drink and draw, new camera, hello summer

drink and draw, new camera, hello summer, originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

I picked up a new little camera from the interweb, just delivered
today. And also a remote for my fancycam, just delivered today, so I
can get to work on some stop motion/time lapse projects in my dungeon-
like new summer studio.

This is from drink and draw last night. $10 for a nude model and all
you can drink pbr. It was packed and 90 degrees, the beer was no
cooler than the sweat dripping down my face, but all good fun.

New project

New project, originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

A million little paintings of whatever, but it all starts with 2.

It used to be more fun

It used to be more fun, originally uploaded by jasonshogreen.

I just realized I can upload photos of my sketchbook and email them to
this here blog. Ain't technology some shit?

Currently building my new website with lots of new projects. Also
remembering what was good about art before I went to art school.
Things are beginning to come around and together.

everything in progress

Yesterday I received word that I was awarded a 2 week residency in Giverny, just outside of Paris, along with 7 other classmates. I'll go into my proposed project sometime when things settle down a bit, but it has to do with the way that memories are fictionalized slightly each time they're recalled. I'm really beginning to lean toward a more conceptual / experiment-based direction in my work for next year, with painting as the application. I've always been a bit of a science nerd and have been battling with how to incorporate that into my work, so it's exciting to see these openings.


We're in the final stretch, less than two weeks left in my first year of the NYAA MFA program. I have about 150 sq feet of unfinished paintings to paint. The content is all over the place from figure study to large character paintings to small figurative paintings with imagined elements and light, but I'm feeling pretty good. None of it is what I see myself continuing with next year, but at least I recognize that.










4 weeks into a 6 week pose. The space on the right was originally a gaping white wall, however during the Tribeca Ball last week they installed a sort of horrible rendition of Manet's "Lunch on the Grass" or something like that and it saved my composition. Cristophe and Liliana are amazing!




This is mostly a technical painting for "Painting from Imagination" class. The assignment rules were 1 figure, 1 indirectly lighted area, 1 direct light. We're allowed to use 2 references, but I'm just using 1 for the figure and changing the light on her anyway. In the end she's hopefully going to look sun-charred, grossly red.

Autopsy parties and the like

I've been up to some weird stuff and Friday night was definitely a highlight of my New York adventure so far. Ryan McGinness (one of my art heroes) is running a string of themed art parties ( www.50parties.com ) and I was invited to be one of Will Cotton's faux anatomy students, drawing Mr. McGinness' autopsy. (latex, animal guts, fake blood, KY)










Alright, time to get shiny.

a million ways in and 1 way out

not done, but marinating for a while.
i've been painting largely with house painting brushes.

some things i shot

One day I'll remember to bring my real camera to school, possibly tomorrow.
The iphone says:



Copy of a R. Crumb drawing.
Trying to break the crosshatching code.



Parts of a large new painting in the early early stages.





yellow and fast.

no whammies

It's about that time. Studio reviews are going on this week so the stuff is up on the walls. All those paintings that aren't the self portraits are in progress, particularly the biggie. I'm currently busting my ass to get into a residency this summer.

so much of it is a performance

i know that i want the feel of these drawings back in my work ... how to do it?





ingres mastercopy




power lines



so much of it is a performance




she's just an armature




the threat of action

gestures

I've been drawing like crazy lately all over anything, finishing up a big illustration job, and doing everything but keeping up here.

These are the first gestures i've done in about half a year and it felt good. so good. these are all one minute.