Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Art Pact #71 - You Can Leave Your Hat On
Last week's figure class was with the dreaded 3-hour pose.
Why dreaded? because - as opposed to short poses - a long pose pretty much guarantees that the model will go for the most comfortable position s/he can assume.
That ultimately means no creative poses, no spontaneity, no fun gestures. They just gloomily gaze into space, looking stiff, frozen-faced and formal, thus not very inspiring.
And so, the model (named Ogden) sat in a chair.
For three hours; that translates into many 20 minutes sessions with 5-minute breaks in between. Yup, same damn pose!
But - he had a hat on. And he had nice lighting on his face, so I went for a portrait.
I have to say, the more portraits I do, the more I realize that I am getting worse in the non-portrait parts, as in backgrounds and anything that is not a face.
Hmm... something to work on.
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In this painting I see a reminiscent man. A man reminiscing on why he agreed to do a 3-hr pose.
What else could someone think about in the same situation for 3 hours? Unless he found himself attracted to one of the artists. Then he'd have three hours to come up with the most incredible come-on line.
He asked with a very husky voice whether my painting has made it into the Statewide Watercolor Competition at the museum. I think my sex appeal went down significantly when I gave him an honest answer (y'see, visualization doesn't always work...), as he seems to have lost interest. Shame, really. He is such a good gazer.
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What else could someone think about in the same situation for 3 hours? Unless he found himself attracted to one of the artists. Then he'd have three hours to come up with the most incredible come-on line.
