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Creative Mindfulness: Buildings & Shapes
The theme for our classes this month is Women Artist's for Women's History Month. Last weeks class artist was Mary Blair.
Mary was an artist, designer, and illustrator and best known for the work she did with the Disney cooperation. You must all remember it's a Small World, my Mom in laws favorite thing of all time...well Mary Blair designed all of it for Walt Disney World. She started with Disney in 1940 and worked SO MANY of Disney favorites of our childhood: Fantasia, Dumbo, Ichabod and Mr. Toad, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp and MORE.
Her style was stylized and contemporary...her personal works were mostly illustrations, always colorful and unique.
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Our handout gave information about Mary and a discussion of her approach to some building backdrops actually made for parts of Small World for Disnery. When I saw the buildings, I immediately thought of Nyhaven the iconic wharf area of Copehagen, Denmark that has for centuries has been a hub of commerce, fishing, and now a highly desirable, iconic neighborhood.
I found a photo online...and I stylized it as boxes...and was going to take it a different route,
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...when I started to draw in windows and blocked out some line designs. So, it is halfway realistic, and still whimsical.
I used my alcohol markers, sharpies, and some very quick movements. The whole thing was done in less than an hour.
Lots of fun repeating the lines in the wharf and all those windows. The colors are more intense than reality, but not that different...! Denmark is colorful.
HUGS TO Brave, Strong and OPINIONATED Denmark
NYHAVEN IN
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
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The Dannebrog... representing Denmark since 1219...!
YES THAT OLD!
Thank you for your cooperation,
Sandi
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That turned out really good!!! I Love colorful Art, that one is worthy of Framing and hanging on a Wall my Friend.
ReplyDeleteI did work from a photo---but just for the basic shapes..and all those windows...lol. Thanks, love the bold colors myself, Sandi
ReplyDeleteYour painting of Copenhagen is lovely. I live close to a delightful museum that houses Mary Blair art…she was an amazing artist and is truly loved. Her husband was an artist also, a very good one. Eyvind Earle is another stylized artist from the early days of Disney animation. I am happy to see artists today appreciate their work and contribution to modern art. I enjoy seeing your art develop with these classes and I always enjoy your blog.Thank you. Virginia
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Virginia...sometimes bloggers never know if they are writing in the air only...smiles and thanks again! Sandi
DeleteIsn't it fun to draw the buildings of this area? I have done that and enjoyed it so much. When I first saw your wonderful painting, I thought it might be Amsterdam but no, Copenhagen. And I simply love it. Well done, my friend. I love the colors, the motion.
ReplyDeleteIt was fun, it's interesting that over the years the colors have become brighter...it's a really iconic area...it was all muted when I was there in 1963. I really did it even stronger thatn it is now...what I missed was the white trim, but then it was supposed to be sort of abstract...lol, I may try and paint it on some good size paper for our family room. We will see. Hugs, Sandi
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