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Tv Portraits

March 9, 2017 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Journalists, politicians, reporters, and policy experts are the portrait subjects of the five minute animated gif in this post. Drawings were made while watching tv news shows during the three month period between the presidential election and first six weeks of the new administration. News of the day opportunistically provided subjects for drawings that are presented in roughly the order they … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Animation, Drawing, Figure, Ink Tagged With: journalists, policy experts, politicians, reporters, tv portraits

Four Xmases

February 22, 2017 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Although nothing goes out of style quicker than the holiday season, I decided to share four recent collages that I made in January from Christmas cards I received in the mail. By keeping the cards grouped by year, from 2013 to 2016, the commercial and personal graphics of a self-selecting community of friends, relatives, and businesses produced a composite portrait of each year. You may recognize … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Collage / Color Tagged With: xmas cards

2016 Review

January 22, 2017 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

I was concerned when assembling this review that I might confuse my readers with disparate series of works from this year. To be a generalist also conflicts with good advice. Mark Twain observed, "Astonishing things can be done with the human memory if you will devote it faithfully to one particular line of business." My amateur values — instincts, sensibilities, proclivities, predisposition, or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Collage / Color, Drawing, Ink, Landscape Outdoor, Still-life Indoor Tagged With: birds, Nicolas de Staël, ships, year in review

Reporter’s Notebook

November 27, 2016 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

I am among countless fans of Gwen Ifill who were shocked and saddened by her premature death on November 14, 2016. Her wit, warmth, incisive intelligence, and "megawatt" smile are deeply missed. She provided invaluable insights into contemporary politics that I appreciated as a frequent viewer of Washington Week and the PBS NewsHour. Many of the journalists seen on the two shows became subjects of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Drawing, Ink Tagged With: gwen ifill, journalists, sketchbook

Figure in Four Directions

October 1, 2016 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Once again this year, I had the good fortune to make art in an intensive workshop taught by Ken Kewley. Titled "Abstraction for Realists — Working from the Model: Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Collage, and Sculpture", the workshop was held at Truro Center for the Arts, Truro, Massachusetts, in September 2016. Select tabs above labelled PROJECTS > WORKSHOPS ATTENDED to see more … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Collage / Color, Figure, Painting, Workshop Tagged With: Ken Kewley, Truro Center for the Arts

Vermont Gouache

August 11, 2016 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Benn, VT, 072316

In July I took a road trip to paint outside in southern Vermont. Choosing to use watercolor and gouache on paper solved numerous itinerant-painting related issues. Watercolor and gouache dry fast, have quick set-up and clean-up, and need very little storage space. The paint doesn't melt in the heat or threaten to ignite within a baking car. There are no combustible rags to dispose. These … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Gouache & Watercolor, Landscape Outdoor, Painting Tagged With: bennington, sketchbook, Vermont

Handmade Sketchbook

July 13, 2016 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

sketchbook bookbinding

Seeing a friend's field drawing done in a handmade sketchbook inspired me to reacquaint myself with bookbinding. Past project materials were on hand to assemble a simple casebound book: a few full sheets of drawing paper for a single signature, decorative end pages, bookboard, cover fabric, and glue. Relearning the steps was slow but satisfying to complete. Now if I can find a dead rabbit to draw. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: sketchbook

Drawing Bruegel

May 4, 2016 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Bruegel, 041816

Drawings from Pieter Bruegel using recently acquired Namiki Pilot Falcon fountain pen with carbon ink in a Moleskine sketchbook, 8x5 inch. Above: Peasants Dancing (1568). Pieter Bruegel, The Dark Day (1565) and other paintings Pieter Bruegel, The Land of Cockaigne (1567) and The Battle Between Carnival and Lent (1559) Pieter Bruegel, The Battle Between Carnival and Lent … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Copies, Drawing, Figure, Ink, Tools Tagged With: moleskine, namiki falcon

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