Monday, July 28, 2014

All Tied Up II

All Tied Up II
Image Size 16" x 36"
Acrylic

Well, I painted the larger version of last week's study but as I see it in this photo, I can see that I need to push the values quite a bit.  So far, I like the study better.  I do like the background texture on this though.  I put a mixture of gesso and water on the paper with a piece of cardboard and made the texture.  I'll probably work on this more this week and see where I can take it.  Do you like the study (the previous post) or this one better?

Monday, July 21, 2014

All Tied Up

All Tied Up
Image Size 19" x 10"
I've finished another unfinished project!  I started this a couple of years ago but worked too slowly and my asparagus didn't survive, so I put the painting aside.  I finished it without a reference.  This is a study for a larger painting so I'm not really concerned about it being really detailed.

I attached rice paper to mat board with a 50/50 mixture of acrylic matte medium and water.  This sealed the paper and makes it a fun painting surface.  The rice paper gives it a nice texture and adds interest.  I think for the larger painting, I will use a gesso mixture and scribe some texture into it.

Monday, July 14, 2014

Farmer's Market Find

Farmer's Market Find
Image Size 6" x 6"
Oil
I found this little cabbage at the farmer's market on Saturday.  It's only about 4" around and if a vegetable can be cute, that is how I would describe this one!  I didn't have time to paint it until today so some of it's fresh glow was gone but it was still a fun subject.  Since it was cloudy today, I couldn't take pictures of it in the sun.  Instead, I set it up in the studio with a light.  My usual light set-up fell and broke this morning so I had to get a new one.  I got an LED light bulb thinking that it would give a realistic daylight color but it seemed much cooler to me.   I think I will change that for the next set-up although the LED lights don't give off as much heat, which was nice.

This is a palette knife painting.  I haven't done a palette knife painting since January and I really missed using that technique so I decided it was time to dig out the oil paints.   Vegetables seem to look really good using the palette knife and I'll probably be doing some more in the near future.

Monday, July 7, 2014

Abstracted Lake Powell

Abstracted Lake Powell
Image Size 29" x 21"
Acrylic
I started painting this with watercolor but it was looking pretty wimpy so I switched to acrylics.  The paper was super wet for the majority of the painting and then I did some final details on dry paper.

Lake Powell is so beautiful with the clear blue skies and rusty colored cliffs and canyons that I just have to paint it every now and then.  I wanted this to have the feeling of Lake Powell without being specific.  


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