Archive for September, 2007
Two drawings
Friday, September 21st, 2007
Trying to decide which pieces to enter one of the juried exhibitions, I came across two drawings started in March. Not confident with either one the way they were, I did some more work on each and am now satisfied to call them finished. One of of a Poplar forest in Banff, Alberta, called Northern Delights. The other: Redbuds on a foggy Spring morning in Coppell, Texas, called Rebirth.
Details: 14 x 11 and 11 x 14 Oil pastels, pencil, water-wash graphite, colored pencils, eraser. Both were drawn using these materials, more or less materials in one than the other, but lots of scraping, redrawing, and using the eraser over pastels to good effect; very experimental re: oil pastels and the paintable water-wash graphite pencil. Learned a lot with these two! That’s the way it is: some drawings and paintings need to hang around for a while in order to know for sure they are finished, or to see what else can be tried. Others are finished without a doubt.
Color
Thursday, September 20th, 2007
Still in progress - Orange Milkweed - 22 x 30 inches Oil pastels on watercolor paper, started yesterday. Color: I haven’t used it for a while, terrifying, but just jumped in and started scribbling.
Growing Up and Looking Back
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
Lucas at the Museum, 11 x 14 Pencil and eraser on paper, originally posted March 23, 2007 - today notified as part of the exhibition Growing Up and Looking Back - Reflecting on Childhood, Parenting, and Home at Gallery RFD in Swainsboro, GA October 12th - November 3rd, 2007.
Dancing With Trees - WIP
Monday, September 17th, 2007
Dancing With Trees - a work in progress, as most paintings are, even after submitting them in to juried exhibitions! Am still having doubts about the sky; not quite dark enough to contrast with the small amounts of bright coming from sunset and stars; will study that and possibly adjust. Layers of glaze used in the recent stages: Hansa yellow light, Pthalo blue, Pthalo green, Permanent green, thio violet, Mars black, Cadmium red light, Dioxazine violet
Three works for GPAC Show
Sunday, September 16th, 2007
March Winds (Oil Pastel, Paper Places series posted March 15, 2007), the Mayan Bowl Replica/Chair (Mixed Media posted March 30, 2006) and Phenomenon (Photograph posted October 26, 2006) are chosen for Grand Prairie Arts Council’s Open Juried Art Show and Sale, September 30 through October 5.
Post-dated note: Mayan Bowl/Chair - Award winner; placed 2nd in the 3D category.
It’s the sky’s turn
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
It’s the sky’s turn to dance!
White glaze will attach itself to the varnish I dripped on the other day. ~ Dancing With Trees ~
Dancing With Trees - progress
Monday, September 10th, 2007
Dancing With Trees, started August 30th - 48 x 48 Acrylics on canvas - progression details are combined into one post. The Oil Pastel with the same name, posted in March 2007, inspired the painting.
I’ve tried lots of new things with this one - am hoping to keep just the impression of branches; I don’t want too many details. Using washes and glazes to help create the cedar branch texture I’ve dripped water, paint and varnish across patches of color, and also tried splattering it on with a brush and painting upside down.