tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55179531104459321142024-03-13T06:56:25.984-04:00Marcia LaBellecohen labellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00713812144707226168noreply@blogger.comBlogger224125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517953110445932114.post-92058955744319226302017-05-07T22:20:00.000-04:002017-05-07T22:20:14.894-04:00Sustained pose <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This is a drawing I started a long time ago and finished slowly over a period of several hours. Now I usually work on drawings for an hour or less so they fall into the category of sketches or studies.<br />
I had a old slide of this drawing and a friend of mine scanned it which may explain why the image has a grainy quality.<br />
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Carbon pencil on Fabriano Roma, 20" x 26" © mcohenlabelle<br />
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cohen labellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00713812144707226168noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517953110445932114.post-64726039327614600612017-05-06T02:50:00.003-04:002017-05-06T02:52:46.603-04:00Preparing to get up <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Or to simply to readjust her position.<br />
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cohen labellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00713812144707226168noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517953110445932114.post-2057240164450986892017-05-02T21:16:00.000-04:002017-05-02T21:16:11.216-04:00Short afternoon pose<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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On the 3rd floor Vasco de Gamba, we draw -- below they watch soccer, play snooker, drink expresso with or whithout schnapps and go outside to smoke.</div>
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cohen labellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00713812144707226168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517953110445932114.post-39457289840618804742017-05-01T00:37:00.002-04:002017-05-01T03:46:47.585-04:00Longing to change position<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This was a difficult seated pose, I think, for the model to hold, who seemed periodically tentative at times because she did need to shift her weight every so often.<br />
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cohen labellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00713812144707226168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517953110445932114.post-72831076495366417322017-04-29T13:21:00.000-04:002017-04-29T13:21:38.068-04:00Standing pose -- Claudette<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Claudette -- artist, model, runner -- tireless. During the break she would walk around the room examining drawings, sometimes saying, "hmm" - occasionally nodding her head in approval.<br />
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cohen labellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00713812144707226168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517953110445932114.post-67917601903557406662017-04-27T23:52:00.000-04:002017-04-27T23:59:20.537-04:00Many downpours hath April as it draws to a close <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "times";"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">particularly when </span>pummelling <span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">rain floods</span> the nether regions of our home as it did a week or so ago, and we had to take it seriously like doing something about it - but mild flooding though it be, was not as severe as some communities - we must, we resolve, take this in our stride and simply think of glorious Chaucer who David says is one person he would have loved to have met. Really, I say, as I sip my coffee.</span></div>
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cohen labellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00713812144707226168noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517953110445932114.post-20911695262149555132017-04-25T14:56:00.000-04:002017-04-25T14:56:22.373-04:00Cropped oval<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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cohen labellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00713812144707226168noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517953110445932114.post-74189696013960445942017-04-23T23:58:00.002-04:002017-04-24T00:06:29.023-04:00Waiting<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It's one thing to decide on a pose -- that process is fairly democratic, more or less. There is, of course, the inevitable thrashing out of suitable and reasonable, good ideas that takes place before an agreeable compromise can be reached so that the model's pose is of interest to everyone.<br />
But an equal challenge presents itself to the model who must hold a position for a given block of time before a buzzer signals a rest - in terms of her inner life it might not be unlike waiting for a phone call or a bus, or a meal to be served.<br />
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cohen labellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00713812144707226168noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517953110445932114.post-45395310452156919712017-04-22T22:13:00.000-04:002017-04-22T22:13:06.462-04:00Farmer's field, <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Fog rolling in. Escarpment near Jerseyville Rd<br />
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cohen labellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00713812144707226168noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517953110445932114.post-50863067303653855152017-04-20T00:38:00.001-04:002017-04-20T00:59:06.793-04:00Uncomplaining<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Although her head is supported by a cushion and there is some sort of rudimentary blanket on which to lie, the mattress on the modelling stand is missing -- as if it was ever there in the first place. She insists however that she is perfectly comfortable.<br />
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Chalk on Kraft paper 18"x 24" © mcl, April, 2015</div>
cohen labellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00713812144707226168noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517953110445932114.post-74026980045720272472017-04-19T01:47:00.001-04:002017-04-19T01:58:14.326-04:00Insomniac chair<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Tirelessly waiting to be sat in, looked at, or drawn at any time of day or if need be, in the middle of the night.<br />
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cohen labellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00713812144707226168noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517953110445932114.post-71026106224344773442017-04-15T23:11:00.000-04:002017-04-15T23:11:06.299-04:00A family<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
My late Mother's, all in one self- procreating, multi-use wrench family, plus a stack of supermarket coupons she had lying around, asking to be put to use - gives birth to this mid 20th century op art acrylic collage master-piece on masonite! Brilliant, Faye -- I miss you.<br />
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cohen labellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00713812144707226168noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517953110445932114.post-18853809391776138982017-04-10T19:44:00.001-04:002017-04-10T23:44:49.984-04:00Small Change<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The innocent penny, now extinct and other coins. The penny is made of almost pure copper. The nickel is made of nickel that comes from mines in Sudbury in our near/far Ontario north featuring our industrious beaver -- and he/she too, might be the next to go on the chopping block. Then there's big or significant change like the loonie and toonie. The toonie so called because it replaced our two dollar bill years ago. The loonie -- named after our mournful songbird, the loon.<br />
Why do we call it change? As a child, I was obsessed with change, I used to crave it -- filthy lucre. I searched for it in the tight recesses of our stuffed sofas and on the fair grounds where we lived in small prairie towns. I would dream about finding unlimited piles of change and wake up empty handed of course.<br />
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cohen labellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00713812144707226168noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517953110445932114.post-78621299924650382332017-04-10T00:07:00.000-04:002017-04-10T01:20:19.581-04:00Profile standing<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
A strong young woman, as I recall, in addition to her skill as a model<br />
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cohen labellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00713812144707226168noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517953110445932114.post-70291139784817579272017-04-09T00:00:00.000-04:002017-04-09T00:00:11.071-04:00Opposite view on flooded parkland<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
North east. At this time of year it's always flooded. Maybe the soil is clay. When we had a ton of snow a few years ago you might guess that that would be the reason. This year more rain than snow and it's still sopping wet there, except for the paved parking lot -- but to be fair, I'm told that even some of the roads there are under water which makes drivers less than relaxed.<br />
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cohen labellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00713812144707226168noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517953110445932114.post-49742264024429822912017-04-08T07:06:00.001-04:002017-04-08T09:55:57.762-04:00Flooded<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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cohen labellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00713812144707226168noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517953110445932114.post-56700902901041357182017-04-07T02:39:00.002-04:002017-04-08T07:13:18.341-04:00Early spring two years ago<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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cohen labellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00713812144707226168noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517953110445932114.post-25678647960794386302017-04-04T08:51:00.000-04:002017-04-04T08:59:22.998-04:00Sitting still<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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cohen labellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00713812144707226168noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517953110445932114.post-29319805577166002017-04-02T02:50:00.003-04:002017-04-02T02:50:41.129-04:00Landscape study November 2003<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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cohen labellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00713812144707226168noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517953110445932114.post-23310753474918677922016-02-18T17:45:00.002-05:002016-02-18T18:07:33.373-05:00Side view<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Numero tres, the iPad although well intentioned,<br />
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