I am very intimidated by the challenge of figure and portrait drawing and painting! That is why there are no people in my paintings. But, I am rising to the occasion to paint sock monkeys doing various things like riding a bicycle, floating in a hot-air balloon, and other assorted activities! Why? Because I am helping my daughter decorate her nursery for the new baby due in January.
First I had to make the sock monkey. Not hard, but you do need the RIGHT socks and directions from Rockford Red Heel Socks. (For my friends from other countries - Sock Monkeys go back to 1880 in Iowa. There are websites and blogs devoted to the Sock Monkey - watch out! They are addictive!)
OK, now I have my model - I can pose him and paint from life!
... to be continued ...
3 comments:
Oh, Carolyn! What a cute sock monkey! So adorable!
I read the story, very interesting, I never knew that! This is so cool! At one site were photos - the monkey journey, how sock monkey wrote a book, how it published on the magazine cover ... if alive:))) so cool! Sooo funny!!!
Here "hello" for monkey from me! :)
Wish you and your daughter have a good time - great days!
I can so relate to figure painting. The sock monkey project sounds like fun and just may knock the edge off your resistance. Have fun!
:-)
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