Studio Blog

Drawing against Muscle Memory

August 02, 2024 Filed in: Process |Observation written by: David Bailin

CLUB [underdrawing] • 2024 • Charcoal on Paper • 20 × 26½ inches

I have created works for stage, mural drawings for interiors and small intimate drawings for private spaces. Each time, as expected, I had to rethink my approach. The translation from stage to paper wasn’t difficult. But the act of drawing? It’s not the idea or materials that get in your way of execution, it’s your muscle memory.

Déjà vu

March 03, 2024 Filed in: Process |Studio |Observation written by: Bailin

Beach • 2024 •Charcoal, Pastel, and Oil on Paper • 52 × 60 inches

There have been times in the studio where everything goes to hell-in-a-handbasket.

AFTER THE PIT

What a difference a week in the studio makes

June 10, 2022 Filed in: Process |Studio written by: Bailin

After two years struggling in an artistic pit, I have once more connected with my core and have found a theme.

IDENTITY Insight

Unfolding the Visual Narrative

January 07, 2017 Filed in: Process |Studio |Interview written by: Kimnberly Clark,Bailin

L-R: Bailin: Lake, 2016 • New House, 2016 • Raking Leaves, 2016

This show features the work of ten Koplin Del Rio artists and completes the series of three IDENTITY exhibitions introducing the gallery’s artists to a Seattle audience. Curator Eleana Del Rio grouped these artists together because they share a common interest in pictorial narrative. They all invite the viewer to interact with the imagery and engage with the work in a manner that allows two narratives—both the artist’s and the viewer’s—to play out over time.

The Art Tools of David Bailin

Selection from Interview

February 29, 2016 Filed in: Process |Interview |Observation |Studio written by: Judy,Bailin

In February 2016, I was interviewed on the Parka Blogs by a columnist named Judy. The questions brought out some interesting specifics about my process I have talked about but never put into writing. I’ve picked out two highlights from the interview.

For All Students of Art

Fundamentals

May 05, 2015 Filed in: Workshop |Process |Teaching written by: Bailin

A short and simple guide to students starting to work in a studio.

Lines of thought

Observations on Art and art process from the Studio

Drawing against Muscle Memory

Déjà vu

AFTER THE PIT

IDENTITY Insight

The Art Tools of David Bailin

For All Students of Art