2009.11.06 Klimt, Schiele, NPTR & I

2009.11.06 Klimt, Schiele, NPTR & I, originally uploaded by Julia Kay.

Nptr, Juxtaposer and Brushes Apps on my iThing to collage, modify and draw over Klimt's 1907 painting of Adele Bloch-Bauer. The face is from an oil painting self-portrait from 1994 titled "As Egon Saw Me", The dress is the original Klimt painting, unmodified.

Juliawlensky: Dark Blue Turban

Another entree in my art imitates art series, this is pretty much a direct copy of Alexej von Jawlensky's Dark Blue Turban (Helene with Dark Blue Turban).

iDraw: Sisters in Colored Clothes

Tomorrow skin tones and hair...

Two days ago I worked watercolors over an inkjet print of a scanned pen drawing. Today I'm painting digitally over a scanned pen drawing. Making corrections while I did this, made me realize that there is finally a really clean way to 'erase' pen lines.. draw in pen, scan into computer, erase in photoshop, print back out and continue drawing or even watercoloring. The Canson inkjet paper I use has a great texture and takes watercolor very well.. unfortunately they're also not making it anymore. *sigh*

iDraw: In Neri's Studio

That's Bay Area painter & sculptor Manuel Neri, of course. This was based loosely on his "Untitled Figure Study No. 5, 1957".

iDraw: Sunglasses

In The Night Studio: 3:00 AM

Sitting Quietly

Under the Archway

iDraw: Something Every Woman Can Relate To

I was listening to an interesting program on the radio about providing prom dresses to homeless young women, when I was quite surprised to hear the following assertion, "It's something every woman can relate to, putting on a dress that makes you feel good and beautiful." I dare say some of us feel good and beautiful without a dress, some don't desire to feel good and beautiful, and others feel better in a suit (a tux is best!).

iDraw: Back to Giacometti

iDraw: Harlequin

In Giacometti's Studio

Giacojulia

Artist of the month? Alberto Giacometti. This was based on his "Portrait of Madame Marguerite Maeght, 1961", which (gasp) does not seem to be available on the internet for me to link to.

And Chaos Ensues

de Kartooning

Invented Color

Wild Ride

Sometimes I Almost Get It

However, I Don't Smoke

Easter Sunday

Still really enjoying my de Kooning immersion....

Sanity is Over-rated

Be Afraid, Very Afraid

I can look at a de Kooning and make these sort of interesting images that don't actually look like de Koonings. But if I look at myself, or at nothing, and try to make a similar drawing - well, it doesn't work. I can see what he drew, and how it relates to reality. But when I look at reality, I can't see what he might have drawn. And I can't see what I might draw in response to what he might have drawn... Never mind, this is getting too complicated.

de Kooning Week Continues

Still Crazy After All These Years

(Left-handed De Kooning)