Gingham, Seated
Gingham, Seated. A clothed portrait study after Schiele: nervous broken contour, patchy gouache wash, and large areas of bare paper left as the ground.
How this was made
This piece began with a photograph and a written instruction. Both are kept, so the record is complete rather than flattering.
THE PROMPT AND THE SETTINGS
PROMPT
POSITIVE: Repaint this photograph as an Egon Schiele seated figure drawing, Vienna c. 1915, in the manner of his clothed portrait studies with patterned garments. An adult Black woman with a large curly afro and a long gold drop earring, seated in a low armchair, head turned to the side in three-quarter view, legs crossed at the knee, one hand raised with the fingers held in a mannered curled gesture, the other arm resting along the arm of the chair with the hand hanging over the edge, blue ankle boots. Fully clothed in a matching blue and white gingham check cropped jacket and short skirt; non-sexual, decorous, sober clothed figure study, no nudity, no suggestive emphasis. Nervous angular broken black ink contour line describing the jaw, neck, shoulders, both arms, both hands with exaggerated bony knuckles and elongated splayed fingers, the crossed legs and the boots, drawn with wiry precision and deliberate breaks in the line. Render the gingham as a bold flat hand-drawn checkerboard grid in blue ink that wobbles, thickens and breaks where the bare paper shows through, following the fold of the sleeve and hem, graphic rather than photographic. Reduce the armchair to a few spare angular contour lines with no upholstery detail. Render the afro as a dense dark mass built from short broken irregular marks rather than a solid shape. Thin patchy gouache washes on the face, arms, hands and legs in warm brown, umber and ochre with cold green and dull brick red accents at the cheek, knuckles and knees. Remove the clothing rail, hanging garments, ceramics, side table, shoes and all interior detail entirely; large areas of untouched cream paper as the ground, mannered elongated limbs, tense composed expression, raw and expressive. NEGATIVE: (none)
SETTINGS
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NOTE
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