Steem Queen
Today I was really nervous and kept forgetting to breathewhilst drawing my lines. When I do that I hold onto my pen tightly and my hand hurts and I catch myself holding my breath. My lines are squiggly, I am NOT good at drawing lines at all and I've been working for a solid year to get in the flow. I avoid coffee now but today for some reason I couldn't relax. I said, "screw it," and decided to work on the lines anyway. Now it's time to start cooking dinner! See you all tomorrow and don't forget to breathe and keep you focus of attention light and steady, no grasping allowed...hahaha
15 x 12 Watercolor, pen, and ink on mixed media paper 2017
I've been painting and drawing since I was old enough to be trusted to hold a pencil and a brush. I've never done a portrait of myself. I love Mucha, links below if you want to explore the artist and the world of Art Nuevo, which was started in protest over the ugliness of Industrial art.
I still have to finish up my face and the dress. Clean up the lines, brighten up the background, darken up the letters. I'll be posting my finished portrait on Tuesday. I'm working on an article about Edward Jenner the father of the modern day vaccine movement. As I was reading and researching the history of vaccines I found two arguments regarding Jenner. He was a quack or he saved the world from smallpox. Both sides are equally passionate regarding their arguments, which I find fascinating.
(WIP 1) My conversation with @builderofcastle, look in the comment section
Mucha's Printing Process, revolt against industrialization (ugly art) of art.
In an age when the industrial revolution was making mass-produced goods available, it also seemed to be increasingly making them ugly and diminishing the role of the artist/craftsman in society. Art Nouveau was a revolt against this ugliness and there is a strong social component to the work that we no longer see.