Comic Artists: Mary Stuart (Part IV)

Last, but certainly not least...
Tempo and Black Hat Collective team up to bring you Comic Artists Night at the Opera.

Artist: Jeremiah Halonie

Jeremiah's Thoughts On the Experience

This was an amazing opportunity. It's often impossible to draw during an experience like this, even sneaking in a small sketchbook or camera is impossible, so to be invited to sit with the materials and space you need to really indulge is awesome. My thanks to everyone who made this possible, and to the amazing actors and the performance they gave.

Website: http://steampoweredart.blogspot.com/
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Artist: Anna Bongiovanni

Anna's Thoughts On the Experience

I really enjoyed watching Mary Stuart! The costumes alone were amazing. The colors used throughout the performance and the music made it a wonderful night and I am thrilled I had this opportunity to watch and sketch the opera. 

Website:  http://www.softandfleshy.blogspot.com--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Artist: Kate Saturday

Kate's Thoughts On the Experience

The singing by Mary and Elizabeth was amazing, inhuman.  I had a wonderful time.

Website: www.confoundedcontraption.com
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Artist: Diana Nock

Website: http://www.jinxville.com
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Artist: Abby Lehrky

Website: www.green-avenger.com
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Comic Artists: Mary Stuart (Part III)

Tempo and Black Hat Collective team up to bring you Comic Artists Night at the Opera:

Artist: Ursula Murray Husted

Ursula's Thoughts On the Experience

I loved drawing at the opera!  Well, to be more accurate, I loved watching the opera and had to keep reminding myself to sketch instead of becoming completely glued to the story.  Thank you so much for the opportunity. :)

Website: http://www.ursulamurrayhusted.com/

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Artist: Nicole Lorenz

Nicole's Thoughts On the Experience

Thank you so much for that opportunity! I really enjoyed the event, and judging by the way the other artists were talking as we left the show, everyone else did as well.

Website: www.nicolelorenz.com

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Artist: Brittney Sabo

Brittney's Thoughts On the Experience

The opera and the costumes were absolutely beautiful, and I was especially drawn to the fabric of the flowing dresses. Capturing movement while producing a detailed sketch was hard, but after focusing more on the fabric of the costumes I was able to produce some sketches I'm pleased with.

Website: http://www.bsabo.com

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Comic Artists: Mary Stuart (Part II)

Tempo and Black Hat Collective team up to bring you Comic Artists Night at the Opera:

Artist: Tim Tapp

Lady in darkness

Tim's Thoughts on the Experience

The experience was very good. The energy on stage was easy to understand because they genuine human emotions. This was my first opera and I had fun.  

Website: http://drprofessort.blogspot.com/

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Artist: Salina Travino 

Accepting Fate

Salina's Thoughts on the Experience

The costumes were gorgeous-- my eyes couldn't get enough of them! The singers' voices were powerful and moving. I felt honored to be welcomed as an artist and given the opportunity to try to capture some of Mary Stuart's magnificence!

Websites: salinatrevino.com / salinatrevino.blogspot.com

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Artist: Lee Blauersouth

Mary's preparations

Sketch 1

Faceoff

Elizabeth's decision

Lee's Thoughts on the Experience

Is there anything more fun to sketch than Elizabethan garb? Probably not. But there are probably easier things to draw on the fly on a moving target! The hats! The voluminous skits! Those crazy collars! Giant fluffy bloomers! Conveying emotion in body language under all those layers of clothes must be hard on the actors, but they did a great job. Then the task was up to me to draw what the actors put forth.

Website: girlamatic.com/godseeker

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Comic Artists: Mary Stuart (Part I)

Tempo and Black Hat Collective Hat Collective team up to bring you Comic Artists Night at the Opera:

Artist: Kevin Cannon

Mary Stuart No. 5

Mary Stuart No. 9

Mary Stuart No. 9

Kevin C's Thoughts On the Experience

Last night I had the good fortune of being able to doodle during a dress rehearsal of the Minnesota Opera's Mary Stuart at the Ordway Center. I was invited by Tempo and the Black Hat Collective, and was part of a group of about fifteen cartoonists who tried to visually capture the opera. Our little group must have looked strange from the stage, fifteen dark-clad cartoonists scribbling madly under a haze of blue booklights, our rapt silence broken only by paper rustling or the occasional pencil dropping on the floor.

Want to see more of Kevin's Mary Stuart sketches? Check out his blog.
Website: http://bit.ly/haMPec

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Artist: Lupi McGinty

Lupi's Thoughts On the Experience

Thanks for inviting us to draw the performance. I appreciated being able to enjoy the artistry that went into the show--the lighting, sets, and performances were all fantastic. I tried to bring some of the expressive color and body language into my sketch of Mary kneeling.  I look forward to seeing everyone else's work online.

Website: http://bit.ly/gJVfpa

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Artist: Ken Avidor

Ken's Thoughts On the Experience

Thanks so much for inviting me to sketch last night. I had a lot of fun. I wish I could do it again. I've mentioned it on the Twin Cities Urban Sketchers blog.

Website: http://bit.ly/hWZV9s

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Comic Artists Night at the Opera

Don't you love it when people have a good idea and that good idea turns into an amazing event? Yeah, so do we. Well, way back this fall (seems way back with all the snow that's happened since), Tempo received an email from a member of the Black Hat Collective pitching an idea - have comic artists attend a dress rehearsal, draw what inspires them, and share the results on our blog. Tempo's not one to ignore a good idea, so, a couple months later...

Tempo (and Minnesota Opera, of course!) hosted the first ever Comic Artists Night at the Opera. On Thursday, January 27, a group of Black Hat Collective artists attended the Mary Stuart dress rehearsal (after a lite bite at Pazzaluna) and drew whatever moved them. It was a great event - there was artist love all around (on stage, in the audience, after the performance - you name it!) We're all excited to see the resulting artwork, but the folks who saw it happen are probably the most excited (and who can blame them).

Anyway, we expected it the results to be good. Heck, we expected the results to be great. You know what? The artwork is FANTASTIC, AMAZING, BRILLIANT. . . we could go on, seriously, we could. Check back throughout the day as we post the fabulous work of Black Hat Collective artists: Ken Avidor, Lee Blauersouth, Kevin Cannon, Ursula Murray Husted, Nicole Lorenz, Lupi McGinty, Brittney Sabo, Tim Tapp, and Salina Travino. Until then, enjoy this teaser fabulous piece (it's like he knew we needed something for the opening post) by Ken Avidor:

Artwork by Ken Avidor

One last thing, wanna hear a firsthand take on Comic Artists Night at the Opera? Max Sperber gives us his take in Max About Town.

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