Showing posts with label bulldog. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bulldog. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Purple Dog

I think I've finished up. It may or may not seem a little "cartoony," but that's okay, after all it's a school mascot costume for cripe's sake! If anything, I think it really has a Wayne Thiebaud Pop-Art feel to it, which is what I was going for. Thiebaud is one of my favorite painters and I've always wanted to do something like he would. Thiebaud was born in Arizona, like me, only 50 years before me. Unlike Roy Lichtenstein, Thiebaud actually started out as a cartoonist, working for Disney for a while.

The Pop-Art thing is perfect because it should be upbeat and fun, and the decorating style of the recipient is pretty clean and contemporary. My only hope is that a bright purple painting doesn't clash too much with whatever neutrals and eath tones he picked for his home. But then again it's a gift, he can hang it in his john or in his basement where no one else will see it if he wants to. I am seriously considering the poster thing. If not for a fundraiser, at least so that I can give the same image as a gift to a few other people- not to mention being able to keep a copy for myself- maybe in my classroom. NOW the only problem is waiting for it to dry, since it's oil.

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Bow wow in the AM

 
When I came in this morning the sun was behind this painting on it's little easel on my counter and it illuminated the under painting through the canvas (I painted over a flower that I never really finished). It really gave the whole thing a drastically different look- more red-violet than blue-violet. I'm not sure I'm ready to completely switch directions on the original, but I had to grab my camera and capture it. Amazing what a difference lighting makes.


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Tuesday, March 02, 2010

Bow wow wow

Today I started a painting of our school mascot. Somebody asked me where I would end up hanging it when it's finished. Actually, I was thinking of giving it as a housewarming gift to a friend and former student. But it is turning out pretty well, so I may think about poster-size prints. How much would people pay?

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Wednesday, April 20, 2005


ceramic cartoon bulldog, 4-2005
Mallory