Today I am still doing Andrew Wyeth studies. It appears I'm in profile mood. These two people were friends of Mr. Wyeth. I get the feeling the first guy was local town creep. The second picture is of a lady who used to work for him. He criticizes her as being a mysterious liberal who sat "completely within herself...like a liberal" while he painted her.Not sure what that means...
Anyways, to finish my previous blog, Wyeth's palette was very surreal to me. His rendering was very realistic, but he maintained a unique sense of color. Everything was a deep sepia type tone. To me, he makes Eastern Pennsylvania look very mysterious - almost scary at times. For a home-schooled, son of an artist who illustrated for magazines and children's stories, he is a pretty haunting guy...
Yeah, check out his dad too, N.C. Wyeth. He's a very talented illustrator. He knew all the tricks for applying paint, as well as, capturing an image to get people's attention. He was a student of Howard Pyle at the Brandywine Art School. He's worth checking out too...
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