Sunday in the Art Room SITAR

 Welcome to

Today is for artists that create in ANY medium to come on by and just talk art. Write a post about what's on your mind in the art world. It's a place to ask questions on your blog where other's can hopefully answer. Or share your videos, your techniques, tools or even what type of camera you use. So, you say you can't draw but you can write.... that's art baby! AI creations are welcome as well. Since this type of art is taking off to main stream. Let's say you think you are in no way artsy. But you love art. Show murals, historical art, your friends or kids art and talk about it.  I would like this to be an all inclusive way for artist to share, whatever. 

  My only rule? Criticism with kindness. 

If someone asks to have their art critiqued it must be done with generosity and consideration. 

This is a place of encouragement and inspiration. 

 

Have you ever looked at a piece of graphite art you've been working on and think, 

"This looks dirty."  Not from smudges but rather from the paper you are working with.

I've mentioned the "creepy paper" I have and how I don't like the way my graphite looks when using it. On several pieces, I swear, the faces look dirty. Of course, when I ask Mr. M. he tells me no. Then, I discovered a youtube that made me realize I'm not crazy. 

OK, OK, you can stop laughing now. I know I'm crazy. I mean crazy about this.

Don't know if you can see it but every place I used a tortillon it looks horrible.

 

Here is the Youtube that is worth watching.

After watching this and several of his other videos, I'm changing the way I create with graphite. Have you found changing something with your style has improved your art?

 

Something else I learned this week. I was in the middle of working on a pastel piece. 

This is the photo I was working from. I know this is a painting not pastel.

 

At first I was very happy with it.  

As I was working things started to go awry.

 I was getting quite frustrated. I had lost the jaw, and I was not having fun trying to find it again.  

I strayed away from the jaw and started working on the other side of the face.

I still wasn't happy and was about to RIP the paper off the easel, when I took my hand from the bottom of the page and smeared the entire face upward. There was no background at that time. All of a sudden the face came to life. 

The face was a bit muted and reminded me of some of the old masters paintings where colors are subdued. (No I'm not comparing myself to the masters)

I worked on the features and the background and now I'm very happy with this pastel. I still didn't find her jaw but that's OK. 

 

I said all of that to say. With your art if you get frustrated do something with it that you would not normally do and see what happens. Smear pastels, take a credit card and run it across a painting, flip a collage, just try something different.

 

As for paper, I found a sale on Dickblick and have some new paper coming in. 

Much cheaper than Amazon even with shipping. If you have never shopped there give it a try.

 

That's if for me. I look forward to seeing your art in 

Sunday in the Art Room

Nicole