2/24/2019

rain break...

after 2 weeks of rain

there was a quick break in the
incessant rain and freezing temperatures
lately...
as usual the first sign of 
relief is manifested by the
amount of motorists on the road...
highway 1 usually gets pack 
from the city to Santa Cruz
or at least as far down as Half Moon Bay...

i had a chance to work on my
Pacific Heights cityscape
though I had to sketch in my 
car as the 9mph wind
 made the outside temp
freezing in the late afternoon...
Scott/Pacific st

I had a chance to work on my figurative 
project "women/culture
in the 60s "
the 3rd session i spent about 45 minutes...
3rd session

4th session

and tonight I spent about 4 hours on 
the 4th session

did  a little bit of the background
which I'm guessing is the
London Bridge...
and of course did further modeling
of the head/face...notice her
mascara....

Didn't get a chance to put in more
hours as I came down with cold
virus for 5 days....
managed to get over it with lime
and honey 3 times a day...

that's all folks!

jt 

2/09/2019

Rain, rain go away....

Come again another day....

it's been raining most of the week with
temperatures from low 40s
and hi's from low to mid 50s....
it's characteristic of winter
nothing surprising except
the Canadians had to be naughty
once in a while....
so they send the blasting arctic wind to 
East coast and to the Bay area...
commuters waiting for Bus #18 at Stonestown Trader Joe's
 it's freezing  particularly
when winds get up to 30mph...

...this is the 2nd
week i'm stuck indoor...
it's good i have started 
the figurative series ...
it keeps me occupied 
and not too bored...
1st session about 3hours of work

it's 2 a.m. ...i have this
2nd session of the Londoner
woman in the swinging 60s
(based on B/W stock photo)
spent 30 minutes on this
session working on the face....
2nd session 30 minutes of work

Still raining at the moment...
ready to make my snack
and watch late night news....

Good night folks!...
jt

2/03/2019

A woman in distress

Hollywood and the movie studios....


have often explored and exploited
the subject of a woman in distress...
and one couldn't get enough of it...

Ela hanging and waiting for Tiresome or Tarzan to rescue her...

Filmmakers, novelists and screen play writers
have fun exploring this theme.

Some of Hitchcock films for example,
Vertigo, Rear Window, Marnie and others
are good examples... 

In the meantime, back to being an artist
there was a construction going on at the site
where i painted last and the earth movers
and other machines were in the way
of my picture composition so
i sort of wasted my trip to the 
Pacific heights area...

The rains this week also impeded
my plein air endeavor so I started a new 
project about the
women and culture in the 60s.
This is from a B/W stock photo reference....i still have to trace
the photographer and/or the model....

Painting still in progress, 36" x 48"
(based on a B/W photo) which i started last night
of a Londoner in the swinging 60s.
I'll let you in as i get along with the project,
Twiggy would be part of the series.
The woman in the painting has a resemblance to
Stacy who was my diligent and brilliant
classmate in Fine Art and Animation...
we burned the midnight
oil together rushing projects in the animation lab...
she now
lives and paints in Laguna Beach.

au revoir!
jt