Whatever is matter for drawing and painting
Between one sketch and another, between an experiment and many sheets that ended up in the basket, I got entangled in a remake of the Dark Forest. It had to be a very detailed black and white ink line. Then I wanted to watercolor it. Without keeping an “undamaged” copy. Sigh!! The result is decent …
The following illustration is an allegorical interpretation of Dante’s episode of the Three “fere” to which I have already dedicated an other illustration in ink. Watercolor and ink, 35×35 . The delivery times of the contest were tight and the drawing has kept many smudges. But that’s okay too. Or not?
I decided to enter one of my watercolors in an online italian art contest, from 25 oct to 25 nov 2021. You can find it here !! Those who would take a look, could express their eventual satisfaction through a vote!. Thanks anyway! The watercolor is the one dedicated to “The boat of Caronte”. Just …
Finally something came out, even if it was too static. But nothing is thrown away. Below is a detail. The final result on the dedicated page sub DRAWINGS, as usual.
I’m struggling with Paolo and Francesca.I’m struggling with Paolo and Francesca. Always with the pretense of being a little original. .l In the photo, study detail for the closing verse of Canto Quinto, … “come corpo morto cade” … as a dead body falls.
…””Tutti dicono:”E’ la peste, abbiamo avuto la peste”. Poco ci manca che vogliono una medaglia. Ma cosa vuol dire la peste? E’ la vita, punto e basta.”” Albert Camus, La Peste, Giunti Editore Spa/Bompiani, ed.ne maggio 2020. Traduzione di Yasmina Melaouah.
Since I wrote somewhere that I did not remember an illustration or painting that reproduced in full or legibly the famous “inscription” that Dante places on top of the infernal door, here is the first exception; you never stop knowing. It is one of the 88 illustrations that the sixteenth-century painter Federico Zuccari dedicated to …
Federico Zuccari, Divina Commedia. The Infernal Door And The Terrible “Inscription”. Read More »
When I set about performing a series of illustrations from Dante’s Inferno with ink and watercolors, I had a doubt that I have not yet freed myself from. It concerns a substantial incompatibility between the dominant colors of Dante’s Inferno, dark colors between black and red, and the transparencies of watercolor. The ink drawings in …
I point out Pete Beard’s You Tube channel and in particular the series dedicated to “Unsung Heroes Of Illustration”. It is a rich retrospective that traces the career of the greatest international illustrators, with particular reference to the golden age of illustration. Beard’s comments are in easy-to-understand English. They are a great opportunity to deepen …
I always spend a lot of time deciding the perspective of a new composition and, in particular, the point of view. It is crucial: So, I decide the “meaning” I want to give to the image, what it “must say”. Having overcome this first obstacle, in principle there were problems in handling that “a priori” …
These are the first days of “life” of this definitely “do it yourself” blog / album. I would like to thank a large group of people, all graphic arts professionals, whose video tutorials have unwittingly given me a big help in cultivating my hobby. I consider it a duty to acknowledge their contribution. I could not …
Giorgio Michetti, Great Painter, Great Person: Thank You … Read More »
Many amateurs, and I am no exception, in their activities are not inspired by close people with the same interest, but by “monuments” of the past or the present. Moreover, their physiological lack of any “creative” restraint is well known. As for the illustration, my main interest, it is then practically impossible to ignore the …
