If you’ll compare this image with yesterday’s, you’ll note that although the value structure has not changed that much, there is a lot more “stuff” in the darker areas.
I’ve come to realize a few things in painting so many pictures over the years–the more time I spend on the areas that aren’t all that important, the better the end result in the painting. Some might say I approach painting by backing into it. Perhaps so, however this method of not even drawing the focal points until much later int he process has helped to make my work cohesive from edge to edge.
I am still completely in the cool boxes, and using mixes of three or more colors to create and modify the greens and darks that are going in. The yellow in the aspens-to-be is the shadow orange, yellow ochre. The bit of orang on the right edge of the group is created with the cool yellow ochre and cool alizarin crimson.
In design on this piece, the horizontal of the strip of lighted foreground will be related to the clump of aspens in sunlight, and their trunks will create the verticals necessary to connect the two areas.
On other news, I have jury duty this week, and am also turning in eight paintings for the “Off the Wall” fundraiser at the Riverside Art Museum tomorrow. They are small still life works from my daily painting days, and a couple of landscapes. These will sell for $100, $200 and $300 with proceeds going to support the museum. If I get called in for the duty, I’ll take my laptop and update the web site. No wasted moments!
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Sunday, September 28, 2008 was the date for the second in a series of combined media events involving music and artwork.
For a good portion of the concert, I was able to work on a current colored pencil piece.
The afternoon of September 28, I will be exhibiting work at West Side Baptist Church in Wichita. The art exhibit will be co-featured with a live performance by a local orchestra. The concert is at 3 p.m. and will be followed by a reception.
