6×6 oil on hardboard (new material that I am trying-so far I like it)
using a photo of my horse that I shot in Hawaii. He is my favorite model.
got stuck with the larger pieces so hopefully this little one will pop the cork.
I do need to clean off my palette and squeeze out new paint.
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worked on the figure more today. I like the color of the jacket now, the leg, head/helmut shapes are better as are the colors. still not content with the shoulders. I like the setting, and the colors and activity.
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I modified the composition and began laying down paint over the Christmas weekend. I have been using large brushes to force me away from details.
I’m using the Daniel Greene palette. I watched his video before beginning and for the FIRST time, I am confident about what colors to use and how to mix.
I am happy with how it is proceeding, and so far haven’t had the thought that “it is a piece of trash-what was I thinking-” a major step forward for me!
It is different from my previous works because of how loose it is. But still recognizable as my “style” because of the composition, I believe.
Some changes in my personal life have really motivated me to paint or draw everyday now. No more procrastination. So I have my studio set up and lots of different sizes of canvas, or paper so nothing stands in my way (except myself).
I will also work on my sculpture that has patiently been waiting for years.
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so I haven’t been completely idle although distracted again. I did a small clay modeling of the head and upper torso to work out anatomy and lighting.
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I got the image laid down on canvas. Actually, not the canvas that I made a special trip to buy (30×40) but more rectangular. I will continue with this one because I like the flow better. I might go back to the more square one later, who can say.
Next step is to follow Michelle’s guidance once again and make certain that my point of interest is right where it is supposed to be.
I am excited by this image and wish that I hadn’t run out of time today. But because I did so many chores today, I will have most of tomorrow for the canvas.
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got this idea about three weeks ago and have been doodling ever since. Today I think I finally got the image out of my mind and onto paper.
Here is the initial rough (complete with lines from the notepaper I was using) and a cropped version with some color roughed in.
I hope that I can keep the feeling of this little sketch all the way to the final piece, which will be as big as I can get. (I was hoping to do it 4ft by 6ft)
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I spent a week at the Kentucky Horse Park as Artist in Residence with AAEA. Even with the off and on rain, I had a great time and got lots of good reference photos.
Here are three small pieces that I did in the AAEA studio.
I recommend other AAEA artists to do the AIR program!
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I did finish the big chicken head but wound up leaving it in Hawaii. It now greets visitors to Green Flamingo B&B in Waimanalo.
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I can’t believe it has been so long since I posted, or done any meaningful artwork. I have done dribs and dabs but now……
I am packing for Kentucky and flying out tomorrow morning to be the Artist In Residence at the Kentucky Horse Park for this last week of May.
Packing has been full of difficult decisions mainly because of the airport security restrictions! So I am taking very little with me in supplies.
My camera equipment, drawing kit, acrylic paint kit, and small watercolor tablets. Plus my thumbdrive and some smartcards that I will use to display work electronically at the Horse park gallery.
I went to the TSA website and printed out their declaration that camera equipment is allowed. A visit to some photo website blogs and I learned that most airports don’t hassle you.
Crossing my fingers!!
A last quick visit to the barn to check on Sy and Bebe and I am off!
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I stopped after work today and picked up some larger brushes and some Payne’s grey (which was missing from my palette). So I got some real paint down fast today! Funny how using the right tools makes the job sooooo much easier!
I love working big! It really pulls me into the work fast and makes me much looser.
This is drying really fast each day, (I don’t have a/c so my apartment gets really warm) so I might be able to ship this after all. Especially, if I keep working this quickly.
I am considering outlining with a gold metallic paint since this really makes me think of my Imari china. Once I am back home and can look at my china, I will be able to more readily decide.
I can always fine tune it once I get back on the mainland.
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Finally got a chance to work on this one again. Unfortunately, since I have begun packing, I am left with a small brush! So what I got done today was relatively slow going.
Once I stepped back to take the picture, I was pleased with how bright and colorful it is. Not only is the composition appealing, but the colors too.
I am really happy with how it is going.
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here is the reworked to the grid painting…I will look at this for awhile (not too long because I am running out of time before my move) and decide if this will work out.
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I will not surrender! So today I sat with PS and reworked my compostion using the rules that Michelle Grant offered to me. Once I am satisfied, I will start painting over again.
The picture has lots of artifacts in it from the layers in PS, so just ignore those.
I hope that I am understandiing the motivations that she discussed. I made the foreground large, the background medium, and the middle ground small. I divided the area into the 1/3rds grid and moved important elements around to the intersections.
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I asked an artist, whom I greatly admire, to help me figure out why this piece kept bothering me.
Michelle Grant (
http://michellegrant.ca Canadian–which I don’t hold against her
…) showed me how the layout was weak, but then gave me two great planning tools that I can use not just to ‘fix’ this piece, but carry forward to future pieces.
the pictures here show my piece grided with the 1/3rds composition rule and how the key elements don’t line up with any of the intersections. The second image shows my piece cropped so that the key elements hit right on the intersections.
In addition, when planning a piece Michelle states, :The motive involves the division of space beyond the 1/3 rules. You decide which part of the space is going to be largest, and then the smallest, and then one will be the middle size. Here is a grid to hopefully clarify this theory.COLUMN #1 BACKGROUND MIDDLE GROUND FOREGROUND COLUMN #2SMALLMEDIUMLARGEYou take an element from Column #1, starting with your “BACKGROUND” for instance. You then decide which size it will be by choosing one of the sizes from Column #2. The Background could be Small, Medium or Large, but for clarity sake, I’ll say the Backgroung will be Small.Then you decide on your Middle Ground, with a choice of Medium or Large, and I will say the I want it to be Medium in size. That now leaves the Foreground to be Large in size in relation to the other areas of the painting. The easiest way to decide this is to write out the Six Elements on a piece of paper into the two columns and draw a line across from Column #1 to Column #2, and none of the Grounds will be the same in size…”
Which makes sense…..so anyway, I am not going to crop this piece down because eliminating the top and the right elements does not appeal to me. But I will re-do this idea and lay it down right before putting any paint on it.
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I think I am just going to take that damn tree out of there!
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I did throw some paint at it last night and I think the reason that the palm shadows bother me is because they don’t match the mountain shadow—doh!
So I will change the palm shadows, much easier!
Have to work more form and shadows into the plants under the cat, too.
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well, I moved on to another painting that has been sitting for awhile so that I could think about this one. I need to put some warm reflective lighting on the shadow side of the cat, it is too jarring the way it is.other than that, I am not sure what else to do right now…..model the cat some more….put in the fence (but that is a last thing)…
hmm hmm hmm
the middle ground is blah, need to make it look like ground and grass and sand
the palm shadows bother me a bit, but that may just be from the blandness of the ground
need to work on that tree some more, the branches are still not right
ugh….have I mentioned that I don’t like doing landscapes? but! this piece is for me, it is a memory piece of my wonderful time here in Hawaii, so I will persevere!
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I worked on this yesterday alittle but it was so hot that I couldn’t stand it. Sweat was dripping off my face, I was sticking to the panel, so I gave up.
this morning I got up early and started on it.
When I first look at it I think, oh there isn’t that much to do, but as I work I find more and more corrections to do.
But I have not started hating it yet, so that is a good thing!
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