Comments on: Another old pastel from my youth http://billsharp.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/another-old-pastel-from-my-youth/ paintings and drawings Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:34:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Bill Sharp http://billsharp.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/another-old-pastel-from-my-youth/#comment-1291 Bill Sharp Sat, 07 Jun 2008 19:06:56 +0000 http://billsharp.wordpress.com/?p=397#comment-1291 Thanks for the nice comment Chloe. I really admire the fearless linework of your drawings Thanks for the nice comment Chloe. I really admire the fearless linework of your drawings

]]> By: Chloe Cumming http://billsharp.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/another-old-pastel-from-my-youth/#comment-1287 Chloe Cumming Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:14:09 +0000 http://billsharp.wordpress.com/?p=397#comment-1287 I do really like this. Perhaps I'm perpetually immature. Nice to find your stuff, Bill. I think braveness might be part of a good painting. I do really like this. Perhaps I’m perpetually immature. Nice to find your stuff, Bill. I think braveness might be part of a good painting.

]]> By: Bill Sharp http://billsharp.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/another-old-pastel-from-my-youth/#comment-1244 Bill Sharp Mon, 19 May 2008 05:11:30 +0000 http://billsharp.wordpress.com/?p=397#comment-1244 Hi Frank, The work I was doing at that time was very much about mark making and the purposely awkward drawing expressed something for me. I went out of my way to find ways to make if difficult to draw so that the marks would be fresh and unstudied. The red thing is the heart, yes. Your comment started me thinking. That mark making is important to me and I think that's why I am still so attached to the pen and watercolor drawings I do. In fact, I haven't really found a way yet to satisfy that urge in the oil painting I've been doing lately. I used to really tear into some of those pieces. That's one reason I like Frank Edwards' paintings so much. He really tears into a canvas and has mastered mark making with oils. Hi Frank, The work I was doing at that time was very much about mark making and the purposely awkward drawing expressed something for me. I went out of my way to find ways to make if difficult to draw so that the marks would be fresh and unstudied. The red thing is the heart, yes.

Your comment started me thinking. That mark making is important to me and I think that’s why I am still so attached to the pen and watercolor drawings I do. In fact, I haven’t really found a way yet to satisfy that urge in the oil painting I’ve been doing lately. I used to really tear into some of those pieces. That’s one reason I like Frank Edwards’ paintings so much. He really tears into a canvas and has mastered mark making with oils.

]]> By: Frank Gardner http://billsharp.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/another-old-pastel-from-my-youth/#comment-1238 Frank Gardner Sat, 10 May 2008 03:27:38 +0000 http://billsharp.wordpress.com/?p=397#comment-1238 Hi Bill, I was unsure of this one at first. Had to come back a few times. I like the mark making and carefree drawing style. It's almost like it is about a memory of some sort. What is the red thing on the chest? Heart? It is cool to see older stuff once in a while. I don't know much about most of my blogger friends, and stuff like this helps fill in the blanks. Hi Bill, I was unsure of this one at first. Had to come back a few times. I like the mark making and carefree drawing style. It’s almost like it is about a memory of some sort. What is the red thing on the chest? Heart?
It is cool to see older stuff once in a while. I don’t know much about most of my blogger friends, and stuff like this helps fill in the blanks.

]]> By: Bill Sharp http://billsharp.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/another-old-pastel-from-my-youth/#comment-1236 Bill Sharp Fri, 09 May 2008 17:57:24 +0000 http://billsharp.wordpress.com/?p=397#comment-1236 Kathy, Congratulations on the exciting news of your move to Italy. I really look forward to seeing what the moves does for your work. Thanks for stopping by. Ambera, Thanks I'm enjoying the work you're posting for your upcoming show. Kathy, Congratulations on the exciting news of your move to Italy. I really look forward to seeing what the moves does for your work. Thanks for stopping by.

Ambera, Thanks I’m enjoying the work you’re posting for your upcoming show.

]]> By: ambera http://billsharp.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/another-old-pastel-from-my-youth/#comment-1233 ambera Thu, 08 May 2008 21:54:59 +0000 http://billsharp.wordpress.com/?p=397#comment-1233 Really neat! I don't know why, but I love that hair. Really neat! I don’t know why, but I love that hair.

]]> By: Kathy Law http://billsharp.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/another-old-pastel-from-my-youth/#comment-1231 Kathy Law Thu, 08 May 2008 00:08:36 +0000 http://billsharp.wordpress.com/?p=397#comment-1231 This is an interesting piece--the sort of "presence/absence" of the figure, and the childlike quality of the large head. The gesture seems to show surprise and innocence. I like this one lots more than the last "blast from the past". :) This is an interesting piece–the sort of “presence/absence” of the figure, and the childlike quality of the large head. The gesture seems to show surprise and innocence. I like this one lots more than the last “blast from the past”. :)

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