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Well , I was back in Sacramento to paint a live model last night. It's been some time since I've painted at S12 and boy oh boy have things changed. Gone is the large room where it was hard to find a spot to paint. I guess there was some artistic drama amongst some of the members and most of the building is now rented out to different interests.... I'm talking a fat Tibetan Monk for one who has a shrine of an equally endowed Buddha where he twaches the way of passivity . However ..... Mike Mokolon, a former painter at S12 has converted a section of the building as his studio slash figure painting slash drawing workshop and renamed it 12 & S.
It was a small quaint group but the familiar smell of linseed oil and charcoal was in the air wafting like a delicious filet mignon to my soul. The painting time was delicious and after an hour I felt like I was back in da groove brahda and sistah.
I just had fun and was diggin it. It was your typical 3 hour pose with breaks.
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Always good to get back to it, isn't it Frank? I have a question - during the 3 hours, does the model hold the same pose for the whole 3 hours (with breaks) - or is there a change of pose after each break - or is there ever just quick 20 minute poses? Mary
ReplyDeleteMary .... It's the same pose with breaks after 15 minutes. I try to focus on the figure and paint the face ... if there is time at the last .
ReplyDeleteI know that feeling--That "art" smell fires up our memories of so many wonderful sessions before, revving up the mental engine. This is a beautiful piece. Great colors...trying to figure out your thinking, let's see, you bumped up the warm reflected light and generally rendered the shadows cool. Daring and wonderful!
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