07 September 2021

Drawing Tuesday - simplicity

 "How simple can you get?" was the question.

Following on from last week's portraits, here is the masterful Matisse -

From http://www.cocosse-journal.org/2019/08/portraits-drawings-by-henri-matisse.html, where there are quite a few others.


I know from personal experience to get a "simple" wash of colour takes considerable skill and experience! 

A quick search for "minimalist art" will yield inspiration. (It looks so easy...)

And then there's Rothko. And Agnes Martin.


From Judith -  Aeons ago the first exercise my architecture class was given was to draw two lines on a sheet of paper.



From Ann - How simple...a quick sketch?



From Najlaa - Enjoyed using the tea bags as paints.



From Sue K - Here’s a simple study of shapes on birch trunks. Always fascinating.



From Gill -  pencil drawing of 3 plants I bought this week.



From Joyce - Pen and ink sketch of a branch from our apple tree.



From Janet K - Willow tree.



From Janet B - A Danish dough whisk



From me - Planning a woodblock print project yielded some simplified trees -


They were taken from this composite drawing -



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