4 x 6 watercolor pencils |
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Squirrely Whirrely
Friday, December 9, 2011
December all media photo challenge
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Not one of the 120
18 x 24 pastel |
Thursday, October 27, 2011
No Great Pumpkin
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Creepy Halloween
This is study #2. I seem to be missing the point. The point is to work efficiently, limiting brush strokes and making every one count, but I can't seem to make myself stop correcting. But I suppose it will get better...
My box is a little bigger than the one Larry Seiler made and I'm not sure the shadows are as pronounced.
My box is a little bigger than the one Larry Seiler made and I'm not sure the shadows are as pronounced.
120 paintings
I'm trying to participate in a webinar study on Wet Canvas with artist Larry Seiler, but his technical difficulties to present them have left me a little at sea. At any rate, he claims that you have to paint 120 paintings before you paint a good one.... So I decided to start from scratch, I built a light box to help with focus and here's my first study (emphasis on STUDY) of 120. I spent about 2 hours, which is longer than he recommended, but I'm sure I'll get faster. And I could have picked at it much longer, to get the base of the mannequin right, but that wouldn't have been the point, so here it is. I'll be doing the studies in oil. This one's 11x14 out of a 7-pack I think Mom gave me a few months ago. Be prepared, this may get ugly.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Rainy Days are for Ducks
The thing about pastel is it's messy. Dust everywhere.
This was another one for the Artist Daily All media photo challenge.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
The Challenge
The Artist Daily website has been an encouraging place to post and share with other artists. I've been participating in the challenges for about the last 9 months and the "sweet deers" who join me at the All Media Photo Challenges have helped me along. This is my most recent work to share. It's a little different than usual, in that I used my own photo rather than the one posted in the challenge. 18x24 pastel on prepared hardboard.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
The Trade
So I suppose if I profess to being an artist in 2011, I must have a blog, and post my profound (snicker, snicker) musings, as well as my successes and, occasional stumbles. So....here goes. I'll just comment about today and work backwards and forward from time to time. Stay with me, please. I'll try not to ramble too much.
I finally came up with this 18x24 pastel from a picture he had posted on facebook. Ron Green#1. I'm pleased, and he seems to like it, so we'll make the swap this weekend.
I thought the picture expressed his pup's personality, and was an interesting and fun image, unlike the usual head shot, or the regal but leggy pose of the typical greyhound. The foreshortening was a little challenging, but I think I pulled it off. The complimentary colors seem to work, too. In the photo, his left front paw rests under his chin but it didn't work in the painting. My friend and professional artist, Joyce Cambron said, "just get rid of it." So I followed her expert advice and it turned out much better.
This is a fairly new medium for me. I usually work a lot with postcard size watercolors and I'll make an attempt at a larger oil (16 x 20) from time to time, but this may be a regular standard for a little while to see what I can come up with.
This is a photo of my friend, Andre von Olszewski's 16x20 acrylic painting. I saw it and fell in love with the colors and composition. I'm a big Kandinsky fan, and it seems to have that beautiful Kandinsky-like rhythm. I told him I'd make a trade. He brought me the painting and after he'd left, I realized he hadn't signed it, so I said, "I won't frame it until you sign it and I give you something in return." Knowing he loved his dear greyhound, I asked him to send pics so I could work on some sketches.....many months later.....
I finally came up with this 18x24 pastel from a picture he had posted on facebook. Ron Green#1. I'm pleased, and he seems to like it, so we'll make the swap this weekend.
I thought the picture expressed his pup's personality, and was an interesting and fun image, unlike the usual head shot, or the regal but leggy pose of the typical greyhound. The foreshortening was a little challenging, but I think I pulled it off. The complimentary colors seem to work, too. In the photo, his left front paw rests under his chin but it didn't work in the painting. My friend and professional artist, Joyce Cambron said, "just get rid of it." So I followed her expert advice and it turned out much better.
This is a fairly new medium for me. I usually work a lot with postcard size watercolors and I'll make an attempt at a larger oil (16 x 20) from time to time, but this may be a regular standard for a little while to see what I can come up with.
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