Happy October dear Subscriber!
In Studio News today I'd like to share a couple of paintings and their
progressions with you.
Matts photo Admiralty Estuary
Admiralty Estuary photo
Matt (my husband) took this photo when he had the opportunity to help
inspect a property on Admiralty Island as a board member of the
Southeast Alaska Land Trust.
If you are interested,
that is the link to their website.
The thing that caught my eye about the photo was the beautiful blue
tint of the distant mountains peeking between the spruce and hemlock
trees. This is what I wanted to capture in my painting.
study start
study start
On a 10" x 8" canvas, I began this color study to see if I could make
the composition work.
The study turned out ok.
Study - Admiralty Estuary
Study - Admiralty Estuary
I found a bigger canvas panel to make a larger painting. The pic below
left is the beginning and the right is the midway point.
Admiralty Est start
the start - i guess i got lots of paint on the surface right away ...
Admir. midway
midway
The final painting below took several days of thinking and messing
around with the sky, the mid and fore grounds.
Admiralty Estuary View
Admiralty Island Estuary View
oil on canvas panel
14" x 11"
The next painting is a still life. We had planted pots of Nasturtiums
and Petunias in the springtime and I brought in a few of the last
surviving stems and stuck them in a glass.
I sat the glass in front of a black panel and I loved how bright and
colorful they were.
N & P sketch
This time I made a graphite sketch of the bouquet first.
b&w N&P
start N&P
start
The "canvas" for this one is an old piece of cardboard-like material
that I gessoed dark gray. It is helpful to begin by changing the photo
to black & white to see how my composition looks.
This painting went fast ... alla prima (literally in Italian it is "to
the first") ... other definitions are "at first attempt" and,
especially in painting it is a "wet-on-wet", or "direct painting"
technique.
I think the painting has a couple of focal points, you could actually
choose three ... those three larger Nasturtiums.
(To be totally honest, these were not the last flowers ... since we
haven't had a frost yet, some are still blooming, especially the
Nasturtiums!)
The Last Nasturtiums & Petunias
The Last Nasturtiums & Petunias
oil on cardboard panel
10" x 8"
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Next month I will be having a give-away of a painting that (in my
humble opinion) would work well in a child's room! ... or if you like
color and simple harbor scenes, maybe you would like it yourself. There
may be other specials to celebrate the season, but I will reveal all in
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