with dry media.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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At one train station there is a circular seating area where one can sit and wait. We both sat and sketched at a discrete spot about ten paces away. We were not drawing facial portraits at that distance but rather we were trying to design interesting shapes that looked as close to what was before us. Putting the pencil somewhere near the center of the page we drew one shape after another. After an hour or so, we had accumulated a few drawings, some more finished than others. We did not produce masterpieces but we enjoyed the challenge and we hope this increased our drawing skills. Some of these drawings would be used later as subjects for studio paintings.<br />
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</div><strong>Light and dark – Figure and Ground</strong><br />
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It is important to think of a drawing strategy before putting pencil to paper. For example, in drawing the figures that were sitting or standing around the circular bench I tried to visualize dark flat shapes against a light background or light shapes in front of a dark ground. By so doing I reduced the complex shapes to simple flat forms that fit into each other like puzzle pieces. Once I had penciled an outline of the person, I added value or volume by hatching parallel lines on parts of the figure or the entire figure to distinguish one shape from another. Some figures were left simply as contour shapes.<br />
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I must admit that drawing people in public is not that simple especially for the beginner especially if they move. So you might ask: what do you do when the person you are sketching moves or leaves? Well, I usually stop drawing that person and start drawing another person shape elsewhere or draw the surroundings. Then, if the person resumes his original position I complete the missing shapes. If not, I invent what I feel should or could be. As long as the proportions are correct, I remind myself that I am not taking a photo, I am designing. I am creating my own reality.<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">In some of the sketches you will notice that I added some color and/or created texture by crosshatching dark over light. I also sometimes faded out or left parts of the scene or part of the figure incomplete. This strategy permits the viewer to participate in the drawing by mentally filling in the missing parts. Simplified lines drawn in perspective completed the background and suggested the environment.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbDPGCwmNNs1ZoIJX4gzM8j-WSofPvLlUxqmFekhP0GbmWxZMXDyzmobl-jh7HjzfrnlnCE51TwldxP7HlPuNHSqr31D_e-20YPH0nlcBtYpWscubiU-4iIl2CpcYGk6qsKdCr8ARq7ZjP/s1600/Helmut+watercolor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbDPGCwmNNs1ZoIJX4gzM8j-WSofPvLlUxqmFekhP0GbmWxZMXDyzmobl-jh7HjzfrnlnCE51TwldxP7HlPuNHSqr31D_e-20YPH0nlcBtYpWscubiU-4iIl2CpcYGk6qsKdCr8ARq7ZjP/s400/Helmut+watercolor.jpg" width="306" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>Sketching in busy areas</strong></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div>During the whole two hours or more that my friend and I were drawing very few passersby came over to see what we were doing. It is a fallacy to think that one will be disturbed when drawing in public. Let’s face it, most people are too preoccupied to even care or look at what you are doing. So why not try sketching in public? It is a very valuable learning exercise. Moreover, you might become positively addicted to it as my friend and I have become.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">« Je crois que la plupart d’entre nous, étudiants aussi bien qu’artistes, devrions nous concentrer moins par ce que nous pensons être la façon correcte de dessiner mais plutôt laisser davantage nos émotions s’exprimer à travers la main. » <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Keys-Drawing-Bert-Dodson/dp/0891343377">Bert Dodson dans <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Keys to Drawing</i></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;">Je suis retourné à plusieurs reprises peindre l’édifice du <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Centre">Centre Bell</a> et les bronzes des quatre hockeyeurs répartis devant l’aréna. La lumière du jour, les conditions atmosphériques et l’achalandage influencent l’endroit où je me place. Je choisis mon papier selon la température et le sujet. Lorsqu’il vente, je choisis un papier plus poreux tel le papier d’Arches, au lieu d’un papier doux et lisse comme le Stratmore Aquarius II qui sècherait trop vite à cause du vent ne laissant pas la pigmentation pénétrer suffisamment.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;">L’avantage du dessin et de la peinture à partir d’un monument est que le modèle est statique. Contrairement au temps limité lors d’une pose d’un humain ou d’un personnage, je peux l’étudier et le dessiner aussi longtemps que je veux. De plus, le bronze ne réclame aucun argent pour sa pose. À <a href="http://www.heuresbleues.com/livre_carnets_montreal.htm">Montréal</a> nous sommes privilégiés car il y a un très grand nombre de monuments et statues dans la ville.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_hZm261YsLGWFs0oNIiXSPY4mojYiBKq0vW_VmoJ601KbDyTL0dEgR6DNM324zzKoSpQ5WHAO2wR6HuLmrqbk5u0CQFKIzFtR13LNN80XLZro2K0ULvsky2Gt4_YOao86XlbKODM7zvGr/s1600/Jean+Beliveau+avec+son+nom+aquarelliste.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_hZm261YsLGWFs0oNIiXSPY4mojYiBKq0vW_VmoJ601KbDyTL0dEgR6DNM324zzKoSpQ5WHAO2wR6HuLmrqbk5u0CQFKIzFtR13LNN80XLZro2K0ULvsky2Gt4_YOao86XlbKODM7zvGr/s400/Jean+Beliveau+avec+son+nom+aquarelliste.jpg" width="306" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;">Je commence habituellement mon dessin en représentant aussi fidèlement que possible le contour de la tête. La dimension de la tête me sert de standard. Je peux me référer à celle-ci pour mesurer les autres parties du corps. Je localise le dessus de l’épaule par un point. Après avoir déterminé l’épaisseur du bras, je place un point de départ sous le bras et je dessine très précisément <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">la forme négative</i> entre le corps, le bras et la main. Les autres espaces négatifs - ceux entre les jambières, le bâton et la plateforme - sont rendus avec autant d’exactitude. Ces <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">espaces négatifs</i> bien déterminés et localisés me servent à construire ensuite les formes positives plus correctement.</span></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguuSJEqc4NPy10-B8E899tpVCZ9UUwdwqYO9c-TeCxMgBuYU2nXG80U3SUPu3r4jBwhbcupDDUUEzg3gJW_4f56bwNb2YFcWCkDlBIT9qQGM7MFHs0b1tsM66K5MwqpBfobdRL07W7gDNG/s1600/Morenz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguuSJEqc4NPy10-B8E899tpVCZ9UUwdwqYO9c-TeCxMgBuYU2nXG80U3SUPu3r4jBwhbcupDDUUEzg3gJW_4f56bwNb2YFcWCkDlBIT9qQGM7MFHs0b1tsM66K5MwqpBfobdRL07W7gDNG/s400/Morenz.jpg" width="326" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;">La forme est plus évidente par une journée grise</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><br />
<span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;">Certains de ces bronzes ont été dessinés ou peints sur le motif lors d’une journée semi-ombragée. Un éclairage plutôt sombre est parfois avantageux<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>afin de ne pas être ébloui par une lumière trop éclatante. Je peux mieux percevoir l’essentiel des formes sans distraction surtout parce que le bronze est une matière réfléchissante.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihw2q5W3nNFWIBHp-jwa9dO0tHTFze8n3QW0yLLKJjIx_l6WGMM1uHiAOUrI9KK6c_eKr7pmx2HTyFOtAMGbyP9mDOsV9BhBa_3iUdLBtEIFCLHWZcdS27ABG-IG7eo125jmF9K9UfMlxX/s1600/Guy+Lafleur+devant+Centre+Bell+pour+aquarelliste+scann%25C3%25A9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihw2q5W3nNFWIBHp-jwa9dO0tHTFze8n3QW0yLLKJjIx_l6WGMM1uHiAOUrI9KK6c_eKr7pmx2HTyFOtAMGbyP9mDOsV9BhBa_3iUdLBtEIFCLHWZcdS27ABG-IG7eo125jmF9K9UfMlxX/s400/Guy+Lafleur+devant+Centre+Bell+pour+aquarelliste+scann%25C3%25A9.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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<span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;"><a href="http://www.google.ca/images?rlz=1T4GFRD_en&q=Maurice+Richard&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=67z_TKTnNdv4nwePivmhCw&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=8&ved=0CGsQsAQwBw&biw=1259&bih=549">Maurice Richard</a>, <a href="http://www.google.ca/images?rlz=1T4GFRD_en&q=Jean+Beliveau&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=ir3_TMfBD8qUnQfwmIDLCQ&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=5&ved=0CFAQsAQwBA&biw=1259&bih=549">Jean Beliveau</a> et <a href="http://www.google.ca/images?rlz=1T4GFRD_en&q=Guy+Lafleur&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=0b3_TPLlNZHdngfa1tj0CQ&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=9&ved=0CGwQsAQwCA&biw=1259&bih=549">Guy Lafleur</a> ont été peints sur un papier <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Stratmore Aquarius II</i> à la fibre douce parce qu’il traduit bien le volume et l’effet du métal par ses transitions subtiles. J’ai utilisé le papier d’Arches au grain fin pour peindre le format horizontal du Centre Bell. Pour peindre les joueurs d’hockey j’ai utilisé les pigments suivants: le Noir de Bougie, de la Terre de Sienne Brûlée, de la Terre de Sienne Naturelle et du Bleu d’Outremer foncé. J’ai travaillé surtout mouillé sur sec, mais j’ai quand-même laissé certaines couleurs se combiner toujours en laissant du blanc à des endroits précis pour traduire l’éclat réfléchi de la lumière sur la matière lisse.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;">La peinture et le dessin sur le motif – un défi toujours profitable</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;">Aurais-je pu réussir aussi bien ces aquarelles en studio en me servant uniquement de photos comme références? Je suis convaincu qu’il faut travailler sur le motif pour pouvoir comprendre, dessiner et peindre un tel sujet qui est quand-même assez complexe. Comparez la photo prise du même endroit que j’ai peins la scène du Centre Bell et formez vos propre conclusions.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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Note: Ce texte parraît dans le numéro de décembre de la revue de <em>la Société canadienne de l'aquarelle</em>, <strong><a href="http://www.aquarelle.ca/page14/page14.html">l'aquarelliste</a></strong>. Abonnez-vous en cliquant <strong><a href="http://www.aquarelle.ca/">ici</a></strong>.</div>art plein airhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02064108365921300125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999078625283707273.post-12963337774716965172010-10-07T16:02:00.002-04:002010-10-07T16:04:04.503-04:00DRAWING ON PLACEMATS IN RESTAURANTS – Draw while waiting for your order<strong>Assure yourself that your dining company doesn’t mind</strong><br />
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Once a week after our golf game, our group eats supper at a restaurant. My companions don’t seem to mind that I sketch quick portraits of some of them on the flip side of placemats. Of course, when dining on romantic evening at a restaurant I don’t practice this activity.<br />
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For example, you can choose to sketch tableware or the decor if that is what strikes you as interesting. If you are at your first attempt at sketching in a restaurant and are not yet too confident drawing people, then by all means look around for the still life setups. Plants, flowers or the view outside the window could be your subject matter. The important thing is that you put down some marks on paper no matter how incomplete. These quick drawings are intended as practice. Process is more important than results here.<br />
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My favorite drawing subject in restaurants is people. I am discrete in that I never draw the person sitting close by. I sketch the customers sitting farther away. Most restaurants are lit with indirect lighting. This usually illuminates the figures well. In general people at table remain relatively still or at least return to the same position over and over.<br />
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Sketching a figure in profile or in a three-quarter view is easier than drawing a frontal portrait in these situations. It is also more discrete since the person you are drawing is looking away. A customer well lit against a dim-lit background will be easier to draw because you will perceive well defined shapes. The opposite is also advantageous – a dimly lit figure in profile set against a bright backdrop will be easier to decipher because you will be drawing a flat shape.<br />
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</div><strong>My general strategy</strong> <br />
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Before I put pencil or pen to paper I usually observe very closely the subject I am about to draw to see what position he or she returns to over and over again. Then, without looking at my paper but rather looking very attentively at the model, I draw part of the contour of the face. I occasionally look down and restate a more correct line beside a tentative one. The portrait evolves as I randomly add such elements as ear, neck line, hair contour and clothing. If my model moves too much or leaves I start another drawing elsewhere on the paper.<br />
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<strong>Waiter or waitress reaction</strong><br />
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Most of the time, I leave the placemat at the restaurant. I have yet to see a waiter or waitress that is displeased. Rather, these quick sketches usually initiate favorable remarks. Some servers will ask me to sign the placemat and keep it.<br />
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Raynald Murphy scaart plein airhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02064108365921300125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999078625283707273.post-87805648013546305422010-09-06T20:53:00.003-04:002010-09-06T21:15:26.265-04:00CARNETS DE PÊCHE AU HOMARD À PERCÉ – Croquis rapides faits à bord d’un bateau<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn9gWVmSxAUEAWT6ue7VUNh4sihVl7StVP8jR1ej21WSC50iHAEgfZhwaff43Yqptxf4sNbx8IS0yRoIBOOLnASEPaqOHIADqK02OnDRdDQ4Ca6LOWZl3cF4YhdSOSxvfUYleMwtTdYPmC/s1600/IMG_2178.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="288" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn9gWVmSxAUEAWT6ue7VUNh4sihVl7StVP8jR1ej21WSC50iHAEgfZhwaff43Yqptxf4sNbx8IS0yRoIBOOLnASEPaqOHIADqK02OnDRdDQ4Ca6LOWZl3cF4YhdSOSxvfUYleMwtTdYPmC/s400/IMG_2178.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<strong>Dans un bar à l’Anse à Beaufils, Percé</strong><br />
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En juin dernier j’ai rencontré par hasard Richard Labbé, propriétaire d’un bateau de pêche à homard. Suite à notre conversation, le capitaine m’a invité à l’accompagner le lendemain sur son bateau afin de faire du dessin et de la photo.<br />
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En juin le soleil se lève au cœur de la nuit en Gaspésie. Donc, Richard, son aide Dave et moi avons pris le large vers 4 h juste avant le lever du soleil. Nous sommes revenus au quai avec notre récolte vers 9 h 30.<br />
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La pêche au homard dans cette région a lieu de la fin d’avril jusqu’au tout début de juillet. Les premiers jours les pêcheurs récoltent environ 1000 livres de homard par jour. Vers la fin de la saison ils ne vont chercher qu’environ 100 livres. Les sorties à ce moment-là ne s’effectuent parfois qu’aux deux jours par beau temps ou mauvais temps, pour vérifier leurs cages.<br />
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Afin de simplifier mon travail je n’ai utilisé que quelques crayons et deux cahiers à dessin. Pour ne pas nuire je me suis placé avec mes carnets soit à l’arrière du bateau ou à l’avant près du pilote. J’ai pu croquer une trentaine de dessins. Afin de ne pas me retrouver dans la mer je me tenais d’une main et je dessinais de l’autre, mon carnet coincé entre les genoux!<br />
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Vers 7 h nous nous sommes attachées au bateau de Bernard, frère de Richard. Les pêcheurs ont mangé et ils ont rigolé. Pendant ce temps et sans qu’il s’en aperçoive, j’ai dessiné le profil de mon hôte que je lui ai remis en guise de remerciement. Comme j’en étais à ma première expérience sur mer, j’avais peur d’avoir le mal de mer et je n’avais pas apporté de lunch. Les pêcheurs d’expérience m’ont dit qu’au contraire, il faut manger pour éviter d’être malade. Heureusement je n’ai ressenti aucun malaise pendant tout ce voyage très mouvementé.<br />
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Richard retrouve facilement ses cages à homard. Elles sont liées aux cordes et aux bouées identifiées sur son GPS marin par des barres rouges et des points. Même si la visibilité est nulle, Richard peut les retrouver. Une fois arrivé au dessus d’une bouée jaune, il l’attrape avec une longue perche à crochet. Ensuite il enroule la corde sur une manivelle mécanique. Cette roue, actionnée par un moteur, remonte la cage. Richard se penche, attrape la cage et la dépose sur le rebord du bateau.<br />
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Dave ouvre la cage et enlève le homard. Les trop petits, les trop gros et les femelles sont est rejetés à l’eau. Le homard « légal » est déposé dans un contenant avec les pinces par en haut. Ensuite, il remet un nouvel appât, referme la cage et aux mots « jette ça à l’eau » il la lance à l’eau. On retrouve la cage suivante et ainsi de suite 250 fois. Pendant les moments libres Dave ou Richard attachent des élastiques sur les pinces des homards et les déposent dans un gros bac. Parfois une cage a besoin de réparations ou le cordage se mêle dans l’hélice du moteur. Tous ces pépins peuvent causer des délais frustrants.<br />
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Le lendemain, à partir de mes dessins et d’une photo j’ai peint une aquarelle. Au loin devant un lever de soleil éblouissant on voit le Roché Percé et à l’avant-plan la partie droite du bateau, le capitaine, le homard et la cage prête à être jeter à l’eau. J’ai vécu une expérience fabuleuse que je n’oublierai jamais de même que la généreuse invitation de Richard!<br />
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Raynald Murphy scaart plein airhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02064108365921300125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999078625283707273.post-91444793487514146592010-08-25T12:15:00.004-04:002010-08-30T15:58:16.898-04:00TWENTY-FIVE MINUTE PORTRAITS– Painting the figure outdoors at Domaine Saint-Bernard, Tremblant<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIcRGJ0fIw17cL3rt82HE7rU4td27TbrtSUVRviUQv-35VKymMA49B2XTb394wrszmSg03HaVipCWtzobs1oip_FbzB7aHylfcIZ9SzFrCrWDq5-kaM8GINc4p8Kpe0kQuSM9sf9jcdYjz/s1600/Black+shirt+woman+light+version.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIcRGJ0fIw17cL3rt82HE7rU4td27TbrtSUVRviUQv-35VKymMA49B2XTb394wrszmSg03HaVipCWtzobs1oip_FbzB7aHylfcIZ9SzFrCrWDq5-kaM8GINc4p8Kpe0kQuSM9sf9jcdYjz/s400/Black+shirt+woman+light+version.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br />
“Capturing a model’s attitude takes concentration. Study your model, looking for unique variations. Always approach a model as if you’ve never seen a person before.” <em><a href="http://books.google.ca/books?id=Kadd9LO61kgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Charles+Reid's+watercolor+secrets&source=bl&ots=sNcGHDahyC&sig=upzGwKZW8JKUOryIUuN64L645cs&hl=en&ei=Ig18TPjWPMP68Ab7vLSfBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false">Charles Reid’s Watercolor Secrets</a></em><br />
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During the fall and winter months I paint portraits indoors lit by artificial light. This is the traditional way most portraits are done. However, at an outdoor workshop at <em><a href="http://www.domainesaintbernard.org/francais/bienvenue.html">Domaine Saint-Bernard</a></em>, Tremblant in August I painted some watercolor portraits by natural sunlight. I found the advantages of models lit by sunshine outweighed the inconveniences.<br />
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The model sat facing me. Strong sunlight draped the figure from to left to right at a diagonal. Throughout the afternoon the light remained relatively constant. What I especially enjoyed were the forms defined by the crisp shadows cast across the facial features. These forms described beautifully the particularities of the model.<br />
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</div><strong>The drawing</strong><br />
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I drew the figure with a 2B pencil on 10 by 13 inch sheets of Strathmore Aquarius II and Arches CP watercolor paper. I started by drawing the eyes. I tried to capture the shape of the eye correctly, to locate the iris precisely, to draw the shape of the eyebrow well and to find the correct spacing between the eyes. Using the inner edge of the eye shape as a reference point I located the limits of the wings of the nose. I also drew the shape of the nostrils. I then drew the line formed by the upper and lower lip paying particular attention to its slant and its limit. The contour of one side of the face, the length and width of the neck and the hair shape were drawn next. I defined these areas with color later. After ten minutes spent on the drawing the model relaxed while I prepared my colors.<br />
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Using two Kolinsky natural hair watercolor brushes and a limited palette I painted the three stages in one go as much as possible. It was important that I get the value right the first time since I tried not to go back over an area with paint except in the hair and clothing area. Using a combination of Ultramarine Blue and Burnt Sienna I first painted the irises, then the linear shapes of the upper and lower eyelids. I fused all these shapes together wet on dry. Next, I outlined the limits of the nose with the same mixture, painted the nostrils, painted the mouth line and finally contoured the facial form particular to the sitter. All this was done with extreme concentration since I did not intend to correct or alter any of these marks.<br />
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Most of the areas just painted were partially wet. I painted all of the shadow shapes in one go. Depending on the skin tone of the sitter I used a warm mixture of Burnt Sienna combined with either Raw Sienna, Transparent Yellow or Alizarin Crimson. These washes fused slightly with the areas painted in the first stage.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong>The final stage – hair, clothing and background</strong></div><br />
To achieve the feeling that the hair was not just added on, I rewet part of the skin tone near the hair line with clean water. Then I dropped in the color representing the hair color. It fused slightly with the surrounding skin tones. The clothing and background were painted with bolder suggestive brush strokes. Finally, using lamp black or Payne’s Grey I strengthened values where needed.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong>Suggestion is the key</strong></div><br />
My goal in painting these impressionistic portraits was not to render a photo likeness of the sitter but rather to try to suggest with paint what the sitter communicated to me. Before putting pencil to paper I observed intensely the sitter for a few minutes. I mentally chose those features; shapes or colors which I felt best described the character of the sitter. These key elements were my focus throughout the session.<br />
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Portrait painting is particularly demanding since it tests one’s drawing skills if one is to arrive at a likeness to the sitter. Painting portraits in watercolor, an unforgiving medium with little room for correction, ups the ante to the maximum. I find this challenge akin to performing on stage where there is no room for error, but oh, what an adrenaline rush!<br />
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« Il y a trois principales raisons pour laquelle nous dessinons : premièrement, simplement pour le plaisir de dessiner; deuxièmement, pour fins d’information pour composer de futures peintures; et troisièmement à titre d’investigation ou de recherche, essentiellement pour fin d’apprentissage personnel. »*</div><br />
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Cette fois-ci lors de ma visite à l’Écomusée de Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue j’étais accompagné. Donc je ne pouvais pas m’attarder longtemps devant les animaux du zoo. Je devais rester debout et travailler rapidement, alors j’ai opté de ne dessiner qu’avec quelques crayons graphites dans un petit cahier.<br />
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J’ai dessiné avec crayons 2B à 8B dans un cahier à reliure spirale de 6 po. par 9 po. de marque Robert Bateman. L’avantage de ce format réduit est que je pouvais le tenir facilement de la main gauche ou l’appuyer sur le bord d’une rampe lorsque je dessinais.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong>Le papier rigide est avantageux</strong></div><br />
Il faut être prêt à dessiner sans hésiter car les animaux ne posent pas. Les pages de ce cahier à reliure spirale se tournent facilement et la feuille rigide reste à plat. Le papier étant épais permet de dessiner recto-verso sans crainte que le fixatif n’abime la feuille.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong>Développez le sens d’observation</strong></div><br />
Si vous tentez de dessiner des animaux sur le motif il faut penser processus et non produit. Vous pratiquez votre dessin tout en essayant de développer autant la rapidité d’observation que d’exécution. Je crois qu’il est inutile de tenter de faire un dessin académique d’un animal qui change de position continuellement.<br />
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1- Observez bien l’animal avant de mettre une marque sur la feuille et remarquez ce qui lui est particulier. Par exemple, ce pourrait être la courbe ovale du dos de l’ours, le gestuel de la loutre ou la forme du bec de l’oiseau.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2- Faites d’abord une ligne contour sur votre feuille qui représente sa forme mais faites-la en regardant surtout l’animal et non votre feuille. Ajuster cette ligne plus tard si nécessaire à côté de la première mais surtout n’effacez pas!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">3 - Si l’animal n’a pas encore bougé c’est un cadeau qu’il vous fait. Élaborez une partie particulière. Ce pourrait être seulement les yeux perçant du hibou et son bec. Ou encore, la coquille et les pattes de la tortue. N’essayez pas de tout rendre, ciblez une partie qui attire votre attention.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">4 - Parfois vous n’aurez pas le temps de rendre plus que quelques lignes, mais si le temps et l’intérêt vous le permet il est important de rendre la tonalité au moins d’une section de l’animal. Ceci rendra la troisième dimension.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">5 - Si vous travaillez qu’avec un seul crayon, rendez les valeurs par des hachures. Faites que ces hachures suivent son mouvement, son plumage ou son poil. Par exemple, les hachures de l’oiseau suivront la direction de son aile. Les traits les plus foncés seront ceux à l’ombre.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">6 - Si le temps vous le permet, indiquez sommairement son habitat. Pour l’oiseau ce serait sa perche et pour le renard, une touffe de brins d’herbes sous ses pattes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><strong>La photo à sa place mais pas ici</strong><br />
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Je n’ai pris aucune photo lors de cette session et je pense que c’était une bonne décision. Si je décide de faire une peinture d’un animal ou d’un oiseau dessiné ce jour-là je peux y retourner prendre des photos. Ces références s’ajouteront à mes croquis. Je suis convaincu qu’afin de rendre l’animal avec conviction il faut d’abord l’observer dans son habitat. La photo s’ajoute aux croquis, pas l’inverse. Nous avons plusieurs zoo à proximité, profitons-en pour les dessiner. Je crois que Robert Bateman serait du même avis.<br />
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*Gerald Greeen dans <em>The artist’s Essential Guide to Watercolor</em><br />
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Raynald Murphy scaart plein airhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02064108365921300125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999078625283707273.post-57581391443896532022010-06-03T17:28:00.002-04:002010-06-03T17:35:26.883-04:00DRAWING AT MARIONOPOLIS COLLEGE ART FEST – Suggestions When Sketching at a Musical Concert<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1U0sPSIHSIbzl8aLzh1m0HtjhsijoULjwtBTLnZY6WD0VwmhN0kKKG1A1QIXjgqfbGzOHW6-SFO7SUNbOryt7whw-Mjr9IMdeBzmVfn_5t2kRbWMYJUU3EcAlNRwta05evHVlpbOLj8Yv/s1600/one+concert.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1U0sPSIHSIbzl8aLzh1m0HtjhsijoULjwtBTLnZY6WD0VwmhN0kKKG1A1QIXjgqfbGzOHW6-SFO7SUNbOryt7whw-Mjr9IMdeBzmVfn_5t2kRbWMYJUU3EcAlNRwta05evHVlpbOLj8Yv/s400/one+concert.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong>Seating</strong></div><br />
I was lucky to find a second row seat at the right of the stage when I attended The Annual <a href="http://www.marianopolis.edu/">Marianopolis</a> Art Fest Concert this spring. Moreover I was able to place my tools on a small writing table which attached to the back of the seat in front of me. The concert offered by Alumni professional musicians was well attended but most chose to sit further back. This gave me the chance to draw freely without distracting anyone. I was unable to see and draw the pianists’ hands from where I sat but since most renditions were by duos or trios I had plenty of subject matter to interpret.<br />
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Although I have drawn in a variety of sketch books at concerts I prefer the 9 in. by 6 in. Pentalic leather imitation spine bound sketch book. The smooth surface and warm tones of the paper which can represent skin tones adequately works well for me. Drawing in spiral books in close quarters can be annoying especially because the spiral can interfere if one wishes to draw across the pages.<br />
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Sharpening pencils during the performance wastes precious time and can be annoying for neighbors. I bring along a good supply of pencils already sharpened. Although you can keep pencils on your lap, remember that one falling on the floor can be very distracting especially at a classical music concert. It is best to keep your pencils in a cloth container. I draw with graphite pencils, Nero or Derwent pencils both black and sepia toned. The warm toned pencils represent the skin tones and most instruments. The graphite and black pencils are used for contours and to render most clothing. The untouched surface of the paper represents white, usually the white shirts and highlights.<br />
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At most concerts you may have difficulty manipulating your book in order to hatch lines in various directions. But do so if possible. You will notice from my examples that varying the direction of the pencil strokes when rendering tone creates variety and a sense of motion which suggests musical vibrations. Whenever possible I let one color overlap another to deepen the tone and to link forms.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Whenever I am drawing musicians from afar I do not attempt to do a portrait of them but rather I try to express body language and to render the fluid combination of instrument and musician as accurately as possible. I will sometimes omit rendering facial features too clearly if at all except when illustrating a singer. It is also very important to study closely and to represent correctly the placement of hands on an instrument.</div><br />
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When composing the sketch I observe closely the negative or trapped shapes between duos, trios or groups of figures. The shapes created in between both musicians and instruments often are as interesting as the figures themselves. Practice visualizing these shapes even before putting a mark on the paper.<br />
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Between renditions I sometimes re-define parts of the forms with a fine line marker. These darker strokes add focus and clarify certain sections of the drawing. Since marker lines cannot be altered it is best to add them sparingly. For example, a dark line under a foot will anchor a figure to the stage. Again, a dark ink line along a section of an instrument will direct the eye there if that is your intention.<br />
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Get into the habit of dating and signing your sketches and annotating where the concert took place along with any comments you felt at the time. Looking back later through your sketch books these extra notes will bring back joyful memories.<br />
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