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Mar 28, 2007 3 Comments

shallots, 4×6″ acrylic, available

Two for today; I'm off on vacation until April 5th.

A few days after I get back, I'll have 20ish charcoal drawings on display as part of a group show with Jim Bush and Ron Rosenstock at the Providence Art Club – I'll have more details next week, but I've also posted it on the sidebar to the right.

'Bout the studies: back again to my old nemesis, red.

Couldn't pass the shallots up in the grocery store – they were bigger than I'd ever seen, and I use them in the kitchen A LOT. They'll be back for another painting.


strawberry, 4×6″ acrylic, sold

The monster strawberry was a royal pain. Red – rich, luscious, but not screaming bright. Wanted to try and capture that but…right now, to me, it feels like something the Wicked Witch might offer up. So much for Spring.

Last tidbit – fellow artist Sadie Valeri is taking an atelier workshop and has a post about it on her blog. If you're curious about that particular type of classroom experience, her first-day account is worth a read.

DISCUSSION

Jason    Mar 29, 2007  at  12:15 pm
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Hey Sean,

I think the order of difficulty for working with certain colors might be 1) green 2) red and 3) black. I barely use any of them as I lean towards my crutch of purples and blues…

Strawberry looks great! I’ll definitely get over the Art Club to see the drawings.

Sheila Vaughan    Apr 13, 2007  at  9:08 pm
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Hi Shawn, just discovered your blog. There are not many of us working with acrylics but I am persevering. Your work is wonderfully fresh and free-spirited. I’d love to know what kind of surface you work on if you wouldn’t mind sharing that please.
Cheers
Sheila

shawn    May 01, 2007  at  2:23 am
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jason – don’t fear black!!! think of rembrandt and caravaggio and the way they works emerge from the shadows….

sheila – wonderful to get a visit from the uk- thanks for the feedback! i use hardboard- same as you- that i prime with neutral gray acrylic. for the slightly bigger works, i use cradled gessoboard…i’m working to lighten my touch but still don’t like the ‘give’ of canvas-

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