Interior and Gesso Exercise

In short the exercise main points were - 

1. Work on the other side of the canvas - the one without gesso. Use gesso when you like and prefer.

2. Use a panoramic scale canvas. Divide it in to two with a masking-tape at the middle, so you got half a and half b. 

3. The exercise was 3 lessons long, 4 hours each lesson - once a week. 

Week 1 - Work on half a of the canvas, make a rough sketch and work with gesso, then proceed to work on the interior with oils. No palette limit, everything that work - goes! :)

Week 2 - Cover half a with a cloth or a newspaper, so you won't see it,  And  then paint a new interior painting on the second half of the canvas . So you are basically paint on half b without seeing half a from the last week.

Week 3 - Now it' goes tricky! You have to look on both half a and half b of the canvas and you have to co-join them both in to one whole painting!  

So look at that I've got....

Week 1 - half a

Week 2 - Both half a and a new half b

....and there are problems. The color balance between half a and half b is all wrong. 

Week 3 - Co-joined half a and half b - complete interior painting

...already a bit better!

 and now I need to reduce the dosage of "straight from the tube" colors, instead I have to mix more!

and I also still have lots of work on my perspective, this dancing table is just amusing.

I remind you the this course focuses on composition and also on intuitive and contemporary art.

Sleeping Shapes - new drawing + New WIPs

A new drawing in my large Fabriano Quadrato Sketchbook

In a remembrance of the old times! :)

This little sleepy guy came to me when I was at a little vacation this last weekend, I just took time to relax and to create something new but familiar.

Fabriano Quadrato artist's journal (23x23cm), Fabercastell pitt pastel pencils, rotring rapidographs, micron pens, derwent soft drawing pencils, derwent sepia line markers, gold and silver pens.
Reference - Sleep tight by BlackCynnamon 

Inspirational sketch that I did back in London in my little watercolor Moleskine.

I think you get the connection. :)

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A new exercise at the art course

An interior painting on the other side of the canvas - without gesso, so we had to play with oils and gesso, and it was very interesting!

The original photo if our new studio work interior, our course already moved three (!) times during 4 months, This means 3 different studio interiors to get used to work in... I hope this was the last time we had to change a studio.

And I also got a huge wood board present from one of my friends, so now I can work at home on the large non stretched canvases that I started at the course! The Great Dane + Brassai and the  Mooses :))

Have a great week! 

Gali

New Painting WIP - 8 hours of work

The last two meetings at my new art course we had a new assignment - 

1 - Paint with oils on the other side of the canvas - without gesso. Size of 100x150 cm. 

2 - Use a photo by the great photographer - Brassai , I used this photo . We had 3 different to pick from.

3 - Use the colorization and/or the brush strokes inspire by Whistler - like this specific painting . 

First meeting - 4 hours

Second meeting - another 4 hours

A detail :)

I also started to use lots of different kinds of brushes with great variation of sizes and shapes. And I just love the effect of painting without gesso, it is amazing actually.

Have a great rest of the week!

Gali

New WIP

100x150cm, oils and lots of turpentine on canvas without gesso (other side of the canvas :)

Love it!

16 hours - character in interior assignment

A summary of the past four weeks of the art course = 16 hours

First meeting was to draw a model with different kinds of exercises. Fun but not worth to show here.

Second meeting assignment was to create with (oils on canvas) a room with earth colors only limited palette (almost without any reference, just general pictures of interiors).

 I don't like it at all but it was a start for the next session.

Oils on canvas 90x70cm

Third meeting - I started a new and bigger version of the previous assignment, 

this is a big one 1.5x1 meters

Fourth meeting - the final result, I added the characters and more colors.

The character is the model we drew/photographed on the first session, and of course I had to add a dog there on the carpet!

I love the size, the colors, the versatility and the dog!

Versatility was my weak point bit now I am working on it and improving it. I also try to step out of the fixation on the realism that I used to have.

This course opens and leads to so many interesting doors and paths for me as an artists and a teacher, and I am glad for that.

That's it for now!

Little therapy

Little art therapy, inspired by Alberto Giacometti. 

0.5 rapidograph and collage on 220gsm paper.

2 Months summary of a new art course

I started to study at a new art course two months ago. It's called "Developing work processes and studying the importance of composition". The teachers are contemporary Israeli artists Ran Tenenbaum and Guy Avital . They both are interesting and inspiring. 

I feel that I am breaking my own art boundaries and study a lot from each lesson. 

It's intensive and hard but fresh, inspiring and overwhelming at the same time. 

Here is a selection of studies and sketches I did for the last past two months. All from the same exercise. 

All the canvases are done in oils, some papers are acrylics and pencil/pastels.

Click to open and take a closer look!

This is the unfinished final study I did for this exercise. the painting itself  took 8 hours of work.
Oils on 50x70cm canvas.

They all connected by their composition to this painting of Edgar Dega, which was the key picture in this exercise.

"The Dance Class" 1873

As you may see I am experimenting and keep study with every new lesson. This course is different from that I am used to, but I feel that I needed that push in to the contemporary 21st century art. The realistic and illustrative art is great but in order to take a spot in contemporary art you have to experiment and go abstract most of the time, So I am testing and learning. 

Wish me luck! And I wish you luck as well! :) 

From 2014 in to 2015

Happy New 2015 Year!!!

Little Lucky, the hungarian vizsla, when she was 3 months old.
She belongs to my parents. This is her now - full grown up and almost 2 years old . 
Fabriano Quadrato Artist's Journal. 16x16 cm, Derwent pastel pencils.
2014

Ruled Notebook - 21x16.5 cm, pens (sepia, white, gold), collage, rapidographs and pastel pencils. 
Reference photo  by Les-piccolo
Started in 2014 and finished in 2015 :) 

London + new watercolor painting :)

Map from here

I am back from 2 weeks in London! We had a great time there - amazing place to visit. Lots of art, history and rain. there are only two things I didn't like about London - 1. the rush hour, 2.the food. 

But I am definitely in love with the art (so much of it in London :), the parks, the architecture, the history and the diversity of people...

There are lots of great memories that I've brought back, not only form the art aspect but here I prefer to discuss the art related stuff. 

It's so much for you as an art lover to do in London - 

The National Gallery, Tate Modern, Tate Britain, Estoric gallery of modern Italian art, Courtauld gallery, Victorian and Albert, Royal Academy, National History Museum, NOA18 and more!

Very nice art supplies shops such as Cass Art, London Graphic Center and Fabriano Boutique (fabriano is expensive but interesting).

I saw lots of art highlights such as "Late Turner" and "Consteble - the making of a master" exhibitions.

Some art supplies I got in London  -
Cass Art: Moleskine (watercolour A4), derwent pencils, cass 20 postcards set, sepia derwent pens
London graphic art center: brushes and palette
Fabriano boutique: Quadrato artist's journal (23x23cm) 

The new art books to add to my collection!

Monet paintings with me at Courtauld gallery!

Just trying my new pencils and sepia pens. By the way this little moleskine I bought at the Malpensa airport, Milan, Italy, last year.

So far this vacation was the most educative for me, I've learned so much new aspects of art. Thus it' s great to start in north Italy as I did last year and then to proceed further.

My new watercolor painting - No reference, just me, 300 gsm windsor and newton watercolor paper, brushes and my beloved White Nights Watercolors...

This painting was strongly influenced by the landscapes from north Italy (the lakes), Switzerland artists (Hodler and Bocklin), and the British painters (Constable and Turner) as well.

Happy Horse (ooak tote bag present)

A birthday present for a dear friend of mine, Lee, she loves horses!

Not for commercial profit, this is a present.

Hand painted one of a kind tote bag, size 41x38cm, handles length is 23cm, amazing reference photo by Messiahkhan, painted with acrylics,

Are you interested in a special ooak tote bag made just for you? 

Write me an email for all the details - golous@gmail.com

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