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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

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

Edwardian Schema

March 23, 2016 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

031416_falcon_03

To celebrate the arrival of a new drawing pen, I used my Moleskine sketchbook to copy lessons from Drawing Made Easy by E.G. Lutz, originally published in 1916. His method is simple. He starts with geometric guidelines of outside shapes, then divides big shapes into smaller ones. Instruction in this type of schematic drawing was largely abandoned in the 1950s and 1960s in favor of supposedly more … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Copies, Drawing, Ink Tagged With: schema

Danforth Drawing Classes

April 5, 2015 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Danforth Drawing Cast

Drawing classes begin on Tuesday, April 7 at Danforth Museum School in Framingham, Mass. Emphasis on seeing shapes of light and dark within a compositional frame is presented. Learn to observe the direction of light on objects in space. Warm-up with gestural thumbnail sketches from observation and from memory. Translate complex forms into two-dimensional compositions using line, value, edge and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Drawing, Figure, Still-life Indoor, Teaching, Writing / Poetry Tagged With: bust, teapot

Drawing Class Demo

March 19, 2015 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Drawing_demo

This week students worked on drawing heads in the observational drawing class I teach at Danforth Museum School in Framingham. We have progressed from drawing individual objects like the tea pot to complex forms such as the plaster bust of a man. The outlined features on the balloon help students see the difference between drawing flat, isolated features on a sphere in comparison to representing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Drawing, Teaching, Writing / Poetry Tagged With: balloon, bust

Sketchbook

January 17, 2015 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

011315_Group

Sketchbook, uniball ink, 7x10 inches, 120114 Sketchbook, uniball ink, 7x10 inches, 011315 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Drawing, Ink, Still-life Indoor Tagged With: uniball

Studio Ink

November 1, 2014 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

091214_ink_studio

Last pages of sumi ink on hand-made paper in bound book, 8x8 inch pages in 8x16 inch spread, 09.12.14. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Drawing, Ink, Still-life Indoor Tagged With: coat stand, studio interior

Mug and Pitcher

September 21, 2014 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

ALL PAINTINGS: Sumi ink & gouache, 8" x 8" handmade India paper in bound book, 2014 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Drawing, Ink, Still-life Indoor Tagged With: apple, geranium, kleenex, mug, paper bag, pitcher, sumi ink

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