[burnt umber, cadmium red, titanium white, ivory black, yellow ochre and cobalt blue on gold background ] As I made it to Brussels in the middle of the pandemic, I set myself to finish the small oil painting on gold leaf — this one was sketched and primed many months ago, before the travel ban. This piece is based on a photo by blanc_lugubre, who I met on tinder...
I met Jenny in Brussels a couple of years ago, while searching for a model to wear my 3Doodler dress. After our initial meeting, we shot some more pictures, knowing one of them would be transferred into a painting or a sketch at some point.This is a one hour sketch of one of those days — Zorn palette on a 10x10cm canvas.
This is my first ever oil painting. After some hours of research, it was clear that the best way to start painting was to use a VERY limited palette, called the Zorn Palette. [Cadmium Red, Yellow ochre, burnt umber, titanium white] This is the result of a couple of hours of painting using only Burnt Umber and Titanium White on a 10x10cm canvas. I drew more small...
Si fueras mexicano, artista, y tuvieras demasiado material en diferentes colores, que es primero que harías? Tu y yo sabemos que el alebrije seria tu primera opción. Si no tienes la (mala? buena?) suerte de ser mexicano, entonces tal vez no conozcas la palabra y el significado de la palabra Qué son los Alebrijes? — El Origen del Alebrije El Alebrije es una creación...
To see a world in a grain of sand,And a heaven in a wild flower,Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,And eternity in an hour.— William Blake, Auguries of Innocence If you had asked me a year ago, whether we would be in a confined world, without social contact, and working from home until God knows when, I would have not believed you. During lockdown, I decided...