Composition - examples of note

[Mike McCarty]

From the recent ARC competition -

Aron Wiesenfeld's "Princess" Charcoal 50x38
Second place in the drawing competition.

This just crushes me.

[Mike McCarty]

Here are a couple of interesting compositions by Louis Weldon Hawkins, British, 1849-1910. I like the face in the mirror.

I'm guessing that the splotches in the lower left are not part of the composition. It looks like a gold leaf construction.

1- no particulars
2- Girls singing music by Gabriel Fabri, 21x18 - 1903

[Mike McCarty]

This is an interesting example, I think, of how color and contrast are used as compositional tools.

Alexandre Georges Henri Regnault, 18x13 - 1870

[Marcus Lim]

Wow, nice one...it certainly looked like one of those funky Jimi Hendrix art pieces at a quick glance! In fact the guy in the pic certainly looks quite like the man himself!

[Mike McCarty]

Marcus,

I have never been able to imagine this type of bold color concept in my own work. I fully appreciate it when I see it, but I guess some are just not genetically capable of producing this kind of statement.

I think the title was - Head of a Moor.

Jimi met his demise right at 100 years after this painting was produced. I think he would have approved.

All Along the Watchtower - 1968

There must be some kind of way out of here
Said the joker to the thief
Theres too much confusion
I cant get no relief

[Marcus Lim]

Talk about being poetic Mike...if the Jim-ster's still around he would have approved and become best mates to a poetic soul like you too...
<guitar strumming behind>

[Tom Edgerton]

(Mr. H is still good for a kick in the rear about 4:30 when the painting energy starts to flag.)

--TE