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Glenn Gould Colored Pencil Work

2012-01-22T13:44:00.000-08:00

Gould in his forties(?)
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Colored pencil on paper
8 x 10"
Subject to revisions

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Glenn Gould Colored Pencil Portrait

2012-01-03T21:01:00.000-08:00

Gould circa 1961
Colored pencil on paper
Approx. 8 x 10"
This is the entire composition of the drawing used for the 2012 NY greeting card.
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Close up
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Detail1

Detail2

Happy 2012

2012-01-01T10:03:00.000-08:00

From one devotee to another with love and respect.

NRFADC admin

*Image: colored pencil on paper with text digitally added.
(Entire composition coming soon)

Holiday Greetings

2011-12-21T10:30:00.000-08:00

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Distribution permitted*

As always...
May our 2012 be abundant with Glenn Gould's gift of music as have past years
and keep us alive and content.

Before the digital effects
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Distribution permitted*
(w/o alteration)

Digitally colorized

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Distribution permitted*
(w/o alteration)

*Noncommercial use only

Glenn Gould Pencil Portrait: the latest

2011-11-22T20:45:00.001-08:00

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"Ready When You Are"
Glenn Gould in his thirties
Pencil on paper
(Cropped due to scanner's size cap)

11 x 14"
(entire composition)
Digitally (and poorly) photographed
Subject to revisions

Glenn Gould Acrylic Study

2011-10-10T20:27:00.000-07:00

Acrylic study
Black and white acrylic on canvas board

Subject to revisions

Glenn Gould 29th Anniversary

2011-10-04T10:31:00.000-07:00

Infinity
8 x 10"
Charcoal on paper

Courtesy of YYZvocalesingcyclist

If tears could build a stairway,
and memories a lane.
I would walk right up to Heaven
and bring you back again.

Since you'll never be forgotten,
I pledge to you today
A hollowed place within my heart
is where you'll always stay.

(Author unknown)

Glenn Gould Portraits: A Gouldian Guide to the Genius

2011-09-25T20:40:00.000-07:00

Piano performance: Paul Pitman (www.musopen.com Public domain music libray

Homage to Glenn Gould 2011. Happy 79th Mr. Gould.
The void is only greater needless to say.

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This is a video featuring a collection of portraits done during 2010 ~ 2011.
Resulted in a heavy inclination toward charcoal works this time.

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Quotation references:
Wondrous Strange by Kevin Bazzana,
Strange Wondrous Quotes & Quotations,
and Glenn Gould: Concert Dropout (1968)

Music composed by: Claude Debussy
"Préludes - Book 2 Bruyères"

Portrait of a Concert Dropout

2011-07-31T21:31:00.000-07:00

Portrait of a Concert Dropout

Charcoal on paper

Glenn Gould charcoal sketch work

2011-07-24T12:57:00.000-07:00

Small charcoal sketch
2.25 x 6"

Young Glenn Gould Charcoal Drawing

2011-07-18T10:07:00.001-07:00

Young Glenn Gould
Charcoal on paper

Glenn Gould Pencil Drawing

2011-07-18T10:00:00.000-07:00

Glenn Gould in 1981
(Scanned image)
Pencil on paper
Subject to revisions

Glenn Gould Charcoal Drawing

2011-06-08T13:36:00.000-07:00

Glenn Gould in 1981

Charcoal on paper
Subject to revisions

Glenn Gould Bust Drawing

2011-04-06T21:07:00.000-07:00

Glenn Gould in his thirties.
Pencil on paper
9 x 12"
Subject to revisions

Glenn Gould Sketch Work 2

2011-03-22T13:40:00.000-07:00

Pencil Sketch of Glenn Gould in his thirties(?)
on paper
9 x 12"

Glenn Gould Sketch Work

2011-02-13T20:20:00.000-08:00

A small sketch work
on gray tinted paper
Texts digitally added

White Tablecloth, Bach, and Glenn Gould

2011-01-02T12:42:00.000-08:00

White and black charcoal on toned paper

This is a work still in progress

Young Glenn Gould colored pencil

2010-10-11T20:54:00.001-07:00

Colored pencil on paper

Glenn Gould portrait video

2010-10-10T15:45:00.000-07:00

A tribute.
Piano by Kevin MacLeod (RF music)

Glenn Gould October 4, 1982

2010-10-08T06:29:00.000-07:00

No longer judged.
RIP
Colored pencil on white paper

Glenn Gould: Happy Seventy-Eighth

2010-09-25T20:43:00.000-07:00

Colored pencil on paper.
9" x 12"

September 25:

Glenn Gould was born on this day 78 years ago. During his short fifty years on Earth he helped many, intended or not, change their lives with his exceptional gift of music, and the very treasure he left behind continues to do just that. That is, more than plenty indeed. May his music continue to shower upon us and save us from our earthly troubles, give us love, joy, and most of all, the precious sense of his existence on this planet: that the musician was so powerfully alive with generous ideas that were eventually meant for us.

Glenn Gould: The Right Hand

2010-08-16T13:14:00.000-07:00

A portrait of one of his prized possessions
Charcoal on paper

Glenn Gould: Preparatory sketch

2010-08-13T15:04:00.000-07:00

The preparatory sketch done in charcoal for perhaps the upcoming piece.
5" x 6"

Glenn Gould: charcoal works

2010-07-15T13:27:00.000-07:00

Scanned

Charcoal on paper. 9" X 12" Retouched.

Scanned
9" x 12"

Charcoal used: General's Pure Willow vine, General's charcoal pencil HB, and ProArt Charcoal pencils (2B and 4B)

Glenn Gould : Northbound

2010-06-25T09:04:00.000-07:00

"Northbound" digitally photographed. 11" x 14" Pencil on paper.

One of the earliest stages of Northbound.

The method I use is very similar to, but obviously not the same as, what's called sight-size drawing: an old method used when drawing from life. I only trace my own sketches or drawings when I do trace.

Working on Northbound

2010-06-20T09:53:00.000-07:00

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With the fourth season of The Glenn Gould Portrait Project approaching the end "Northbound", the most elusive piece so far, remains unfinished. The background is the main source of this reluctance, I believe, but this too will come to its end. The entire composition will be available when finished.

Pencil on paper.

Needn't to say much about it. The Man is in the eye of the beholder.

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Gould Playing the Piano: The entire composition

2010-06-01T12:49:00.000-07:00

The entire composition of Glenn Gould playing the piano pencil drawing.
Pencil on paper. 11" x 14"

Work in progress Video can be viewed here:
http://notreadyforariadacapo.blogspot.com/2010/04/glenn-gould-portrait-video-untitled.html

Note:
Glenn Gould in the spring of 1981 presumably during the recording session period for "The Goldberg Variations".

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Glenn Gould Portrait Video "Untitled"

2010-04-27T20:31:00.000-07:00

Music: J.S. Bach Sarabande French Suite No.5 in G major
Piano: H. Munekawa (194?-2008)

Drawings and sketches featured:
Glenn Gould in the spring of 1981.
Hand of Glenn Gould (charcoal)
Sketches of young Glenn Gould at work.
Slumbering young Glenn Gould.

© 2010 StudioDaCapo & Piano1001 All Rights Reserved

Glenn Goluld A Slumber retouched

2010-04-26T12:54:00.001-07:00

Slumbering Young Glenn Gould in his early twenties.

Pencil on paper 11" x 14" (Entire composition; this cut is about 8.5" x 11.5": Scanner's max)

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Glenn Gould Ballpoint Pen Drawing

2010-04-10T14:29:00.000-07:00

Ballpoint pen on paper. 5" x 7"
Gould in his early twenties(?)

Glenn Gould Drawing video

2010-04-07T14:34:00.000-07:00

Note the line running across Gould's neck.
It's a flaw on the paper, but proves to be the nice addition in the picture.
The following is the making(WIP) video.

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Sketches of Young Glenn Gould at Work

2010-03-28T20:52:00.000-07:00

Sketches from a video; I enjoy doing this from time to time,
but the harder I try the more inwardly the movement eludes.

Portraits of Glenn Gould

2010-03-28T20:50:00.000-07:00

Music: Composed by J.S. Bach and performed by H. Munekawa.

Young Glenn Gould Pencil Drawing

2010-03-28T20:44:00.000-07:00

"Young Glenn Gould Pencil Drawing"
Music composed and performed by H. Munekawa

Glenn Gould : Thus Thy Hand charcoal

2010-03-20T10:17:00.000-07:00

Charcoal study.
A Hand of Glenn Gould.

Glenn Gould in 1981

2010-03-20T10:00:00.000-07:00

"Glenn Gould in 1981"
11" x 14"
Scanned. This part is about A4 (Scanner's cap.).
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Digitally photographed entire composition. 11" x 14"
Minor glare (hence lightened) and distortion are noted in some area.
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"Glenn Gould in 1981" Pencil on Strathmore Windpower paper.

Glenn Gould: Line drawing

2010-02-26T06:11:00.000-08:00

This one's a five-minute simple line drawing(more like a doodling): great face study.

Glenn Gould As a Young Man

2010-01-26T17:42:00.000-08:00

About 70%.

Gould as a young man.

Holiday Greetings: Sketch of Laughing Glenn Gould in His Thirties

2009-12-25T15:10:00.000-08:00

2009 Holiday Greetings from StudioDaCapo.

Glenn Gould on a happy note.
While we say goodbye to yet another year,
Let's hope to stay in the same boat.

Note:
Sketch of Glenn Gould in his thirties. Free-hand.
Pencil on sketching paper. 9" x 12"
Cross-hatching method. No blending.
Pencils used(in degrees):8H, 6H, 2H, H, HB, F, 2B, 6B, and 8B

Glenn Gould: More sketches

2009-12-11T15:43:00.000-08:00

Sketch of Glenn Gould's Hands.
A quick sketch of his hands air-conducting expressively.

Sketch of Glenn Gould in His 40s.
A sketch of the man in his 40s casually posing.

Glenn Gould: Sketch of Glenn Gould As a Young Man

2009-12-11T11:21:00.000-08:00

Sketch of Glenn Gould As a Young Man Rockwell style.
From profile pic. Click to enlarge.

Pencil on sketch paper. H F HB 2B 4B
Cross-hatching method. No blending.

The man who made Bach...

2009-12-06T00:24:00.000-08:00

"J.S. Bach"
2006

Dedicated to the man who made Bach swing and twirl.

Glenn Gould Pencil Drawing WIP

2009-12-05T21:53:00.000-08:00

"1959"

2009
Graphite on paper

"Perfect image, beautifully rendered. Gould is at once in motion & repose -- the duality he always embodied." --E.P.

Glenn Gould: Gould Plays

2009-12-05T17:44:00.000-08:00

Gould in 1981 playing The Goldberg Variations.
Entire composition digitally photographed.

Graphite on paper
11" x 14"

Glenn Gould: Classical Slumber

2009-12-05T17:31:00.000-08:00

70% completed. A photo of Glenn Gould as a young man taken in Bahamas by Jock Carroll was used for reference, but I made some changes in order to make it fit the theme.

The image is a cropped composition; the scanner does not accommodate the size of the whole drawing.

Glenn Gould: Northbound

2009-12-05T16:49:00.000-08:00

Almost there, but the end seems miles away for I haven't been able to muster enough patience to continue on with the background, but time is my friend when it comes to portraits of Glenn Gould, I know this much is true. The image is a cropped composition digitally photographed.