http://purplemotes.net/2007/09/30/reflections/ a journal of whimsy and hope Mon, 07 May 2012 22:01:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://purplemotes.net/2007/09/30/reflections/#comment-1117 Douglas Galbi Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:26:56 +0000 http://purplemotes.net/2007/09/30/reflections/#comment-1117 Patricia, thanks for your insightful appreciation of the drawing. Given the circumstances of its production, its psychological depth is astonishing. Patricia, thanks for your insightful appreciation of the drawing. Given the circumstances of its production, its psychological depth is astonishing.

]]> http://purplemotes.net/2007/09/30/reflections/#comment-1116 Patricia Mattille Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:30:12 +0000 http://purplemotes.net/2007/09/30/reflections/#comment-1116 Beautiful drawing. The value scale is very well used to express the mood of the scene and the femininity of the ballerina. The shading contrasts represent the one between the softness of the dancer and the difficulty at task. Thomas well placed the orthogonals taking the viewer into the picture with the barre, looking at the reflection and up the leg (sort of like down, back, and up). Different shades are used to create the cascade look of the dress. The light coming from the bottom right engages the viewer to the beginning of the barre. The reflection of the young woman is a contradiction to the feeling the viewer has of the main figure from the back. If that is how the ballerina sees herself, it surely is not as tall and graceful is she appears from the back. The reflected young woman looks smaller and less elegant. Even her face seems tense. Is it from the strenuous position or because she is unhappy of what she sees? Beautiful drawing. The value scale is very well used to express the mood of the scene and the femininity of the ballerina. The shading contrasts represent the one between the softness of the dancer and the difficulty at task. Thomas well placed the orthogonals taking the viewer into the picture with the barre, looking at the reflection and up the leg (sort of like down, back, and up). Different shades are used to create the cascade look of the dress. The light coming from the bottom right engages the viewer to the beginning of the barre. The reflection of the young woman is a contradiction to the feeling the viewer has of the main figure from the back. If that is how the ballerina sees herself, it surely is not as tall and graceful is she appears from the back. The reflected young woman looks smaller and less elegant. Even her face seems tense. Is it from the strenuous position or because she is unhappy of what she sees?

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