I went to Moma yesterday. I saw the the Puryear and the Seurat shows. I was impressed by the large scale and craftsmanship of Puryear's sculptural forms. The massive shapes were indeed well crafted and geometrical yet organic.
The Seurat show was expansive, with many drawings! Most of them in conte crayon or charcoal. I noticed his small oil paintings which were only the size of my laptop screen.
about my working process
- Eddie Ching
- These days I am working from my sketches and drawings instead of plein air painting. The drawings are almost all done with my quill pens (on paper) and ink, with some watercolor or gouache paint. The vitality of the lines made with the quill pens is really inspiring. When I'm canvas painting, I fasten a drawing next to the easel (or on the easel) to look at. As I work I see in the drawing things that I was missing before. The process is not about copying the drawing onto the canvas. It could be described as a process of transmutation of what I see when I'm looking at the drawing. After you look at this blog, you might want to check out my website: eddieching.com.
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