The Brook

I chatter, chatter, as I flow

To join the brimming river,

For men may come and men may go,

But I go on forever.

I wind about, and in and out,

with here a blossom sailing,

And here and there a lusty trout,

And here and there a grayling,

And here and there a foamy flake

Upon me, as I travel

With many a silver water-break

Above the golden gravel,

And draw them all along, and flow

To join the brimming river,

For men may come and men may go,

But I go on forever.

Well as the time grows nigh, of course, like all of us, feel lots of things. But reading one of my favorite poets the other day Alfred L. Tennyson, I came across his poem, The Brook. This is just a part of it, and it describes life like a flowing brook that starts small and then it get bigger and ultimately joins the great and bigger river. But in this part expresses so nicely how our lives are filled with great people of all varieties and some come and go, some go with you to the end but non the less were part of the journey. So I dedicate this to the wonderful people that were part of this stage in my life. " And draw them all along, and flow/ To join the brimming river"

... I'll miss you all...

ART SHOVV!!!!

Ok, so well I guess 'tis time! 'tis time! and the news:

Now that I'm going back home (MEXICO) the plans for the next weeks are as follow;

Ashley and I will be having an art show that will consist of work we've been doing our studies in NY. It will by hosted by The Guild Atelier, in Carol Gardens. Come to see our work and a chance to say farewell to Ash and I, before we go back to our mother-lands.

The place? time? etc?

December 10th at The Guild Atelier,

487 Union Street, Carroll Gardens, Br'klyn

And what before that? well enjoy as much as I can the time I have left with the beautiful, amazing, intelligent,charming, clever, and any good title you can add to a friend.

How much I'm going to miss all of you!!!!!! the pic above is my momentary working space.

I JUST WANT TO PAINT DREAMS

FOR THOSE WHO ARE AWAKE,

...FULL STOP...

Well, This some of the work i did this past summer, for anyone who is reading, thanks. And I'll try to keep on posting stuff up for my upcoming projects.

"I know a bank whereon the wild thyme blows,

Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows

Quite over- canopied with luscious woodbine,

With sweet musk- roses,

And with eglantine."

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Well yes summer is here, as one of my friends said, time of bitter endings and sweet beginnings.

Long time since I uploaded something, first a still life that I had around;

Then I have this flower paintings from my workshop;

And last my last painting I did in T&T, I wasn't able to take picture of the drawing.

And here some other stuff that I did;

And well tomorrow I'll embark into the HRF ( Hudson River Fellowship) And hope everything goes well there...

Till then! I'll try to post stuff from this summer.

{Sorry for the pictures, I have no idea how to get a nice picture with such a crappy camera}

And some figure drawings from last month and two I just began this month. Sorry for the really bad images, but there is no good lighting here at school to take pictures...

Well, just some portraits from this last month...

So the one at the left is by Bastien L. one of my favorite artists, the one at the 'tis mine trying to imitate the style of drawing of the 19th century french academy.

Some drawings from school... the beginning of the end for this year... he he

This is my other work so far, the first one is from T&T night class, the second one from our weekly blocking sessions and the las one is my most recent cast, and I'm kind of sad that school is coming to an end this year... things had gotten  lot better in the hole NY experience. I'm so happy and thankful for this opportunity that has been given to me and really want to make the best out of it.

Ok so here is the amount of work I've been doing in my cast of the horse. I'm learning so much from treating it differently that what the main aesthetic of the school is. That is a smoother surface appearance, if you look at my other cast drawings or at other students work from the school you will see what I'm talking about. I'm still following the concept taught at school just I'm applying them into my own appreciation of the things I see, and how can I make it feel more alive than just have the object sit in space in front of me, beautifully rendered.

Don't get me wrong, school is amazing!!! I'm just trying to find out, as my investigation deepens on 19th century painting and drawing techniques, how on earth those painters back then gave us pictures that breath and move in their confinement of the frame. Landscapes that make you feel the breeze, weather and what the artist felt in that moment in that place. Portraits that not only give us likeness of the person, but they rap the character and psychology of the sitter. Narrative paintings of events that we didn't experience or saw and yet there they are before our eyes as we were part of it. 

That's an other thing I've been putting my head around... narrative painting. paintings that say something and there are not just art for art sake.

O Wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! 

How beauteous mankind is! 

O brave new world! That has such people in't!

William Shakespeare, The Tempest

William Waterhouse, Miranda: The Tempest, painting

I just saw this painting in Sotherby's AMAZING feeling it recalls, wow is all I can say there is no picture on the internet that can make the justice of the color, texture and size of the painting. I never liked that particular pice from Waterhouse, but now that I saw it in person it's a totally different story. I can't believe is going to a private collection and is one of the last times it would see the light of public eye he he.  

Oh brother I can't, I can't get through 

I've been trying hard to reach you because I don't know what to do

Oh brother I can't believe it's true 

I'm so scared about the future and I wanna to talk to you

Oh I wanna talk to you

I've been working on the blocking of my final cast, and here are some view of it.

This is the final view and the one that I'm working on.

Ok so this is from a friday that our model fail to appear so we had some one else substitute for her...
On mondays we were drawing the skull so we could get to know about the structure of the head, so here is my final drawing.

And las but not least here is my progress on the drawing I'm working in T&T at night...

Men have no more time to understand anything.

They buy things all ready made at shops.

But there is no shop anywhere where one can buy friendship,

and so men have no friends any more.

Thinking about writing more about my thoughts ..........

Ah! New York!....

Well, I have to admit that NY is a real city full of movement, glass and cement. Been here is a new experience in my life. Left Mexico with basically giving up on friendship and the trust in other human beens. But hey! life is full of surprises and although friendship is not really  as important as is used to be in old times, witch I think friendship and human relations in general were stronger,  I don't want to aisle myself from everyone. And although today is really really REALLY hard to find true friends I'm not giving up, I refuse to give up!

So here I am giving NY a chance to find it (ha ha ha ha ha not a really nice city to start in, but anyhow...)

And now as my class and my life, my trust in God, and the improvement of my skills start to unfold I'm truly exited for the future.......... and the finding of new friends and the touch of human warmth. 

This is the beginning of the blocking for this month pose, is so bad and I screw up the whole head. And I have to change all of it on monday... Oh well...

And here is my nigh class drawing from last month... you never have enough time!

March and still snowing in NY...