Sunday, June 6, 2010

Nude Live @ arthouse


life drawing nude @ arthouse, originally uploaded by deepwarren.
Back to the life drawing spiel after a few years(!?) of not doing any drawing. Well, not 'real' drawing. Like from life. Nude life that is. It's a very relaxed class, with no tutors and 2 models on 2 separate podiums. We had one boy and a girl. Naturally we choose the girl.

Friday, May 28, 2010

the spectacle of advertising

Yep, we're so in love with the picture that it's going to kill us one quietly selfish day at a time. It's hard now to do anything without seeing it through a camera. And I'm an obsessive about it. I've done it for so long, that it feels normal.

And this anti-image is the ultimate image. How cool will people look walking past this big type. You want to see it double the size; big enough that the meaning of the words drop away.

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Love. It's the craziest thing.

Brian is an infatuated man. I find it so hard to understand. Where is the fun in having someone not love you. Why would you chase that? 
http://courthouseconfessions.blogspot.com/2009/06/inner-inner-inner-inner-inner-beauty.html

How long can you play the denial card, or is the point to self-destruct before you  have to?

Monday, April 5, 2010

Hat, suit and tie


Hat, suit and tie, originally uploaded by deepwarren.

sketchy sketch that wasn't sketchy enough.

Thursday, March 4, 2010

When in doubt, paint what you know


bosom for a pillow
Oil on brown paper. Approx 50x70cm
I think he's listening to her heart. Or maybe just resting on her bosom. Boys I know are fond of singing a song of which the line 'everyone needs a bosom for a pillow' is about all they can remember. And it's a strange concept. You wonder somedays if you could just detach your boobs and pass them over and go about your business, leaving the boy at home sitting on the couch with the bosom.

He can reach out and grab it occasionally just to check it's still there. For cranky days, it would be a good solution.

This is a draft on brown paper. It's dressmakers paper and is great to scribble on as long as the paint stays nice and runny. Good from a scrambling paint sort of view. Not good for  anything with depth. And because it's not primed, you can just rub it back when you have finished or the paint is just all wrong. Found the paper in our rubbish room downstairs. Someone had decided that the world of dressmaking wasn't for them. Their lost, my gain.