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Teacher Student

October 5, 2018 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

It can be a mark of pride in art to be self-taught, to be an Autodidact, Visionary, or Outsider artist. To a degree all artists can claim the title of being self-taught, despite Abe Lincoln's warning that, “He who represents himself has a fool for a client.” Hours lead to years of blind groping for uncertain results that truly place one face to face with oneself. There are also those who believe … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Oil, Painting, Still-life Indoor Tagged With: limited palette, workshops

Summer Drawings

August 22, 2018 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Drawing means different things to different people. As a practitioner I want to make the approximate specific and say more with less. The most important thing is to draw often, in whatever way possible, to realize its potential. I went to ten extraordinary museums on art trips in New England this summer. Museums usually forbid the use of ink when drawing in sketchbooks from their art in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Drawing, Figure, Graphite, Ink, Still-life Indoor, Tools Tagged With: museums, sketchbooks, trips

Spring Teaching 2018

March 25, 2018 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Registration is now open for my spring teaching schedule beginning April 2 at ccae.org and April 10 at www.danforth.org. This post contains examples of student art from three classes I teach in painting and drawing. Below are descriptions of each class and the schools where the classes are offered. From Copies to Life at the Cambridge Center Studio School. This class alternates between copying … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Acrylic, Copies, Drawing, Oil, Painting, Photo, Still-life Indoor, Teaching Tagged With: basket, bread, copies, drape, milk, pitcher, poinsettia, skull

Tempus Fugit

September 16, 2017 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

This month marks ten years since I stopped working as a graphic designer for international meetings to devote more time to painting. My hectic pace of life, of client deadlines and to-do lists, kept interrupting painting. The change led to forks in myriad unmarked roads. I had wanted to discover what might be possible, to cultivate my potential, and I was motivated to make the change by nearing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Oil, Painting, Still-life Indoor, Writing / Poetry Tagged With: apple, bird, pink pitcher, plum, shell, teapot

Masterpiece Copies

May 21, 2017 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

"Paris offers... the museums in which you can study the old masters;... from 12 to 4 you copy, in the Louvre or the Luxembourg, whatever masterpiece you like." — Zola’s letter to Cezanne, 1858 ~~ Art made in eras that are historically and culturally different from our own provides a limitless source of instruction and inspiration. For the artist, the process of copying masterpieces internalizes … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Copies, Figure, Gouache & Watercolor, Painting, Still-life Indoor Tagged With: European painting

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

Winter Gouache

April 9, 2016 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Avocado, 031116, 5x8 in sketchbook, gouache, 2016 Pitcher, 022116, 5x8 in sketchbook, 2016 Studio, 012216, 5x8 in sketchbook, gouache, 2016 Plums, 012116, 5x8 in sketchbook, 2016 Squash, 013116, 5x8 in sketchbook, 2016 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Gouache & Watercolor, Painting, Still-life Indoor Tagged With: avocado, pitcher, plums, sketchbook, squash, studio

Still-life with Truck

February 22, 2016 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

gouache, 102115

Recent gouache paintings done in a Canson mixed-media 9x12-inch spiral bound notebook. ABOVE: Still life, 102115 — 2015, gouache, 8x8 inches Still life, 100515 — 2015, gouache, 7.5x7.5 inches Still-life with Truck, 092515 — 2015, gouache, 5x7 inches … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Gouache & Watercolor, Painting, Still-life Indoor Tagged With: truck

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