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Cyclamen and Clementine

March 6, 2010 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Cyclamen and clementine, gouache, 9.5 x 7 in (24 x 18 cm), 03/05/2010 Cyclamen and clementine, ink, 10 x 7 in (25 x 18 cm), 03/05/2010 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Drawing, Gouache & Watercolor, Ink, Painting, Still-life Indoor Tagged With: clementine, cyclamen

Apple and Paper Bag

February 20, 2010 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Apple and Paper Bag, gouache, 7 x 9.5 in (18 x 24 cm), 02/17/2010 Apple and Paper Bag, ink, 7 x 10 in (18 x 25 cm), 02/17/2010 Apple, Clementines, and Paper Bag, ink, 7 x 10 in (18 x 25 cm), 02/19/2010 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Drawing, Gouache & Watercolor, Ink, Painting, Still-life Indoor Tagged With: apple, clementine, ink, paper bag

Apple, Clementines, Paper Bag

February 9, 2010 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Apple, Clementines, and Paper Bag, gouache, 7 x 9.5 in (18 x 24 cm), 02/07/2010 Apple, Clementines, and Paper Bag, ink, 7 x 10 in (18 x 25 cm), 02/07/2010 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Drawing, Gouache & Watercolor, Ink, Painting, Still-life Indoor Tagged With: apple, clementine, paper bag

Apple and Clementines

February 6, 2010 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Apple and Clementines, gouache, 7 x 9.5 in (18 x 24 cm), 02/03/2010 Apple and Clementines, ink, 7 x 10 in (18 x 25 cm), 02/03/2010 Apples and Paper Bags, ink, 7 x 10 in (18 x 25 cm), 02/02/2010 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Drawing, Gouache & Watercolor, Ink, Painting, Still-life Indoor Tagged With: apple, clementine, paper bag

Four Fruit

February 1, 2010 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Four Fruit, gouache, 7 x 9.5 in (18 x 24 cm), 01/31/2010 Four Fruit, ink, 7 x 10 in (18 x 25 cm), 01/31/2010 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Drawing, Gouache & Watercolor, Ink, Painting, Still-life Indoor Tagged With: bag, clementine, pear, plate

Drawing the Beast

December 28, 2009 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Drawing resumes after work in December was disrupted in part by replacing — three times — a ten year old mac G4 with a shiny new malfunctioning i-mac. A peek behind the flawless curtain of brand image can be shocking, whether it's Apple, Tiger, or the mesmerizing decorative wrappings torn off another holiday season. The desire to believe in appearances persists. “Fancy thinking the Beast was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Drawing, Ink, Still-life Indoor, Writing / Poetry Tagged With: clementine, garlic, onion, pear

Bananas and Blue Napkin

February 26, 2009 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Bananas and Blue Napkin, oil on paper, image 6.5 x 8.25 in, (16.5 x 21 cm), 02/19/2009 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Oil, Painting, Still-life Indoor Tagged With: banana, blue napkin, clementine, green apple

Bananas and Blue Napkin

February 23, 2009 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

For my recent series of oil paintings on paper, I prepared Arches 300 lb. cold press watercolor paper with two or three coats of acrylic matte medium. Re-reading notes from a workshop, I discovered that the recommendation was for one coat of matte medium followed by two coats of acrylic gesso. No wonder too much oil was being absorbed from the paint. Learn by doing — that's what works. ABOVE: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Oil, Painting, Still-life Indoor, Writing / Poetry Tagged With: apple, bananas, blue napkin, clementine, lemon

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