Thursday, January 21, 2016

Irish Fiddler Dylan Foley

Dylan Foley, gouache, 5x8 inches. Actually it's 2016!
I painted this gouache study at an Irish music concert last week. The subject is All-Ireland fiddling champ Dylan Foley. Those are titles of tunes at the upper right.

The concert took place in a community center where it was totally cool to bring out the paints. The only problem was that there was very little light, so I was guessing on the colors.

You can hear a sample of Dylan and Dan's recent album Irish Music From the Hudson Valley.
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6 comments:

  1. Bill MarshallJanuary 21, 2016 at 9:50 AM

    Another wonderful, spontaneous gouache sketch. You're blog is always an inspiration, and I admire your productivity, James.

    Bill (you might want to change the '5' in '2015' to a '6')

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  2. David TeterJanuary 21, 2016 at 11:38 AM

    You mention guessing on the colors. How did you do from what you thought you were painting and how often do you hit or miss in those circumstances?

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  3. RichJanuary 21, 2016 at 5:39 PM

    also some fiddling lines in the tissues:

    Love it!

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  4. Joseph MillerJanuary 24, 2016 at 4:05 PM

    Really? Last week? The date on the picture says 2015...

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  5. James GurneyJanuary 24, 2016 at 4:33 PM

    OK, OK, it was really 2016. The sketch is fixed in my sketchbook now.

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  6. RichJanuary 25, 2016 at 2:45 PM

    ...always some acute/astute observations around...

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