Friday, December 08, 2006

Studying Sylvia

Three Amigos by Sylvia Megerdichian
I found this artist last year and then lost her name, and yesterday found her again, to my great delight. Her style is so appealing, and if I were to get the urge to paint representationally, I know this is the direction I would want to take.
Well then, why wait?
I happen to have the necessary water color pencils, caran d'ache watercolor crayons and two pears and an apple. The website said that her mixed media pieces used these supplies.

So I printed out some examples and set up my still life and began with a sketch on canvas taped to a plexiglass support.
Two Pears and an Apple
12"square watermedia on canvas
I used only the watercolor crayons and watercolor pencils, no other paint, just water.



I impressed myself! I have always wanted to paint like this. I stopped myself from gooping it up.
But that like took only minutes, and I was hot for more, so I taped another sheet of primed canvas and proceed to attack another version.


Canvas #2 with acrylic and prismacolor pencils (12"square)

Not quite as lovely as Sylvia's, and much more like Wayne Thiebaud's work. Nothing wrong with that, but not my intention. O well I will not give up. Perhaps working on paper would give the right surface for the results I seek.

10 comments:

  1. OMG...what is it that you say?

    # 2 is "FAB-U"

    I need shapes, things that I "know what they are"...ok, representational painting...too many words.

    I want this!

    8^)

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  2. Anonymous6:43 AM

    Definitely more like Thiebaud. Why don't you study Thiebaud instead? Is he worthy?

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  3. I love Wayne Thiebaud's work, but he is tighter than I would like to be, which is why I am studying Sylvia's style, in search of a looser look.

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  5. I love these. We are off to Chicago and will be missing you. Paint away. xx oo

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  9. Anonymous5:37 PM

    Hours later...just found some time to visit Sylvia's site....wonderful works and yes, definitely more your style there. Remember the painting you did of your friends on the beach? Same same.

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  10. Anonymous9:47 AM

    Mel, I have been so excited watching you paint. I receive the greatest positive energy when viewing the abstracts. I even hauled out a watercolor block and went to it with acrylics and a sketch from my "future quilts" book. You continue to inspire me since the first day we met.

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