As I'm moving I've been going through all of my art schtuffff and organizing, sorting. I want to set up my new room in a way that I have a structured work space to hopefully inspire structured work in the year to come. I want to get ideas out and on paper. I just got gouache paints. I'm in love already. They're milky opaque, rich colors, mix like silk. They're somewhere in between watercolor and acrylic. Just what I've been looking for. I wanted to knock out a painting to do a test run with them so I did a copy of Matte Stephens' painting of a fox riding a bike.
I'm feeling really inspired by the prospect of having organized spaces to keep my paints separate, all my books out on shelves and my room being large enough to really spread out all my things. I'd like to have some inspiration boards so I can develop a better system of getting my ideas out and gettin them done. I love whenever I come across pictures of artist's workspaces and paintings before completion, so I've put together some of my favorites I've found. I think there's a bit of a theme, relatively plain walls, work and inspiration pictures tacked up, rich walnut colored wood and crisp 50s style.
a wedding invitation, including the mock-up, half completed and the final product:
Matte Stephens:
isn't he sweet looking?
and he's messy! and his cat is sitting on his work!
David Hockney:
Classic Disney illustrator Mary Blair:
and for something completely different:
I can't wait to set up my own space now.
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