#art, You Want to Paint? Think About This…

(«Gente» by Francisco Bravo Cabrera/All Rights Reserved)

How do you make/create a painting? How do I start, how do I continue, how do I finish? What should I take into account? How do I plan the painting?

If you don’t know the answers to these questions, I will tell you…

A painting is created with the experience acquired over the years, channelled through professional and technical learning, taste (the good taste of the painter), and the message you want to convey… Or simply by buying a canvas, paints, and brushes. That depends on you. Yes, you will need those things, but whether something good comes out of it, spontaneously or intuitively, or not, will be a certain unknown.

How do I start, etcetera? You start by envisioning. I imagine every artistic creator begins with the artwork in their head in one way or another. Then you have to pick up a pencil or crayon and start to develop the ideas on paper (or whatever surface you like) to make at least one sketch. From there, you decide on certain things: What size do I want the painting to be, what color palette will I use, and what style will I use to convey the message of this painting. These are all preliminary steps, and things you have to be very clear about while you’re painting.

And as for how to plan, well, that is done on the go. You will notice that as you are painting the composition (and there are rules about composition which we will not get into here) will start to take shape and it will, most assuredly, demand things from you. Listen carefully to what the painting is telling you because there will come a time when it will say STOP! And if you add one more brushstroke, you mess it up…

CHEERS

#art, ¿Quieres pintar? Piensa en esto…

(«El velero en un mar que brilla» de/by Francisco Bravo Cabrera/Derechos Reservados/All Rights Reserved)

¿Como se hace un cuadro? ¿Como comienzo, como sigo, como termino? ¿Que debo tener en cuenta? ¿Como planear la pintura?

Si no sabes la respuesta a estas preguntas, yo te las voy a contestar…

Un cuadro se hace con la experiencia adquirida a través de los años, canalizada por via del aprendizaje profesional y técnico, el gusto (el buen gusto del pintor) y el mensaje que quieras transmitir… O simplemente se hace comprando un lienzo, pinturas, y pinceles. Eso depende de ti. Sí, esas cosas las vas a necesitar, pero que se salga algo bueno o no, eso no lo sabemos…

¿Como comienzo etcétera? Se comienza pintando en la cabeza. Me imagino que todo creador artístico comienza con la obra en la cabeza de una forma o de otra. Luego tienes que coger lápiz o crayon y tendrás que comenzar a desarrollar las ideas sobre papel (o la superficie que te de la gana) para hacer, al menos, un boceto. De ahi a decidir ciertas cosas: De que tamaño quiero que sea la pintura, que paleta de colores usaré y que estilo voy a usar para transmitir el mensaje de este cuadro. Todos estos son pasos preliminares, y cosas que tienes que tener muy claras mientras estés pintando.

Y lo de como planear, bueno eso se hace sobre la marcha. Notaás que la pintura va tomando forma y exigiéndote cosas. Escucha bien lo que el cuadro te está diciendo porque llegará el momento en que te dirá STOP! Y si le metes un brochazo mas la cagas…

(2022)

GRACIAS

#art, «Pero pera» recién sacadito del forno caldo en Valencia – «Pero Pera» Brand New, Just Out of the Oven in Valencia…

(«Pero pera» de/by Francisco Bravo Cabrera/Derechos Reservados/All Rights Reserved)

«Pero pera» se ha convertido en mi obra preferida, bueno pero siempre la ultima que pinto lo es… Este cuadro mide 70 x 140 centímetros y lo he pintado con colores acrílicos sobre tela. El estilo (si hay que mencionar estilos) es surreal pero a la vez expresionista ya que no demuestro lo que veo (o lo que he visto) sino lo que siento, lo que intuyo, lo que creo que expresan esas figuras. Como de costumbre, mis obras son figurativas pero si os fijáis bien veréis mucha abstracción en los espacios negativos, digamos, los espacios entre las figuras de la composición. Esta, como todas mis obras ya ha salido a la venta. Para mayor información comunicarse con mi representante, «By Guloshka» (Guloshka404@gmail.com o IG: @Guloshka).

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«Pero Pera» («But a Pear»), has become my favourite work, well but always the last one I paint is… This painting measures 70 x 140 centimetres and I have painted it with acrylic colours on canvas. The style (if styles need to be mentioned) is surreal but at the same time expressionist since I don’t paint what I see (or what I have seen) but what I feel. Also what I sense, or what I believe those figures are expressing. As usual, this painting is figurative but if you look closely you will see a lot of abstraction in the negative spaces, let’s say, the spaces between the figures of the composition. This, like all my works, is already for sale. For more information, please contact my representative, «By Guloshka» (Guloshka404@gmail.com or IG: @Guloshka).

GRACIAS – CHEERS

#art, Bodo en Estambul 2003 – Bodo in Istanbul 2003

(«Tres musicos» Bodo Vespaciano/Derechos Reservados/All Rights Reserved)

Con este, y cuatro mas que vais a ver, me inaugure como pintor internacional en una galería del centro de Estambul en el 2003. La galería me llevó a una exposición con otro artista europeo y tuve un gran éxito inaugural que me dió pie para seguir y seguir, pues de ahí salte para Aragón, específicamente Fuendetodos, la cuna de Francisco Goya. Después Nueva York, Miami, Barcelona, Esmirna, Valencia, Mallorca, Dublin y ahora el mundo entero…

GRACIAS – CHEERS

#art, Bodo en 2008, arte y más – Bodo in 2008 Art and More…

(Bodo Vespaciano en Francia/in France/El verdadero Bodo/The real Bodo)

Fue un año de muchos viajes, muchas exposiciones y muchos cuadros que ya iban cogiendo otra dimension y rumbo en la pintura de Bodo Vespaciano… Aqui algunos de ellos…

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That was a year of many trips and many exhibitions as well as painting a lot and the paintings were already growing in other dimensions and taking a new route. This was some of the work of Bodo Vespaciano that year…

GRACIAS – CHEERS

#art, Bodo in 2006 and 2007 in Miami, Florida

(Francisco/Bodo/Actor portrayal)

Those were hectic years, travelling to many places, many shows, many art events… And here are some of my creations from 2006 and 2007…

GRACIAS – CHEERS

#poem, Smoking Under the Rain…

(Francisco/Bodo/Actor portrayal)

I’m determined to finally be

the simple soul that understands,

the careful fool that takes a stand

and fights the good fight

on every street…

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I’m the soul that dances

and that feels the beat,

of the tambourine,

of the djembe drums,

of the clapping hands

that built my home,

that raise their hands

as a sign of praise,

that praises love

as a sign of gain…

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I’m the rifleman that once dressed in green

that in foreign mountains

has grown and seen

the tears of sweat

and the sweat of tears

while no yet having too many years

of life experience in peace and love

of life experience…

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I’m determined to be

to love,

to comprehend

my brother’s love,

my brother’s pain,

while sitting smoking under the rain…

C.2024, Francisco Bravo Cabrera – 24/04/2024 – Valencia, Spain

#poem, #art, «Clouds Without Rain»

(Photography by Francisco Bravo Cabrera/All Rights Reserved)

I waited for the train on broken tracks,

sitting in an old abandoned station…

I walk back to my street on dusty sidewalks, broken, cracked.

But when I reach my doorstep

I smell the jasmine and magnolia

smoke from grandpa’s pipe,

from grandpa’s soul.

And another day passes…

My street is dark and windy in the winter,

the snow has turned asphalt to marmalade.

Above the rooftops black wings flap,

and sharpened talons rip apart white pigeons,

while iron beaks break through the rotten wood.

Medieval homes once made of dreams and aspirations…

And another life passes…

My eyes see light, holes in the clouds,

clouds that defy winds, refuse to move.

Clouds without rain have darkened the blue of heaven,

like bombers in the sky,

they strip away the colours of the sunset.

And another thought passes me by…

I am the fingers of the most atrocious warrior,

the knees of a pious, mystic monk,

within me burns the blood of thinkers

and of the artisans that built these walls,

and paved these ancient streets so narrow that shoulders

passing by scrape the dust of the centuries.

And reality comes and quietly caresses me…

Grandpa has put away his pipe

and savours his warm glass of anisette.

He stretches out his arms as if to pray

then calmly rises,

shuffles away in search of dreams,

and I sit on the doorstep counting

grains of sand from ancient beaches…

C.2024, Francisco Bravo Cabrera – 28/04/2024 – Valencia, Spain

#art, VALENCIARTIST – Bodo Mirando atrás – Bodo is Looking Back

(Bodo/Francisco/Representado por un actor/Actor portrayal/D.R./All Rights Reserved)

Pues hoy nos remontamos al 2005… Estas son algunas de las obras que pinté ese año en Miami, Florida…

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Well, today we take a look back to 2005… These are some of the paintings I did that year in Miami, Florida…

GRACIAS – CHEERS

#art, Asi fue el 2003 en O.C.S. Miami – This was O.C.S. Miami in 2003…

(Bodo/Francisco/Representado por un actor/actor portrayal/D.R./All Rights Reserved)

El 2003 fue un año fenomenal porque recibí mi primer contrato con una galería en Estambul y mi carrera se hizo internacional de la noche a la mañana… Aqui algunos de los cuadros que pinté ese año…

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2003 was a phenomenal! That year I received my first contract with a gallery in Istanbul, and my career went international overnight… Here are some of the paintings I created that year…

GRACIAS – CHEERS