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Economy of Means

January 12, 2016 By Larry 3 Comments

3 Studies of a Bullfinch Real Monasterio de El EscorialEl Escorial, Spain Two_Silver_Birches_the_Front_One_Fallen House Winter-Landscape RembrandtDrawing_Swamp corotWashDrawing corotRome2 willows-and-white-poplars-1872 Corot-sketch corot-camille-jean-baptiste-17-recto-view-from-the-garden-of-1345336-500-500-1345336 clump-of-trees Cloud Study Sea Rain Cloud constableSketchesClark Sketch Waterfall landscape Seen through Narrow Opening CloudStudy Study of a Horse 1895 Delacroix william Nicholson self-portrait-with-hand-on-brow-etching-1910 georgeBellows Simplon Pass Large Rocks PTownWinter self portrait O'Neil's Wharf, 1913, 12 x 16 in. morandiDrawing3 sketching study study Rabbit morandiDrawing4 morandiDrawing2 morandiDrawing gustonDrawing Guston

Slideshow of mainly drawings showing many different approaches which demonstrate the idea of the economy of means and less being more.

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  1. valerie

    January 16, 2016 at 5:20 pm

    Really like all the new format and slideshow is fantastic. Thank you for taking the time, being so sensitive and thorough!
    Valerie

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  2. John Jacobsen

    January 28, 2016 at 1:57 pm

    Love the post and the content; I wish there was an option to view the pictures in a more traditional presentation, rather than in the slideshow.

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  3. Anni Wakerley

    June 16, 2016 at 7:37 pm

    Thanks, Larry. A beautiful set of drawings to study and learn from. The one’s by Paula Rego are wonderful.

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