This work presents a roughly delimited, frontal portrait emerging from a field of scraped, mottled substrate—its battered edges and visible abrasions doing as much compositional work as the painted figure itself. The face is modeled with compressed planes rather than blended anatomy: dark contours define the brow, nose, and mouth, while the skin reads through … Continue reading T.A.E.’s Art Reviews – The Discovery of My Reflection
T.A.E.’s Art Reviews – Deconstructing My Self-Image
This work presents a head-and-shoulders figure rendered as if emerging from a damaged surface—an image constructed less by “painting a likeness” than by assembling traces. The face is articulated through high-contrast black lines and scumbled greys that resemble charcoal or soot, while the field behind the head is worked like a palimpsest: layered greens, ochres, … Continue reading T.A.E.’s Art Reviews – Deconstructing My Self-Image
Earlier days – Sheet-music Scribbles 2023
Drawn after "Age is a Mindset", as a result of reflecting on why I wanted to have long hair on these self-portraits. n my early twenties, my hair was very long and sleeked back behind my ears... like many middle-aged men, I selectively pick the joys of my earlier life to reminisce upon and portray … Continue reading Earlier days – Sheet-music Scribbles 2023
Working out an Inspiration – T’Hed Nine
See T'Hed Eight for previous progressions... Where am I in this one? A dark mood emerging, resolute to move forward with this project... sounds good to me. I used the slate grey paper with gouache on top... I blended the base colours with white to give them more depth and volume. I can't decide if … Continue reading Working out an Inspiration – T’Hed Nine
Working out an Inspiration – T’Hed Eight
See T'Hed Seven for previous progressions... Staring at some slate grey drawing paper I was sure I'd like to use the charcoals again, but I needed something different... some other texture to play with. I decided on gouache. I started with painting in the gouache background... unblended and straight pigments. I really love how this … Continue reading Working out an Inspiration – T’Hed Eight
Working out an Inspiration – T’Hed Seven
See T'Hed Six for previous progressions... As stated yesterday, both Six and Seven reflect my crummy moods of late... Yesterday, I acknowledged some anger and sadness... this one makes me think I am receding into an empty space of icky feelings. I'm shrinking and loosing form (my self) and the happiness (yellow shapes) are all … Continue reading Working out an Inspiration – T’Hed Seven
Working Out an Inspiration – T’Hed Three
See T'Hed Two for earlier explorations... I wanted to play with colour a little more, but mainly I wanted to see what oil pastels might achieve. I apply several colours onto the paper then use a smudge stick to blend it. I'm not crazy for the results this time... maybe it's because I got more … Continue reading Working Out an Inspiration – T’Hed Three
Working Out an Inspiration – T’Hed Two
See T'Hed One for earlier steps... This second sketch started with gauche on watercolour paper. I added medium charcoal as an outline and texture. The gouache I have are all primary colours and I mix them right on the pigment pucks. I paint wet on wet and let the pigments bleed as they want. It … Continue reading Working Out an Inspiration – T’Hed Two
Working Out an Inspiration – T’Hed One
Not my artwork. I don't know who it is. I Came across this image a few months ago and saved it as a screenshot then filed it away in my ideas folder. Then I did what I do with so many images I keep... I forgot about it. Unfortunately I didn't save it with the … Continue reading Working Out an Inspiration – T’Hed One
Pablo Picasso isn’t an Asshole – Starting the Skin…
Because I've been pre-posting these entries while I do other projects, they appear daily, but my progress isn't daily... in fact, I've been staring at the figure doe a few days trying to decide on how I want to approach the skin-tones... My gut is telling me to play the green-pink contrast and then add … Continue reading Pablo Picasso isn’t an Asshole – Starting the Skin…