While thumbing through fashion magazines for material for the fashion series of paintings, I come across quite a bit of advertisements that catch my imagination. Not the kind of imagination that the advertisers are hoping to achieve - the "Oh, I would fancy wearing that" variety, but instead the "Oh, put her in the right setting and she would look like Benjamin Franklin!" This is sometimes followed by a Who Would Wear That? session.
The following is one such ad for Chanel that captured my unwanted attention:
(And of course, I don't own the rights to this, did not create this, and I give full credit to Bazaar Magazine and the photographer for publishing this advertisement for Chanel. This is also not the entire image, as it is a two page spread.)
Now that that's over, here's the image:
Her heavy, masculine brow caught my attention. By the way, have you noticed the heavy brow look more and more in magazines? I think we're headed toward Frida Kahlo's unibrow, but that's besides the point.
She looks like a severe pilgrim.
Soooo....I decided to do a little fun drawing of her with my frame of mind of how I saw this. I drew it up using very severe line work of inner contours, and I wanted to omit as much curving lines as possible. I then did washes of color over parts of the drawing to give more interest and dimension.
This is what I came up with that I promptly named "Alien Pilgrim":
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I am hoping it recieves the home it deserves - one with a sense of humor! :) After all, why does fine art and little studies like this one have to be serious all of the time?
Onward to finishing the tree painting now. I hope your enjoying your Saturday, and I hope that I at least gave you a smile. Love to all!
The following is one such ad for Chanel that captured my unwanted attention:
(And of course, I don't own the rights to this, did not create this, and I give full credit to Bazaar Magazine and the photographer for publishing this advertisement for Chanel. This is also not the entire image, as it is a two page spread.)
Now that that's over, here's the image:
Her heavy, masculine brow caught my attention. By the way, have you noticed the heavy brow look more and more in magazines? I think we're headed toward Frida Kahlo's unibrow, but that's besides the point.
She looks like a severe pilgrim.
Soooo....I decided to do a little fun drawing of her with my frame of mind of how I saw this. I drew it up using very severe line work of inner contours, and I wanted to omit as much curving lines as possible. I then did washes of color over parts of the drawing to give more interest and dimension.
This is what I came up with that I promptly named "Alien Pilgrim":
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Alien Pilgrim, 2013
Graphite and watercolor on paper
12x9"
The combination of the title and the image made me laugh, so it was only fitting that I wrote up the Etsy description for this protype in this manner. Follow the link and I hope you laugh!
I am hoping it recieves the home it deserves - one with a sense of humor! :) After all, why does fine art and little studies like this one have to be serious all of the time?
Onward to finishing the tree painting now. I hope your enjoying your Saturday, and I hope that I at least gave you a smile. Love to all!
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