Day two hundred and ninety-five: Poking about photos I’ve taken in art museums, I ran across several from the Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway. At the time, in 2009, I remember being surprised by his color choices in several of the paintings, and the bold use of brushstroke Munch used to blend the colors on […]
Also tagged abstract, face, oil, pastelThis sketch is the ninety-seventh in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day ninety-seven: This quick sketch is inspired by Edvard Munch’s oil painting “Night in St. Cloud” at the National Gallery in Oslo. Painted in 1890, Munch’s original is more rich with subtle shades of color […]
Also tagged art on art, nocturne, oilThis sketch is the sixty-first in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day sixty-one: Sometimes at the end of the day when I haven’t made my sketch I have no idea what to draw. A quick flip through a book of prints by Munch is almost always […]
Also tagged art on art, charcoal, face, pencilThis sketch is the forty-sixth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day forty-six: The last few days I’ve been looking at the paintings of James Ensor, Emil Nolde, and Edvard Munch. This invention of mine, which was a scream to make, is a response to the […]
Also tagged abstract, art on art, ensor, face, nolde, oilThis sketch is the fourteenth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day Fourteen: Wasn’t sure what to draw, so I drew what came to mind. Been thinking about layers of color, so started there with a ground of pale yellow and brick; thought about Munch’s “Jealousy” […]
Also tagged allegory, black, face, redThis sketch is the twelfth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day Twelve: Back to the master of “The Scream.” This sketch is after a detail in a lithograph by Munch titled “Jealousy” (1896). Yes, he’s the jealous one, though in the print his eyes are […]
Also tagged art on art, black, face, gray, whiteThis sketch is the ninth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day Nine: My scramble to sketch the first thing in front of me at midnight last night, led me to slaughter a woodcut by Edvard Munch. This more careful study of my favorite print of […]
Also tagged art on art, black, gray, whiteThis sketch is the eighth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day Eight: Super fast sketch inspired by a woodcut by Edvard Munch titled “Encounter in Space.” The true encounter for me was not in space, but time, when I realized at 12:05 AM that I […]
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