New Thoughts about Painting
Why are you Painting?
Why are you Painting?
A glorious painting experience is a memorable journey. Nothing is more rewarding, yet the next time we pick ...
Color Theory – Complementary Colors
Complementary colors are important and the theory is endlessly helpful. The word complement is based on the fact that these colors comp...
Painting Something You Love
Sometimes I hear all kinds of chatter about what is “the right thing” to paint. Certainly it is important to get serious about planning...
Creating Two Paintings From One Photograph
A while back I was drawing sketches from a picture that didn't really work on its own but I liked the subject. I made two sketches, one...
The Power of Intuition
Many times we talk about honesty in art. Our heart speaks when we honestly choose the best decision for us. Our intuition is that littl...
Backgrounds
Often times you hear the term “painting as a whole.” This means both making the painting look like one artist painted the entire piece ...
Energy
Do you have habitual behaviors that encourage procrastination?
I ruminate, which wastes time and zaps me of energy. Another one is loo...
Accepting – and Learning – From Rejection
Accept where you are with your art. It is exactly the right place to be. To be a beginner is a glorious state. You are free of the resp...
Grand Greenery | Part I
I am excited to share with everyone my latest painting in progress! There is quite a bit of work put into this painting, so I am going ...
New Works
I've been busy completing several works for shows. I will be adding to the blog soon additional images that were photographed together.
In Pastoral, I had an immediate good start to the piece. My under-painting was heavily textured and very pastel in tone. It did not add much contrast to the painting but did give a healthy mood to the painting. I left some of it exposed.
I turned the piece upside down right away and painted the patches on the cow first. This was a great way to get into my right brain and see shapes and my drawing was adjusted. Things looked so good at first I was afraid to tackle them. ---so I left the painting for a while. After 2 weeks I was able to diagnose some key areas I wanted to work on and to go for the highlights.
Sitting this painting next to my other paintings, I realized they all had the same green tones. I was using permanent green light with my blues and yellows. Because of this I have decided to pick up some more variety of blues and a couple of different greens. I will experiment with them soon. I do like the greens in this painting but look forward to getting a variety of green tones in future paintings.