Art by Jeane Nevarez

painting again

2008-10-08T14:29:00.003-04:00

It's been a long time. We moved a few months ago, and there was so much to do before I knew it a few months had gone by. During which I painted nothing. Hardly even any sketching. The more time passed without doing art, the harder it felt to get back into it. This week I finally resolved I had to do something. So I pulled out a very old painting, an acrylic I did as a teenager. It's rather pathetic, but it was one of my first ever "subconscious drawings" that I had attempted to paint. I set up both the original drawing and the acrylic "sketch" and set to work to create it anew:

Here's as far as I've gotten. I'm pretty pleased to find that after almost half a year of no work, my eyes and hands haven't quite forgotten how to work together.

This is soft pastels on french paper, 18 x 24". I'm all out of paper, so I've been recycling my worst paintings, rubbing them out and using the other side of the paper. This one was reworked over that deer. I really need to go out and buy some sandpaper soon.

Lion

2007-12-12T18:26:00.000-05:00

Rembrandt soft pastels on Arches watercolor paper, 18 x 24" from this sketch I did last night (tv viewing again):

Badger

2007-12-11T10:26:00.000-05:00

New pastel painting! 18 x 24", about 2 hours' work from this sketch:

Giant Anteater Anew

2007-12-05T11:25:00.001-05:00

Gave him a bit of a workover; almost satisfied now.

Giant Anteater

2007-12-04T16:13:00.001-05:00

Today's painting: giant anteater, soft pastels on canson paper. For this one I tried something new; instead of sketching first, I laid out a background tone, paused a film on a shot of the anteater's body (it doesn't even show the head or feet, so I didn't really copy it, just used as reference for the locations of color on the body) and dived into color! It was really fun, quick and I'm happy with the outcome. I ought to do this more often.

Hikers

2007-12-01T13:17:00.000-05:00

Some illustrations I did a while back for a school textbook project; of hikers climbing a mountain who run into a bear. Gouache on illustration board, about 12 x 18".

Deer Colors

2007-11-28T14:20:00.000-05:00

Revisions. Think I'm satisfied now.

Deer in the trees

2007-11-27T17:34:00.000-05:00

Pastel on canson paper. I was pleased with this until I looked at it next to everything else I've done. I think the background is too busy; tomorrow I'll probably put it back on the easel, wipe out the trees and go with a more subtle background. More bold statement of shape like appeared in the first stage:

Done from this sketch today:

Prezwalski Mare & Foal

2007-11-26T16:02:00.000-05:00

Pastel painting of a Przewalski (Mongolian wild horse) mare and foal. Done from this sketch.

Labrador

2007-11-24T21:04:00.001-05:00

One more pastel work today... my hands are about dried up.

Here's the sketch it came from:

City Cat

2007-11-24T16:21:00.000-05:00

Painted in pastels the stalking kitty. It was viewed in a film about geckos and street cats in a Japanese city; the half-bobbed tail is probably a variety or cross w/ the japanese bobtail cat.

The ballpoint pen sketch:

Tommy Leap

2007-11-24T09:38:00.000-05:00

More revisions. I think it's nearly done.

2007-11-23T21:20:00.000-05:00

I worked yesterday's sketch into a painting. Pastels on wallis sandpaper. The tooth grips the pigment so well, it turns out creamy textured. It was delightful to work with. No more strathmore or canson for me!

Impala Leap

2007-11-22T00:48:00.000-05:00

This is my favorite of the sketches done from tv nature programs the other day. Lively, vibrant and full of information that just flew onto the paper. I want to paint like this- bold, loose and vividly... it would be a total change in style & direction, but maybe that's what I need to get started again.

Foxes

2007-11-22T00:45:00.000-05:00

I sat down again yesterday with my sketchbook and the television. These sketches are from a nature program on foxes living in an urban dump.

Asher Again

2007-11-19T21:48:00.001-05:00

This is the first drawing I have done in a long time; two sketches of my cat resting on the bed. Not the best photo; I'll repost if I can shoot a better one tomorrow. Ballpoint pen on paper.

Hello Again

2007-11-14T20:55:00.000-05:00

Turtles sketch graphite pencil on paper

Well it has been a long time. Between the kennel job (gone now) and a busy three-year-old, my time spent on art just fizzled for a while there. A while too long. Tonight I spent a good amount of time just looking at art online, going through links and browsing blogs to get some inspiration. Somehow, looking at art makes me feel like creating art again. I promise tomorrow I will draw something. And no longer be as slow to pick up a pencil (thus the two turtles I sketched who knows when months ago). See you again soon!

Prezwalski

2007-05-16T16:52:00.000-04:00

Sketches of the Prezwalski, or Mongolian wild horse. From a tv documentary. Ink on paper.

Basset

2007-05-14T15:15:00.001-04:00

Basset Hound unhappy in the bath tub at the kennel where I work. Recieving a special shampoo that had to soak in for ten minutes, during which I had to sit with him and make sure he didn't jump out, so I drew his picture. Ballpoint pen, 8 x 10".

Kitty Sleep

2007-05-11T23:24:00.000-04:00

Bulldog

2007-05-10T19:41:00.000-04:00

Ballpoint pen, 8 x 10". Drawn from tv show.

Sea Otter

2007-05-09T14:53:00.001-04:00

Sea otter diving, drawn from tv show. Graphite pencil on paper.

Kitty Kitty

2007-05-07T14:55:00.001-04:00

Brief sketches of my cat. Graphite pencil on paper,8 x 10".

Cat Nap

2007-05-05T09:10:00.000-04:00

Ballpiont pen drawing of my cat sleeping against a folded pile of laundry. 6 x 6".

Drawings of Isabel

2007-05-04T13:35:00.000-04:00

Some of my latest sketches of my daughter, two of her engaged in drawing, herself! I feel like I am beginning to draw her likeness better, although in the last one she looks too old, more like six years, not two. Ballpoint pen on paper.