Egon Schiele in UMMA

Pencil and watercolor on Laloran sketchbook 5.25" x 5.25"

1. Standing Female Nude in Black Stockings 1912, watercolor and pencil on paper.
2. Reclining Black-haired Female Nude, Right Arm Covering Face 1908, watercolor on brown paper.
3. Female Half Draped, Reclining ca. 1908-12, pencil on paper.
4. Tightrope Walker 1912, watercolor and pencil on paper.

I was hoping to see some work of Gustav Klimt during my visit to UMMA, University of Michigan Museum of Art. Unfortunately his art was down. However I was lucky to see four recent acquisitions of Egon Schiele. Sketching was allowed but not watercolor. I could use pencil or ink, so I honored the choice of the artist and used pencil and added watercolor later. I first drew some frames in pencil hoping to draw each one of the paintings in them, but my failure resulted on a unintended design of the page rather artistic, which I ended up liking it. When I was adding watercolor I realized that although his drawings were similar, the watercolors were different. One had what looks like gouache and blended colors, another one had defined edges and  bold solid colors. It was the one numbered as 4, that made me notice how some parts of the body painted in subtle pink were strategically located and made a huge difference between a cold and a warm painting, I realized of it as I was adding the pink areas. It was a nice visit. Sketching others' art forces me to slow down and makes me wonder what went through the artist's mind that made him make those decisions. It was an interesting exercise.

Incidentally, I included this photo as a footnote.