Marion Adolf's c. 1970s Gouache on Paper Color Studies, Sold Individually handmade ceramic brooch Quite serene

Quite serene

How much better than an action figure though

The hand of the maker is viscerally palpable everywhere

to look that way

and with subtle variation from front to back-- more definition (deeper carving) to the shoulders on one facing side

Marion Adolf's c. 1970s Gouache on Paper Color Studies, Sold Individually handmade ceramic brooch Quite sereneI just can't resist a vintage art school color theory exercise, and strong gouache painted color delivered with precision is pretty hard to beat. Four examples here, c. 1970s the first three completed with handwritten text labels ("analogous colors", "split complementary", etc) and protective paper laid over top, attached with masking tape to the reverses. The fourth appears perhaps to have been a first stab at what became the third (letter C) with no