David's Moley and his Tango dancersDavid's Moley from our Moleskine Exchange. His theme of Dancing is the one I'm slightly worried about: it clearly shouts: Gesa, draw figures! at me. And not just any old figures, but people dancing.
Hm, well... maybe it doesn't. I need to think about this for a while. David's Tango dancers in oil pastels are an excellent start, so I could digress to: oil pastels, blue, Spain, Flamenco, castagnettes, sound... I'm sure I'll find some more associations.
BTW: to my Flamenco-dancing friends: how about some pics from your last show? And I could go into Portraiture commissioning. Or maybe not, I don't think anyone would pay me for that. LOL.
4 comments:
I agree - this is a challenging one!
I really like the look of these :>)
You are on the right 'lines', Gesa.
I know drawing figures for you and Vivien (and others) isn't that easy, but you can spin off into associations, particularly musical ones, and even treat the subject more abstractly like you have been doing with the de Stael landscapes. Now that would be fascinating!
Thanks to both of you for the positive responses. It is a great relief to me that you like my sketch. I worry that people will be disappointed!
ps: it wasn't oil pastels, Gesa, which I find very hard to use, but 'Neocolours' by Caran d'Ache which are water soluble, although I never actually use them that way.
Cool! Maybe some of those ballroom dancing foot diagrams might be a way of going about it ...
Psst, Mithi... great minds think alike. That was my first thought and I already found some good diagrams of tango steps and Flamenco sequences. That's so funny that you suggested this.
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