Happy Birthday Sis!
Portrait
9.5 Crop
Today’s post is a portion of a commissioned watercolour.
Vincent Grid – Throwback Thursday
Students head back to school today. One of my favorite projects to do with my classes was to take a portrait and use a grid to enlarge it. Then I would have the students treat each square in the grid as its own little world. They could try out different colours and textures, as long as they kept the shapes and values the same as they were in the original.
For those heading back to the classroom, have a great year.
John
Happy Father’s Day.
A few more dots…..
I thought my image of Seurat needed a little something. My solution was to add a number of “Wonder Bread” dots, which float above and around the jar. I hope Georges would approve.
Maud – Throwback Thursday
Today’s post is an etching from a number of years ago. It’s based on an archival family photo.
Irish
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!!! The image for today’s post is of an etching of my mom. She was born in Ireland and immigrated to Canada when she was nine. Though she never made much of a fuss about the 17th of March, it’s still a good day to remember my favorite Irish lady.
Van Gogh Eyes – Throwback Thursday
Today’s post is from an old exercise where you paint a portion of a painting trying to be true to the original, and then do another version where you use subjective colour. Vinnie would understand.
Licensed to Paint
My 10 year old self – not exactly J.B.
Preserved Vincent
Today’s painting is another version of a Van Gogh self-portrait preserved in a Mason jar. The original portrait is magnificent and is on display at Musée d’Orsay. If you’re a fan of Mr. Van Gogh you should try to see the movie “Loving Vincent”, it’s well worth a view.
ANDREW HENDERSON 