Roy Being Attacked by White Tiger, 2006Oil on Velvet 48"x60"
Anyway, this realization has prompted me to do some prepatory sketches for more velvet paintings...with animals, doing un-animal-like things...
This bear is my favorite...He's a sloth bear, the kinda bear you want to buy a beer...
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who could leave behind a bear on a bike?These are all white colored pencil on black paper (treo photos). I am hoping to get an idea of how they might look on velvet, but the black paper gives them a haunting...perhaps ponderous, or worse...Gothic...feel. I don't quite know what to make of them just yet. What do you think?
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The bear is my favorite too - maybe because he looks somewhat pained. There also seems to be a tension there that's missing from the other 2 sketches.
Be careful of the cute factor - it's a slippery slope. I have a children's book called Animal Orchestra and it's vaguely familiar. Roys throat was ripped out by the tiger - now thats drama.
I like that you're starting off with black ground - that can set off all sorts of weirdness.
carry on
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Yeah, I know what you mean about avoiding cute...I just dont want them to look exploited. I heard someone say , about film, that "you can do whatever you want to human characters, but if you want people to leave the movie theater in droves, abuse a dog"...
The black ground really solves alot of my "figure/ground" problems, but the paper I am using is very smooth...which might create problems when I go to velvet.
As always, thanks for the advice, Tim.
JD
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