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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

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

Rodin — Philadelphia

December 31, 2013 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

rodin_phil_drwg_02

Evidence of my on-going effort to draw in galleries from great art. No pens allowed in the Rodin Museum. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Drawing, Figure, Graphite Tagged With: Philadelphia, Rodin

Gouache — Fall 2012

January 24, 2013 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

All paintings are gouache on heavy, textured handmade paper from India, bound in an 8x8 inch book that opens to 8x16 inches, painted in the fall semester of the MFA program at Boston University. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Figure, Gouache & Watercolor, Landscape Outdoor, Painting, Still-life Indoor Tagged With: boston, chair, umbrella

Teaching Assistant — Figure

November 9, 2012 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

black, white and ochre

Contre-jour, oil on canvas, 14 x 11 inches (36 x 28 cm), 2012; titanium white and lamp black, on yellow ochre ground Man, oil on canvas, 14 x 11 inches (36 x 28 cm), 2012; yellow ochre, titanium white, and lamp black Seated Man, oil on canvas, 14 x 11 inches (36 x 28 cm), 2012; venetian red, lemon yellow, ultramarine, titanium white … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Figure, Oil, Painting, Teaching Tagged With: limited palette

Suburbs

July 30, 2012 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

072812_corot_ink

I've been using a sketchbook to look for outdoor painting locations that offer parking, shade and other necessities, along with the subject itself. The pen is liquid ink, made by Pilot, claims to be archival. ABOVE: Houses, pen & moleskine, 5x8 in (13x20 cm), 07/24/12 Observatory, pen & moleskine, 5x8 in (13x20 cm), 07/24/12 Greenhouse, pen & cachet, 8 x10 in (20x25 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Drawing, Figure, Ink, Landscape Outdoor Tagged With: Corot, greenhouse, suburbs, wellesley

Self Portrait Series

July 7, 2012 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

062912 self portrait

Self no. 4, oil on carton board, 8.75 x 5.5 in (22 x 14 cm), 6/29/12 Self no. 3, oil on carton board, 8.75 x 5.5 in (22 x 14 cm), 6/27/12 Self no. 2, oil on carton board, 8.75 x 5.5 in (22 x 14 cm), 6/26/12 Self no. 1, oil on carton board, 8.75 x 5.5 in (22 x 14 cm), 6/24/12 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Figure, Oil, Painting Tagged With: self portrait

Visual Critique

November 14, 2011 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Visual Critiques are paintings or drawings done in response to work done by other students. ABOVE: Fish — gouache, 6.5 x 10 inches (17 x 25 cm), 11/05/11 Couple — gouache, 11.25 x 15 inches (17 x 25 cm), 11/14/11 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Figure, Gouache & Watercolor, Painting, Still-life Indoor Tagged With: couple, fish, visual critique

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