What do you call each painting in a series?
Barbara Rachko
New York Master Pastel Artist/ Blogger(143,000+ Subscribers)/ Author/ Watch “Barbara Rachko: True Grit” on YouTube!
I call each painting in a series a "scene."
Actually, at first I didn't know what to call them.
I was looking for a word that meant "a piece of some larger whole."
Initially the word "shard" - a fragment of pottery - came to mind.
However, that didn't capture the meaning I was seeking, since my paintings have little to do with pottery.
My large "Domestic Threats" paintings are theatrical. There is substantial labor and much thought involved in their creation, so I often think of myself as a director and each image as a play.
Small "Domestic Threats" paintings are made from a portion of a photograph that I use as reference for a larger painting.
For example, "Scene Thirteen: Bathroom" is a small version of "He Urged Her to Abdicate."
A "portion" of a play is a "Scene" so that's what I finally named them.
Additionally, I numbered the paintings in order of their creation and added the room where each takes place.
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9 年Very nice work Barbera! Strong. Tell me, why do you use Sandpaper to draw your pastels? What are the advantages over, for instance rough textured watercolour paper? Is it very smooth sand paper you use? a special one? Good luck! Tony.