Laraine Armenti

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Landscape as Still-life

August 9, 2012 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

LA_boathouse_sm

Boathouse, oil on canvas, 11x14 in (28 x 36 cm), 08.04.12 Save Save Save … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Landscape Outdoor, Oil, Painting

Three Trees — Final

July 31, 2012 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

I returned to this painting mid-month, mainly to work on the lower third. I limited the use of white in color mixes, instead using nickel yellow, which turned out to be just as chalky. I like the way the space in this painting forms a box, top and bottom, front to back. ABOVE: Three Trees, oil on canvas, 16 x 20 inches (41 x 64 cm), 7/18/12 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Landscape Outdoor, Oil, Painting, Writing / Poetry Tagged With: trees, wellesley path

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

Three Trees

July 16, 2012 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

071312_3trees

I painted outside this week, both on my own and with friends. Going back to the same location as last year provides a comparison for changes taking place in my work. The drawing is more specific, there is a wider spectrum of color-value, and I enjoyed the size of a moderately larger canvas. I am alternately completing a piece in one session versus sustaining the larger painting over several days. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Landscape Outdoor, Oil, Painting Tagged With: wellesley path

Window Views

November 14, 2011 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

102611_bamboo

Last of the sumi ink & bamboo pen series. Sumi ink, bamboo pen, Arches Aquarelle or Fabriano Artistico, 140 lb. hotpress, 7.5 x 10 inches (19 x 25 cm).  ABOVE: 10/26/11 10/28/11 10/31/11 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Drawing, Ink, Landscape Outdoor, Still-life Indoor Tagged With: boston, teapot

Boston Ink

October 22, 2011 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Lecture Series sumi ink & bamboo pen drawing series. ABOVE: 10/14/11. All drawings: sumi ink and bamboo pen on Arches Aquarelle or Fabriano Artistico, 140 lb. hotpress, 7.5 x 10 inches (19 x 25 cm), except 10/13/11 6.75 x 10 inches (17 x 25 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Drawing, Ink, Landscape Outdoor, Still-life Indoor Tagged With: bamboo, boston, sumi ink

October Light

October 15, 2011 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

city_acrylic

My studio work day begins with drawing the city from third floor windows, using sumi ink and bamboo pen. Drawing led to doing a larger acrylic painting on paper. Simplifying and limiting color to black and white has helped organize space. This week the color yellow made its appearance. The critical response was, "You are doing what you already know how to do." The evening drawing class … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Acrylic, Figure, Gouache & Watercolor, Landscape Outdoor, Painting, Writing / Poetry Tagged With: boston, kimono

BU First Month

October 10, 2011 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

traffic_rain

Events are moving too quickly to post everything from the graduate school program on the blog. Here are highlights. The photographs are snapshots, hand held, daylight. The city paintings are influenced in part by recently reading Don DeLillo's White Noise. The story concerned an "airborne toxic event" hovering over Somerville, Mass, circa 1985. The next series of paintings use only black and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Acrylic, Collage / Color, Copies, Drawing, Figure, Graphite, Landscape Outdoor, Oil, Painting, Still-life Indoor, Writing / Poetry Tagged With: boston, city, geranium, nude, palette, traffic, visual critique

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