Imprimatura for reclining nude
I’m taking this pretty amazing class taught by one of my favorite contemporary artists, Alyssa Monks.
Cooper, 8x10, oil
This was a wedding gift for Emmy and Gavin— they rescued this dog together at the beginning of their relationship— from what I hear he tends to leave destruction in his path, but is so cute that it doesn’t matter.
Emmy's wedding!
One of my best friends from Florida had her Wedding this past weekend— and it was great! I’d never been to a wedding before but having logged 1,000s of hours watching WE tv shows, I can practically consider myself a pro.
Emmy was so beautiful and happy— and the place as you can see was pretty awesome.
painting the kitchen
The last time my apartment was painted was when my mother went to the hospital to give birth to me 24 years ago. Now I live here by myself. Why didn’t we repaint it sooner? Oh, it’s hard. The worst part was fixing (probably incorrectly) the crumbling mortar on the bricks. The funnest part was painting things that were eye level! I didn’t take any really good before pictures, and maybe I’ll post a better after picture when everything gets put back together.
my cat thinks she is a seal sometimes
chelsea clarke, vegetables under a yellow lightbulb.
Chevy’s menu design, here I come!
this the hallway in my kitchen, and there’s me in the mirror
here are the rest of those
I’m throwing out my old scenic painting assignments, they are all crumpled from improper storage and too huge to keep.
This was a cool exercise where we painted a scene that could transition from light to dark depending on if it was lit from the back or front. If you can’t tell, the second image is of the same canvas just in front of my window. (You paint black on the back of the canvas in the areas you don’t want to be illuminated, and you do thin dye washes for the areas you do.)
chelsea clarke, charcoal 18x24
chelsea clarke, charcoal 18x24
Chelsea Clarke, Violet
Picture taken when close to completion, but this isn’t a totally acurate lighting situation.
Chelsea Clarke, pants detail from violet
This is a detail, see above posts for more. Tumblr, why can’t I post pictures directly from my computer in a text post? Or maybe I can.
So, this winter I was really psyched to paint a picture of my friend Violet. I did it for an assignment in school, to adapt your favorite painting. Well, one of my favorite is Klimt’s, “portrait of mada primavisi” I posted early in this tumblr.
I’m sad that I couldn’t make this look more like Violet. I should have done at least a portion of it from life, but I was under huge time constraints. Also, when I painted it, last minute and in very long and late nights, I did so only under lamp light. So, I thought things were considerably warmer than they were. I should have known better, and have since set up more of a proper studio lighting situation.
Anyway. I like it in a lot of ways, but to those of you that know Violet, think of it more as a painting than a portrait.
I improvise at the upright citizens brigade theater.
--this tumblr is mostly focused on my paintings, but I wouldn't be surprised if something about cats slipped in.
