Hey everyone, as some of you may know, I just recently moved to San Rafael. I have an extra room in my apartment that I’m using as a studio, and I’ve been taking pretty good advantage of it so far. I will have a lot of news and art to share soon. For now, here’s some new drawings.
From the latest Dr. Sketchy’s. I think the next one’s gonna be at 111 Minna, which will be awesome, I like that place a lot. Josie Star was her stage name…
There’s something about having a limited palette that forces you to think in a different way. The lack of any strong colors makes you consider different combinations that may actually be more accurate than if you could get to the “right colors” with a full palette. When your strongest red is Transparent Brown Oxide, your brightest yellow is Yellow Ochre mixed with white, and your deepest green is YO mixed with Ultramarine, it limits you considerably yet harmonizes everything better. Actually the most fun is trying to keep warm colors warm with very muted warm colors. You know how white just totally cools your color mixtures? The only choice you have is to mix in some yellow ochre and some transparent brown oxide and HOPE it looks warm enough. Very challenge but very enjoyable.
Major props from the onlooking geezers on this one:
So I’m still trying the super-limited palette ala Erik Tiemens, it’s quite the challenge. You can’t fake the values and temperature shifts like you sort of can with a full-color palette (not that you ever should) so it’s definitely a workout. It’s fun. My colors were white, black, ultramarine blue, burnt umber, and transparent brown ochre(a warmer more transparent brown than burnt umber… a substitute for van dyke brown). There was no real way to do a green, so that was a struggle. Probably the wrong subject for this subject. I was also experimenting with a more unorthodox composition.
The second one I did has the simple addition of yellow ochre. There is still a real muted quality to the painting, but there is an obvious opening of the color spectrum. It still holds on to the most important aspect of the limited palette, which is a built-in color harmony. Notice that there are no strong primary colors.
5 Min Value Studies…
15 mins.
Drawings on toned paper - been a while!
Drawings at the Westerfield house once again - I love the props even!
Even with a beard she was hot! Oh yeah, I pulled a nail out of her nose… Ask Kazz
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