R is for RATTAIL (hairstyle)

Dude, I like relief printmaking best of all - I've come to that conclusion today. I like making the plate and I don't at all mind the process of printing a relief block because it is quick and easy. Our assignment was to choose a letter, and illustrate an image which went with a word we chose for that letter.

I chose "R for RATTAIL (hairstyle)":

a distraction

Paul Cézanne, Great Pine, 1892-96

This is one of my favorite Cézanne paintings mostly because I appreciate the depth that is created by using and balancing warm, neutral and cool colors. This is a great example of Cézanne's mastery over color because as can be seen here, this balance causes the great pine to nearly pop out of the painting as it stands up against a periwinkle sky. I feel like I can walk back into those deep green, almost black shadows in the shrubbery and smaller trees.

Right now I wish I were painting or out on the bicycle... oh but soon enough, soon enough. Right now I'm working on an art history paper for my Italian Renaissance class.

procrastinating again

Painting was so incredibly wonderful. I was only able to paint for three hours, though.

My focus was the stool and the sheets deep within the nook created by all this junk.

I shouldn't have made the stool and the sheets the same color... not sure why that happened.

Oh well.