'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!

charles jeffrey and illustration by myra anderson . . .

Myra Anderson

As an artist you can be inspired by your favorite artists and you can experiment with every technique and style - but you must find your own unique voice.  And for some (like me) that can take time.
Typically I like to do a very controlled drawing where each line is as perfect as I personally can get it.  That is when I am the most happy.  On the other hand, I like very loose paintings and drawings but I don't consider myself as being very good at this style of art.  I love the beautiful illustrations of artist Charles Jeffrey (below).  In the last post I mentioned the tools of the trade.  Of course in illustration you can also use oil pastels and watercolor crayons as I did in the drawing above.

Charles Jeffrey

Megan Hess and a fashion drawing by myra anderson . . .

This drawing has been SOLD

Hello dress artists and illustrators!  In this drawing I was working on the 'draping' of the dress.  I love the shoe!   As you can see from the photos below - artwork based on fashion will ALWAYS look great hanging on the wall!  This is the art of fashion illustrator Megan Hess.

'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.

'blues shoes' by myra anderson . . .

Okay the last of the 'blues'.  Tomorrow I will post some color! I do love this particular painting - especially the shoes because they have glitter on them.

'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'

'the dress sketch or the dress mess' by myra anderson . . .

 The 'Leggy Dress' and in the bottom sketch - I was just playing around with the computer.

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

myra dress removed
I love the paintings of Stephane Dauthuille (below).

#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'. 

'second opinion' myra and edward martinez . . .

Ahhhhh!  The dress as art.  Here are two sketches that I did as I pondered that thought.  Of course - many illustrators and fashion designers have drawn or painted beautiful dresses .  And many artists have incorporated beautiful dresses into their figurative work.  The painting below by Edward Martinez is entitled 'Second Opinion'.  I love the way he was able to incorporate the design element into the skirt.  Something that as of yet I am not able to do.

#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.

#3 'pencil dancing' by myra anderson . . .

Another graphite drawing.  Well, I like the shoes!

#2 'dress diva' by myra anderson . . .

Thank you for visiting!  This is my second graphite drawing with a little touch of collage.

#1 'dressy dancer' by myra anderson . . .

This is my first graphite drawing of a dress.