Run. Jump A new series by Lesley A. Powell

From a wonderful model who is a dancer, my drawing easily captured her sense of movement.  The second drawing is combining my favorite poses together on one page. I expanded the ideas of the drawings to larger work: one watercolor and the other,...

Run. Dance – A new series by Lesley A. Powell

This first drawing is from two minute poses layered on one piece of paper.         Using this drawing as a reference,  I expanded the ideas with color to larger work using oil.

Dance to Painting

I have been an artist all of my life, first as a dancer, choreographer and now a painter. Choreographing has influence how I think about painting.  Many of the same principles of structuring a dance can be applied to the...

Leans into Larger Work

From this drawing,  I went into my art studio to play with expanding my work into different sizes and mediums.  I also play with color which is another struggle. I first start in watercolor and watercolor crayon.  Sometimes I add gouache especially white to calm the...

Expanding Drawing to a Larger Oil Painting

Abstracting the body with a set behind in a drawing involves simplifying the shapes, lines, and forms of the body and the set. Geometric shapes and curves are rendered in a minimalistic, and abstract way by emphasizing certain lines and shapes. When expanding a...