That turbulent spring sky...
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The other day I couldn't find Rumi for a while and had to go looking:
Showing posts with label approx. 11" x 7". Show all posts
Showing posts with label approx. 11" x 7". Show all posts
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Monday, March 29, 2010
Sky study 12
...And some skies are more delicate.
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I've always thought Lynx looks very owl-like. You can decide for yourself:
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Sky study 5
I like knowing that there's an endless variety of skies out there to paint. This is another pastel with a lot of blending. Doing these skies has got me interested in trying them in oil too (believe it or not, I've never tried painting a sky in oils; I've never been a landscape painter).
Need your kitchen knives sharpened? Keep an eye out; he'll be coming through your neighborhood...
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Sky study 4
I've been much admiring Astrid's pastels. Inspired by her work, I decided I'd start learning how to blend--something I've never done. In my now ponderous experience (i.e., a few days), I am liking some of the effects that blending can give, especially when the painting is mostly blended, but with a few areas that are not. It feels like a good balance, the blending counterweighting the non-blended parts. The light-value part of the clouds here is not blended, giving it some visual texture, though you can't tell on screen.
Mojito + interloper.
Friday, March 12, 2010
Jaipur 7
The evolution of abstract imagery fascinates me--how one can get visually from "reality" all the way through different phases of semi-abstract, and finally into pure abstraction. This one started like the previous "Jaipur palace wall" paintings, but it wanted to...keep going.
Rumi enjoys being held like this when he just wakes up, so he can get a good stretch. I think it's safe to say he's the weirdest cat I've ever known. I like the funky perspective in this photo.
Tea transport in Munnar.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
To the coast
...Where I'd like to be instead of here, sick, with the snow coming back for yet another unwelcome visit.
This came out with kind of a Milton Avery feel to it, I think.
By March, only the dogs are still fans of winter. (Photo credits: The Husband.)
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Jaipur 4
Even though I'm more of a "rectangles" kind of abstract painter, lately some interestingly organic shapes have been creeping in. I don't know where they're coming from, but as long as they make themselves useful, they can stay.
Used The Husband's lens to take this one. Wow--it takes a much better picture, and I don't have to use Photoshop's Sharpen filters at all, or at least not as much.
Kind of surreal.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Jaipur 2
Hi everyone, if you have information you'd like to contribute, please continue to leave comments on the previous "Easel recommendations" post.
Lynxie, chillin' in the papasan.
These guys were building an outdoor events stage for a school in Munnar. They got their Bollywood on when they noticed I was taking photos.
The Husband and I both are very drawn by the abstract artistic nature of old windows and doors. (Morocco and Guatemala are especially rich sources for this sort of thing; I'll have to try to find all those digital pics someday...) Below are some of the windows on the school where the guys were working. I took these partly to work off of for some future abstract pastels or oils, but they might just be too marvelous as they are and not lend themselves to being interpreted; we'll see.
Monday, September 21, 2009
Tomatillos
Oh, the irony of spending five hours last night (man, am I tired today!) to try to make something look like it was freshly dashed off in ten minutes! Aaaarrggghhhh. The more I learn about painting (and I'm watching DVDs and reading books like a fiend), the less I know. I'm at a very high frustration level. On a positive note, I think this turned out well.
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