Pastel on paper A small part of our household goods arrived last week including my pastels, some paints, panels and paper. Great delight to be reunited with them, followed by a more than a little trepidation and procrastination. There is only so much alternative living (where you do the alternative rather than doing what you…
Benefits of being stalled in Washington is getting to experience autumn for the first time in several years. Amazing colours everywhere (enhanced by great sunglasses!) – dark reds, dusky pinks, brilliant oranges, acid yellows, purples and many shades of green from lime to darkest evergreens.
6″ x 8″, oil on canvas.Today I did some colour studies. Single Japanese pear place on red, blue, green and yellow ground. I was aware that I got less and less loose with each one – maybe doing them all in one session was pushing it a little. It was really interesting to see the…
Spent a few hours this morning putting on more colour on the chair – begin to feel it coming out of the grisaille now. I’m experiencing something quite strange here – the colours should be the same value as the grisaille – and when you get it right its like there is no colour because…
More work on the chair today. A little scared of rushing it. I am still sure I am not putting enough paint on the canvas. I’m not sure about the warmth on the closest arm – it seems a little too warm – daylight check required. This morning when I got to work I decided…
I worked on the chair tonight – I don’t know what came over me but I looked at it as it leant against the window and my palette was freshly loaded and lo and behold colour has been put on the canvas! I’m pretty sure that I am not putting enough paint on the canvas…
I needed to do something different tonight – hard day at work called for something expressive. Trying to keep in my head all that I have learned in the last week but finally being overcome by colour. If I have it right, the greatest contrasts in value should be in the foreground and the further…
oil on canvas 6″ x 6″Another colour experiment. I started with a purple and cerulean ground and then worked into that with colour. More paint on the canvas this time.Also have had this idea in my head for a charcoal for a while and after reading Stacy Rowan’s post about seeing things that you want…
oil on canvas, 6″ x 6″The first of my “homework” – I’m sure I’m still not getting the paint on thick enough (that is SO hard for me, I want to scrape off and leave minimal paint on the canvas! I’m using cotton reels as they are nice solid blocks of colour to work with…
Another manic painting session with more running up and down the stairs. Its one way to get some exercise! Beginning to get a little panic struck about my shortage of canvases. Going to have to think seriously about making my own canvas boards. Great delight with the mail arriving today – the friend whose portrait…