how much koala beer

how much koala beer, originally uploaded by deepwarren.

The Predicament.

The Predicament., originally uploaded by David Fullarton.

A predicament that would not exist for long :)

Checkerboard bluenose

Checkerboard head, originally uploaded by deepwarren.

I've got strong memories of the checkerboard floor from Twin peaks. They used it in the dream sequences, and also the black and white floor in the diner. Symbolic of other lands, or other states of consciousness, it was forever in the foreground highlighting the other-world that was a small, impossibility corrupt town somewhere in small town America.

The checkerboard pattern is a stark contrast between black and white, good and evil. Evidence of a 'checkered past', it has been the 'classic' backdrop in many a crime classic, and trotted out in the crime scene photos as the ultimate backdrop to a sprawled body in the kitchen.

They are all headless to some degree. Aimless? Disembodied, disassociated perhaps.

Painting a life model

the frenchmodel, originally uploaded by deepwarren.

As part of the painting course I got given for Xmas, we get to do 2 weeks with a life model. This is week 1. It's in oils on paper, with a concentration on using primary colours and staying away form heavy whites and darks. You will notice that i've manged to disobey that by using white on the lampshade/post, and edging in some dark umber.

We spent time drawing it up, trying to think of a composition and generally farting around before (finally) the paint comes out. She was a lovely model, and did a nice pose with good angles on the legs to try and get some shadows going.

Composition seems to be the hardest part of this - i was aiming for more square with the model off to the left, but lounge seems to be determined to center her. Somehow the lampshade - which is actually taller than the model seems to have shrunk down, and has become the object of the models attention.

She wore sunglasses (to shade herself form the studio lights - which are both hot and bright). I've not painted in them in, as they are going to be removed. We're leaving the face till last apparently. Trying to keep it light and sketchy ..

Aazarnoush Ebraahemiroushan - The star of manners and letters, 1986

01 Aazarnoush Ebraahemiroushan, illus. The star of manners and letters, 1986, originally uploaded by A Journey Round My Skull.

It's amazing. It's a roars, a comos, all wrapped up in a few lines. Dreamy drawing.