In the close, Detail
Mixed media in small Moleskine
Mixed media in small Moleskine
But thanks to Joan Eardley, I'm confident that a bit of over the top colour scheme along with collage will help me out with my poor people drawing skills.
This is a small detail (as in 3x2cm) of my entry into Lorraine's Moleskine. Theme: close. And playing to stereotypes, I'm sticking with a literal, physical Glasgow tenement close. Well, which is in fact a lot closer in many ways that are not literal, but that's by the by.
There is another detail in the Moleskine Blog, but I think that will be all the early gossiping you'll get about this one, until it's in Vivien's safe hands to post the whole sketch.
I think it's finished. But just in case it isn't, I'll put it to the side for a few days. It's fairly complex for a small Moleskine, so I'm sure I'll find a couple of things to play with when I look at it again.
The little child in a pram is in fact a steal straight out of one of Eardley's paintings... do you know which one?
M y first thought was "Children, Port Glasgow" (1955) but now I guess it must be "Rottenrow" (1956).
ReplyDeleteYou have her style down with your own unique touches.
ReplyDeleteas soon as the page opened I though 'Joan Eardley' - this looks great and I can't wait for it to arrive :>)
ReplyDeleteHi Harry! Well, well, well - first hit and there you go. Indeed: Rottenrow it is, with the pram at a different angle (not that that was on purpose). I had a look at Port Glasgow, yes, another pram.
ReplyDeleteI think Eardley helped me treating figures as made up of differently coloured shapes, and for the baby in the pram, that proved really helpful. The same goes with the collage: unpacking to be then rejoining.
Thanks, Lindsay and Vivien. I fear I may have already shown the best bits, but heyho... we'll seee :)
Hi Gesa
ReplyDeleteI found a great book on Joan Eardley in the library at work, her work is just so lively and vibrant.Thank you for the intro to her. I don't know very much about scottish artists, I know more about irish artists especially as I work in the School of Art and Design at the University of Ulster.