Friday 22 January 2010

Unravelling the Mystique


This is the other eye of the painting I did for 'something in the air' at The Three Muses this week. I had a little more fun in Photoshop for the Inspiration Avenue Mystique challenge - you need to look really closely... I had huge plans for a whole series of mysterious paintings this week, but then I happened upon a rather nifty little art course which has swallowed all my attention.

It is Suzi Blu's Goddess & Poetry course which takes a little of the 'mystique' out of portrait painting. After nearly 40 years it looks like I am finally learning how to draw a nose! What fun! It was always noses that put me off faces, but since my artistic rediscovery last year I have been 'drawn' more and more to this subject matter.

Regulars of my blog will know that I have become a big fan of 'colouring in' faces. Copies of Vogue have been gesso-ed and models' perfect complexions given make-overs. Then I learnt the transfer technique and there was no stopping me. Occasionally, with a sudden burst of confidence, I have created my own, freehand, with varying degrees of success (you only get to see the half-decent ones!).

I want to do more... The course is wonderful, Suzi is a great teacher and lovely and wacky - wearing mad hats and waving parasols about mid-lesson. So far I'm just on pencil sketches... next comes all that lovely colour! Can't wait!

Watch this space...

18 comments:

  1. Oh wow this is amazing.
    Fantastic work.

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  2. Really cool - looked very closely and I can see!
    P.S. "Fork handles" one of my faves too.

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  3. Lisa, you don't need any lessons on the eyes--very cool. Suzi's fun :)

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  4. OMG!! the eye is very very intriguing!!! i love the look of it and i did look very very closely for like 3 minutes ... but i can't for life see what it is!!! ARGHHHH!!! i tried to click to get a bigger pic, but it was about the same size (i know why ... tho)
    suzanne ... fork handles??? erm ... eating fork handles?? i still can't make it out! HELP!!!

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  5. thanks for visiting my blog and your kind remarks, i have entered you in the draw! x caterina

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  6. I totally see a face LOVE THIS
    am I right? lol I focused on the 2 dots and made out eyes

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  7. oh my goodness... i don't see a face or forks? i've looked & looked & i don't know what i'm seeing. so i guess i have to wait for someone else to unravel the mystique!

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  8. Wow, I LOVE this interpretation of the theme, going back up to figure it out!

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  9. Oh that is SO cool, I won't give it away, but WOW!

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  10. I see it! I noticed it right off the bat...ahhhhhhh, sweet! I won't spoil the surprise for those still trying to get it :)

    Lisa, this is WONDERFUL!

    LuLu~*xoxo

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  11. I looked and looked and I felt like it was one of those color-blindness tests where if you can't see the picture, you must be color blind. So I kept looking, and I do see it! Very clever! Now of course I see it as soon as I look at it!

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  12. Ok now I see somethibg else. can not wait to see what we are spose to be seeing!!!!

    FUN

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  13. I can't wait to see what else you do with this technique!

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  14. This is divine Lisa, I love it! Wonderful technique and fab interpretation of the theme!

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  15. What is more mysterious than the windows to the soul? Beautiful, Lovey!

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  16. What a fantastic site. Thanks for visiting me I shall enjoy coming back to your pages..Jae

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  17. I love your blog and this picture, your most beautiful painting of an eye, is wonderful.

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  18. First of all I have to say your work is beautiful. I love it....But oh darn! I can't see what you are talking about!
    oh well....and second I hope you have not gotten my comment more then once I have tried 3 times to type this:)....then blogger signed me out. Yikes! My bad!
    I have heard of Suzi Blu and her wonderful classes. I have pondered taking them....but so little time and so much to do.
    Have fun! I'm sure you will be painting lovely little figures in no time!

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