Artists who use Line

I love the lines that Franz Marc uses in his artwork. I like the curving lines on both tigers and how the main tiger's head curves into the body. I like how he has a variety of lines; thick lines for the stripes, thin lines for whiskers, and negative, white lines within the large black shapes.I also like how lines continue from one shape into other shapes. I wonder how many prints of this he made? By using such strong, bold lines he really makes the tiger look powerful. the strong contrast between white and black also adds to the powerrful feeling, it looks like a strong animal.

 

I also love Leonardo Da Vinci's drawings of horses. I love hoe realistic he has drawn the animals. I love the delicate, softness of the lines and the movement of the gesture. I love how multiple perspectives and how the drawings overlap each other. I am envious of the control he has with the cross-hatching and how he gets a great sense of depth to the horses. I love hoe he can capture the emotion of the animal and I love seeing his drawing process, how I can see those initial marks and how he re-draws.

Open Studio Art Fellows 2

Here are pictures of what Nicole and I did with the space for Open Studio Friday from 6-8PM. Erika and Dominic had to leave early. The space seems REALLY big now. I will post the pieces from all the Open Studio areas tomorrow night. I play to play tourist tomorrow after I pack up all my materials.

 

Nicole's Art

Nature Marks

Here is the finished piece. I added the flowers, still muted, and have the hands glowing.

Nature Marks

I added sunflower seed hands reaching up to the figure. I now plan to add a floral design above the figure. I hopefully will post that this evening. I will then start to set up for the Open Studio event on Friday, 6-8PM. It will be great to see what everyone else has been doing for 5 weeks.

My last marks for now- 5 weeks complete

Here are my last 2 marks; the small, 4"X4" canvas boards. I love moving charcoal around with the mat media and I have this very soft face, almost worn away. I then decided to play with hands since I began the series with hands.

Figure complete

It may be hard to see in the photo but thee is part of a face on the lower left burgundy. I added many subtle faces to the background. She is done.

Nature Marked

I added another figure and vines and now I want to create something textural with seeds on the lower left.

Mark 33

Hard to believe that only 2 marks remain. This string face was originally going to be on the figure painting but I did not like it so I added it as a small image.