Neo Deco – 05-03-24

in WORLD OF XPILAR4 months ago (edited)

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Back in 2014

This oil painting ‘Neo Deco – 05-03-24’ is an elaboration of my pastel drawing ‘Cubist Nude – 28-03-14’. One I was bound to elaborate at some point. I remember I made that one on a whim at Brugman, Voorburg where I teach. Probably a quick sketch before art class. Sometimes those are the best, feeling free to experiment. Now, 10 years later it was about time to set it loose on linen. Little did I know working on a larger scale offers many new challenges.

Scaling Up, Troubles Bound

You see, scaling up this artistic motif didn’t satisfied me and it wasn’t that much bigger. Canson pastel paper is 50 x 65 cm and this painting measures 60 x 80 cm. However, after transferring basic proportions I thought the result was looking rather meager. Or was the result looking rather similar to the pastel drawing I already made in 2014? I don’t know really. Such things just happen when you use a motif a second time around. All bets are off. The trick is to find something new, in spite of the attraction of the initial drawing. There was some added value to be found.

Enter Color

Terrific to see how color also influences form. This female form demanded more forms this time but these weren’t supported by the monochromy I had in mind. Initially I had planned to execute it in blue only but it didn’t work for me really. Enter color and that always means a whole new ballgame. Blue needs orange. These two are complementary vibrant but also a bit boring, so green and pink were added. After a while I realized I had to change, even add forms as well. That was necessary balance all the different colored patches. Hence another jigsaw puzzle like the struggles I face completing ‘Nina – 12-10-23’. All-in all I’m happy with the balance in saturated and non-saturated colours.

Oil on linen (60 x 80 cm)

Artist: Corné Akkers

Bitchute (creating): https://www.bitchute.com/video/gKL0TFDdS4tR/

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Hi Corne, it is interesting how you convert smooth forms into the clear lines and forms. I was always impressed with cubism technique but difficult part is to combine colours in this forms, considering the lights and shadows.

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in "Balance"

 4 months ago 

Thanks. You hit the hammer on the nail. It's not easy at all and color can easily lead to inflation: too many and too saturated. The more angular planes can be balanced out quite easily with two or three base colours, especially when planes are flat looking. However, curved planes with smooth tonal transitions require way more subtlety. A fun chanllenge though.

As to these Steem (Dollars) I've not dived into this before. I'm a bit of a dork here. One question that comes to mind: Those savings spent on someone else only decreases your own savings or can't I transfer them into real money in the first place?

Hmm, I'm going to read the FAQ page but first post a new work.

Best wishes,

Corné

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