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The model as Mt. McKinley

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Thu, 19 Dec 2019 19:41:17 +0000

Years ago I was doing a bunch of 'the model as' sketches. Back then Mt. Denali was Mt. Mckinley.

The model as part of a snowscape

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:16:45 +0000

I've been playing with this idea for a while, the model as a landscape, etc. Most of these are in my 'Model as a 'scape' set.

Alaskan williow charcoal (that I made) on 11 by 14 inch sketch paper.

The model as a pear, life session at North Pole Grange, 15 Dec. 2010

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 01:28:54 +0000

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Hey, she chose the pose, I didn't! :-)

Portfolio water soluble oil pastels on 11 by 14 inch Canson sketch paper.

The model as a mountain

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 17:06:43 +0000

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Done during a life drawing session at the North Pole Grange. She's in the picture if you look really really close enough.

Water soluble oil pastels on 11 by 15 inch Canson's sketch paper.

The model as a semi-arid plain

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 17:39:45 +0000

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Done at the North Pole Grange life drawing session.

Charcoal on 11 by 15 inch Canson's sketch paper

The Model as a Foothill

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 19:41:37 +0000

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Sketched last night at the North Pole Grange drawing session. Alaskan willow charcoal on 11 by 15 inch Canson's sketch paper.

The model asked me for the sketch but I took this photo before giving it to her.

The model as a secluded cove

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:11:10 +0000

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More experimentation with doing 'scapes from life drawing sessions. Watercolor (Yarka pans) on Strathmore Bristol vellum, 11 by 14 inches

The model as the edge of a boreal forest

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Wed, 18 May 2011 15:22:12 +0000

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Watercolors, Creatacolor Bricks, on Strathmore's Bristol vellum, 11 by 14 inches.

The model as a sand dune

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Fri, 20 May 2011 18:39:53 +0000

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Watercolor on 5 by 8 inch sketch paper.

I started playing, at recent life drawing sessions, with the idea of painting the model as a landscape, seascape ,or whatever 'scape. Hence this sketch in this set.

The model as a tree

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Wed, 25 May 2011 15:59:04 +0000

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As noted before; I've started playing, at recent life drawing sessions, with the idea of painting the model as a landscape, seascape ,or whatever 'scape. Hence this sketch in this set.

Watercolor (Creatacolor Bricks) on Strathmore's Bristol vellum, 11 by 14 inches

The model as a coastal mountain range

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:50:59 +0000

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I originally posted this as a straight watercolor on 4 November titled uplifting.

Yesterday I happened to look at it sideways and decided with some modification she could join my The model as a 'scape set.

So! what started out as a watercolor is now mixed mediums; watercolor and soft pastels.

On Canson's 140 pound cold pressed paper, 9 by 12 inches.

The model as a semi-abstract concept encompassing all space and time

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:54:41 +0000

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Watercolors (Creatacolor Bricks) on Strathmore's Bristol smooth 100 pound paper. 11 by 17 inches

The model as immovible object

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:59:27 +0000

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Crayola oil pastels on Strathmore's 11 by 14 inch sketch paper

Portrait of the model as a boulder

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:23:07 +0000

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Watercolor and Pitt's 'Big Brush' pens on 11 by 14 inch Bee's sketch paper

Portrait of the model as logs in a glade

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:10:39 +0000

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Watercolors and water soluble oil pastels on 11 by 14 inch sketch paper

Portrait of the model as a brick edifice

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:28:35 +0000

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OK, bit of a joke.

Watercolor on Bristol vellum, 11 by 15 inches

Portrait of the model as an abstract obstruction

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:56:58 +0000

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'nother addition to my 'the model as a 'scape' set.

Brushed ink and oil pastels on 11 by 14 inch sketch paper.

The model as a model

nobody@ipernity.com (Jim O'Neil) — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 17:52:00 +0000

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Charcoal on Canson's sketch paper