Hello my loyal Blog Minions! The lapse in posts was caused in part by my life being unnoteworthy and then by the business of packing my unnoteworthy life in hollow cardboard cubes and entrusting them to the You-Pea-Ess. Now I have returned to school and just finished retrieving all the cubes from the mailroom.
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This semester I am in Painting 4. This would be of no particular interest except that I am the only Painting 4 student on campus at this time. The rest are in either Painting 1 or 2. I've been dropped in among the number twos and told to write up a proposal instead of getting assignments.
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Just recently I had discovered the artist Wayne Thiebuad. His is the picture at the beginning of the post. Most of his artwork consists of cakes, pastries and other delicious food items depicted in luscious detail. Since I want to practice my realism and the more technical side of drawing, I found Thiebaud's work the perfect inspiration.
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But how to make it my own?
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What if . . . there was this cookie. Chocolate chip, I think, beautifully rendered. Moist, delicious . . . being held by a horrible monster shadow hand.
Now I'm calling the project "Grim Tea Party". There will be nine to twelve panels, all 8x10 inches, with corresponding images in all of them. The center panel will be a desolate asphalt road with a beautifully set tea table smack in the middle. There will be no color except for some bright lollipops in a vase.
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Pictures of my progress will be posted now and again. I'm looking forward to trying such a different project and doing it all on wood panels instead of canvas for a change.
