Drapery - How To

Check out these interesting examples:

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/drape-study-i-joanne-hopper.html

or this example of soft edges in color:

with a discussion of drapery at:

http://nelseverydaypainting.blogspot.com/2009/02/drapery-study-with-pear.html

or this one:

 from www.janejonesartist.com/dvd.html

or this one:

 

from: http://emptyeasel.com/2007/03/28/realism-in-art-oil-paintings-by-james-neil-hollingsworth/



My point is there is no hard & fast rule for hard or soft edges: it depends on the nature of lighting, texture of the object, etc. Generally, cast shadows create hard edges, ambient and reflected light soft edges, etc.  Use your edges plastically to make convincing drapery folds.


artists you may not be familiar with notable painting styles:
American artists:
John Copley (1738), Benjamin West (1738), Gilbert Stuart (1755), J. Sargent (1856), T. Eakins (1844), JK. Currin (1962), J. Schnabel (1951), E. Fischl (1948),


Women artists:
A. Gentileschi (1593), A. Kauffmann (1741), E. V-Le Brun (1755), C. Charpeniter (1767), J. Leyster (1609), J. Saville (1970), D. Tanning (1910)

Bowls & Strips: The Paper Art of Linda Hagen & Sean Yore - the Exhibit

Bowls & Strips: The Paper Art of Linda Hagen & Sean Yore

21 works of artists Linda Hagen and Sean Yore.

Bowls & Strips – The Art of Linda Hagen & Sean Yore

This collection is an exploration in abstraction with the random textures produced by hand-made papers. We present works that are the intersection of the intentional and planned traditional expression with the unplanned, naturally occurring, randomness of the textures created by the settling of liquid pulp into simple forms. Although the pieces take on conventional forms, the surfaces are suggestive of more imaginative sensations. This is a continuation of the formal properties of the juxtaposition of colors laid over a field of random texture. This would be a post-modernist adaptation of color-field painting. In our opinion, color-field painting is not simply a brief period in American Abstract-expressionist art, but an opening to apply color sensations to contemporary moods.

Now showing at Brisbane City Hall through April 2010

Location: 50 Park Place, Brisbane, Ca.

415-508-2100

Here are pictures of the exhibit:

 

Bowls & Strips: The Paper Art of LInda Hagen & Sean Yore - part II - strips

 

 

 

 

 

detail

 

 

 

 

These items are on view at Brisbane City Hall March & April 2010

Bowls & Strips: The Paper Art of Linda Hagen & Sean Yore

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These items are on display at Brisbane City Hall March & April. 

Papermaking - How To Basics

start with paper cut to confetti size

soak for a few hours
place into a blender

grind to a pulp

pour onto a screen

use a form for bowls

Add matter to sheet as it dries.