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GNOMEGAME Revisited
Artist-in-Residence® Life Drawing DVD Explanations  
Posted 12/2/11

Artist-in-Residence® VIDEO EXPLANATIONS Classical Life Drawing AVAILABLE IN DVD & VHS FORMATS There are 5 WORKSHOPS in the Artist-in-Residence Series, as follows: FOR THE BEGINNER FROM THE BEGINNER As the title suggests, this video is very basic. It is an in-depth demonstration of how to convert reality into shapes and patterns for the purposes of proportion and composition. It attempts also to create a foundation for a sustained drawing which utilizes one or more of the major drawing approaches. Th... [more]
GNOMEGAME, REDUX; Enter the Airbrush  
Posted 7/1/09

As stated earlier, at the outset of Gnomegame, I adopted a painting approach similar to Sandro Botticelli... small hatching brushstrokes made with pointed sable brushes. Needless to say the approach, while ultimately satisfying, was tedious by nature. It was also a process quite alien to my initial gestural attack. In a continuation of the serendipity that led to Gnomegame, ENTER THE AIRBRUSH. It happened while visiting a friend and fellow artist. He had just acquired an inexpensive airbrush... [more]
The Birth of Gnomegame  
Posted 4/13/09

  FRED HOLLE The Birth of Gnomegame The birth of Gnomegame came after a gradual epiphany I had around 1960. Until then, my passion and mode of expression was abstract expressionism (along with most of the younger artists of the time.) However, during "informal social gatherings" at various local bars, I would constantly scrawl small gestural figure scribbles on bar napkins (a lot of bar napkins) while casual conversation went on. On leaving, I would jam them in my pockets. When I returned to m... [more]

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