'vintage dress with matisse colors' by myra anderson painter of the dress sketch . . .

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As I mentioned before I am trying to improve my painting and drawing skills.  It was very delightful to paint this little vintage dress using the 'matisse colors' you see below.  This is an acrylic painting on 8x10 canvas board.  

matisse

'flirty red dress in a blue room' by myra anderson painter of the fashion sketch . . .

As you know, in order to improve my drawing and painting skills I have been 'painting project runway' and 'sketching project runway'.  But this week  - the challenge was to paint 'a little flirty red dress'.   I think this dress looks a little flirty.  I love the bodice!

You know, one fashionista who could have been on the judging panel was . . .

Matisse

Matisse

None other than Matisse.  He sometimes painted women with a couture look and a flirty style!
 
So, the next challenge is to paint a dress using the color palette of this beautiful Matisse painting . . .

My little dress using this yellow, orange, blue and light tangerine/pink palette is so cute that I can't wait to finish it!

models on the runway . . .

Trying to find my way around computer 'painting'.

'her dress was fashionably late' and exploring new art by myra anderson . . .

This week I'm working on 'the dress sketch the fashion sketch'.

'her outfit was fashionably late' by myra anderson . . .

Here I decided to try color.  I think that I will try to do some 'fashion sketches'.  When it comes to me and fashion I think about that quote in 'gone from the wind' - "I don't know nothing about burping no babies!" But I think that I will give fashion illustrations a try.

'ball gown blue and sharman owings too' by myra anderson . . .

Dress-er-cize!  This is a side step AND a forward step.  This is the same gown that I previously painted in red and green and posted below.  I was dying to paint this gown again! Once again I used the book page and incorporated the graphic that was at the bottom of the page.  What fun! 

The artist Sharman Owings has painted many a garment.  In many of her paintings the garments are not only beautiful but she uses them to tell a unique story. 

'all that is blue'

'inside out'

'out of balance'

'dresses or stresses' myra and stephane dauthuille . . .

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I love the paintings of Stephane Dauthuille (below).

#9 'the little black dress #1' myra and modigliani . . .

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When I have more time I just might research the origin of 'the little black dress'.  Yesterday I attempted to paint a black dress as 'a work of art'.  It was so terrible that (like a 2 year old) I threw a mental tantrum and almost abandoned the whole 'dress project'.  When I sat down (like an adult) to see how I could salvage this dress I drew ONE line and BOING!  It all came together!  Did Modigliani (see painting below) have these problems?  Maybe I will post this dress tomorrow . . .

#8 'the bees knees' dress art, myra and matisse . . .

I'm still working on 'the dress' sketch.  Another artist of 'the dress' is Matisse.  The painting below is entitled 'two young women the yellow dress and the scottish dress'. 

#7 'green dress' abstract dress art by myra anderson . . .

After the somewhat formal dress I thought I would do something a little more casual.

#6 'dress (untitled)' myra and jeremiah goodman . . .

As promised here is the finished dress.  I love it although I could use a lesson on painting 'drapes'! 

'the dress' myra and herschel otto . . .

Here is step 1 and 2 of the dress I am working on right now.

 

The painting below is by Herschel Otto (1871-1937).   I thought the title of the painting was 'three dresses' but I think the title is 'three women'.  In his work Otto paints beautiful dresses. 

Where am I going with my dress?  I do not know.

#5 'the little red dress' by myra anderson . . .

Hello and thank you for visiting!   Using watercolor I wanted to see if I could paint a little red dress.  Next:  I'm working on a sketchy sketch of a woman wearing a dressy dress.