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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

Food Drawings

January 12, 2009 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

The search for interesting shapes and colors in the grocery store, for subjects to draw and paint, has brought about greater diversity in what I eat. Tonight the acorn squash transformed from actor in a table-top still life into a nourishing side dish. I've read that when Matisse lived on the coast in Nice, there was a restaurant downstairs from his flat. A waiter would bring up oysters or other … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Drawing, Ink, Writing / Poetry Tagged With: apple, Matisse, squash, teapot, wine

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