pastel on paper I was struck by the shadows from the bars at the windows. The light that came through the glass was much cooler than the light that came through the open door. Linda Blondheim gave me this blog award – Big smile! I really enjoy Linda’s blog. Her honesty about her art experiences…
Read Moreoil on canvas, 10″ x 10″ I’ve had a lovely day off today – didn’t accomplish as much as I had hoped but on your birthday its good just to chill a little! I have been really enjoying doing reflections so thought I would tackle this mug again. I thought lemons were hard to paint…
Read MorePastel on Paper Normally when I set up a still life I clear everything else out the way. I’m not sure why but I have seldom done a still life with multiple objects. Today I dared myself to just switch on the lamp and draw what was just sitting there. So here you have it.…
Read Morepastel, 25″ x 19″ I think this is the end of the road for this poor orange – its beginning to dry out and shrink around the edges!
Read More25″ x 19″, pastel on paper I posted this a couple of hours ago and have come back to add a little writing after spending an evening doing research on blogging, feeds (RSS versus Atom), marketing and generally getting tied up in knots not knowing how to make the next step. A lot of wonderful…
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Pastel, 24″ x 16″Oil on canvas, 10″ x 8″I can see looking at this photo that I need to tone down the rear quarter of orange – the colour is too saturated and brings it foreward.Both these pieces were fun to do and it was interesting doing the two pieces with different mediums. I really…
Read More10″ x 10″, oil on canvasTempting fate by putting another apple in this set-up. Quite enjoying playing with green here – never thought I would hear myself say that! More fun with the reflections. I forgot to say yesterday about how I came by the apples. The wonderful secretary in my office, Maria, bought them…
Read More10″ x 10″, oil on canvasWorking with a limited palette of viridian, cadmium yellow light, cobalt blue, alizarin and titanium white. Applying more paint and using a larger brush – the problem as usual was not tweaking with a tiddly brush at the end. I have to get over the idea that all edges have…
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