R. I. P.
1992 - 2010
Shelter mutt, studio companion, constant shadow, good friend and a good dog.
Observations by Doug Rugh, a classically trained artist based on Cape Cod,Massachusetts. (Overwrought penumbras, tangential tales and meager conundrums diffused through the squinting oculus of a shade arranger.)
Showing posts with label figures. Show all posts
Showing posts with label figures. Show all posts
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Thursday, December 03, 2009
New Figure Studies Added to (eBay Style) Store
Labels:
charcoal,
conte,
Depot Group,
drawing,
eBay,
exhibitions,
figures,
galleries,
gouache,
pastel,
sketches,
studies,
value/tone
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Capturing an Audience
Excerpt from this posting:
"...A little later a girl came up to me in a rare quiet moment and said, "If I sit out there will you paint me?"..."
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102 Entries
26,700+ Words
95 Full-Color Illustrations (Oil paintings by the author.)
2006 - 2010
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"...A little later a girl came up to me in a rare quiet moment and said, "If I sit out there will you paint me?"..."
This journal entry is now available as part of a compilation in ebook form:
Specifications:
Epub and PDF formats
102 Entries
26,700+ Words
95 Full-Color Illustrations (Oil paintings by the author.)
2006 - 2010
More information here.
Labels:
brushstrokes,
Cape Cod,
challenges,
children,
figures,
gesture,
interpretation,
landscape,
location,
methods,
model,
oil painting,
painting,
plein air,
portrait,
studies,
summer,
viewers,
Woods Hole
Monday, June 04, 2007
Edward Hopper
Excerpt from this posting:
"...Hopper puts black where he means vague. The variations in surface between lost areas and visible texture, between brushed thin paint and scumbled opaque paint is just enough to make the canvas push into three-dimensional life ahead of it's two-dimensional facsimile..."
This journal entry is now available as part of a compilation in ebook form:
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102 Entries
26,700+ Words
95 Full-Color Illustrations (Oil paintings by the author.)
2006 - 2010
More information here.
"...Hopper puts black where he means vague. The variations in surface between lost areas and visible texture, between brushed thin paint and scumbled opaque paint is just enough to make the canvas push into three-dimensional life ahead of it's two-dimensional facsimile..."
This journal entry is now available as part of a compilation in ebook form:
Specifications:
Epub and PDF formats
102 Entries
26,700+ Words
95 Full-Color Illustrations (Oil paintings by the author.)
2006 - 2010
More information here.
Labels:
art school,
Boston,
composition,
exhibitions,
figures,
insight,
inspiration,
masters,
museum,
paint quality,
pigments,
scale,
surface,
viewing
Sunday, January 07, 2007
Cape Cod Parent

Excerpt from this posting:
"...and my wife just shook her head (end of subject.)..."
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102 Entries
26,700+ Words
95 Full-Color Illustrations (Oil paintings by the author.)
2006 - 2010
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Labels:
Cape Cod,
creativity,
daughters,
fatherhood,
figures,
gesture,
oil painting,
painting,
studies,
time
Friday, October 27, 2006
An Audience of One

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Excerpt from this posting:
"...Like the time when a big black crow landed on Hillary's straw hat. They both looked at each other at the same time and in the scuffle the bird flew off..."
This journal entry is now available as part of a compilation in ebook form:
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102 Entries
26,700+ Words
95 Full-Color Illustrations (Oil paintings by the author.)
2006 - 2010
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-Doug Rugh
Sunday, October 22, 2006
Look, I'm an Airplane. Wheeee!

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Excerpt from this posting:
"Scarecrows prove the point that gesture reveals much about character..."
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102 Entries
26,700+ Words
95 Full-Color Illustrations (Oil paintings by the author.)
2006 - 2010
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-Doug Rugh
Labels:
children,
figures,
gesture,
imagination,
oil painting,
painting,
plein air,
portrait
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Part of the Scenery, Woods Hole

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Excerpt from this posting:
"...I overheard one of the crew joking, "Offer him $400 for the painting." and another one said, "He probably wants $600, to get a week's wage out of it." When they asked about the price I was too embarrassed to tell them that it would be quite a bit more than that..."
This journal entry is now available as part of a compilation in ebook form:
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102 Entries
26,700+ Words
95 Full-Color Illustrations (Oil paintings by the author.)
2006 - 2010
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-Doug Rugh
Labels:
Cape Cod,
figures,
group,
landscape,
location,
methods,
oil painting,
painting,
plein air,
portrait,
viewers,
Woods Hole
Saturday, October 14, 2006
How Many Dabs is a Man?
This journal entry is now available as part of a compilation in ebook form:
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102 Entries
26,700+ Words
95 Full-Color Illustrations (Oil paintings by the author.)
2006 - 2010
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102 Entries
26,700+ Words
95 Full-Color Illustrations (Oil paintings by the author.)
2006 - 2010
More information here.
Labels:
figures,
gesture,
location,
loose,
oil painting,
paint quality,
painting,
studies
Channeling Angela

Excerpt from this posting:
"...It's channeling and at the end you wake up and watch the film...."
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102 Entries
26,700+ Words
95 Full-Color Illustrations (Oil paintings by the author.)
2006 - 2010
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Is Somebody Trying to Tell Me Something?

Excerpt from this posting:
"...This way I'm following the movement of the horses and always painting...."
This journal entry is now available as part of a compilation in ebook form:
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102 Entries
26,700+ Words
95 Full-Color Illustrations (Oil paintings by the author.)
2006 - 2010
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Labels:
figures,
foreshortening,
gesture,
insight,
loose,
methods,
oil painting,
painting,
plein air,
portrait,
studies
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