Saturday, March 29, 2014

MUST PLAY!!!

 she ended up like this...going backward...
I am going to fix her flower and her lips a bit...
 
 
 
 this was the first change I made and it looked very bad with her
abstract-y body...ergo the top is better
 
 
 
 one little close-up...
 
 
 
 cover her up and then proceeded ;)
 
 
 
 before the flower in her hair...
 
 
 
she is on an old cupboard door
14" X 37"
 
she reads;
"you must...
you KNOW...
PLAY..
EVERY day!!

Friday, March 21, 2014

40 FACES...

 THANK YOU Sharon Tomlinson...
I decided with ease to stop at 40...
 
 
 
 I will continue to learn more and more about portraits,
(my first painting love)
 
 
 
 this was a study (ALL OF THEM) that brought multiple gifts...
to name a few:
 
lighting on the piece
a mood
placement
perfect imperfections
happy accidents
searching the masters
searching for new ideas
color color color...
and loving black and white
 
 those last notations barely skim the surface as to the wealth of information I found doing these...
as you can see there are two on the drawing board.
my hat goes off to all participants in this education as well as to others that go the extra miles!
 
 
 
 I sent this into Cloth Paper Scissors,
about a year ago.
it is a postcard suggestion they prompted...
it had to have something original that you painted and paper and cloth.
the magazine said, YOU WILL NOT GET THIS BACK...
we may or may not use all the entries in later issues and your
piece might show up in an ad..
this is one of those life lessons...
not such a deep or horrible one...but wanda wishes she wouldn't have given it away...
my heart must not have been ready to let her go...
so I share her with you, and read her words...
THEY ARE MEANT FOR YOU!
IF we could all gather round and create in the presence of one another...
oh what  gift!
i wish you were here
LOVE

Saturday, March 15, 2014

MANY faces...MANY feelings...MANY good changes!

 more INCH portraits...
i decided to add a little collage...
 
 
 
 to avoid going mad over a bit of repetition in
some ways, wanting to continue learning,
from others as well as from INSIDEME ;)
 
 
 
 
 i discovered a most interesting man's work
Oswaldo Guayasamin
Ecudorian painter, 1919-1999
some of his work is Picasso-like and some not
but i am intrigued...
 
 
 
 
 and gave this one and the one above a whirl
while copying.
i made huge discoveries that would probably bore everyone to death,
as to what this artist pointed out to me!
and of course didn't do him justice...
 
 
 
 inside my head came this one while attempting Oswaldo's...
feeling very playful and letting the whim enter in!
ALWAYS...this makes new discoveries and ideas for future paintings...
after doing these "miniatures" i am ready to go back to LARGER sized!
 
 
 
 
 a face lift for this sweetie...
 
 
 
 that i am not sure i posted awhile back...
she's crackled and aged looking ;)
 
 
 
 
another little touch up and transformation
for this sweetie...
 
 
i WAS getting ready for our Auburn Artwalk, but am running ragged in all good ways...so i shan't be able to pull it off this go round.
i had some knee surgery that went exceptionally well, better than expected by all, drs. and myself!
i can't exactly run around, but will sooner than soon, and am happy i made it through to this side, and gratitude exploded within myself that i can climb our stairs to my studio, hobble around and able to do some art work!!!
 
HAPPY SATURDAY FRIENDS!!!
XOXO 


Thursday, March 6, 2014

Inch Portraits...more play!

 STILL AT IT...
 
 
 
 100 FACES
 
 
 
 i thought i'd do a little series of these...then
i can look back on them...
 
 
 
 paint some much larger ones, along with some tweaking to
make them better
such FUN before driving off to work today!
 
 
 
 
 such GORGEOUS sunrises...
 
 
 
i share with you...
they NEVER cease to AMAZE me ;)

Sunday, March 2, 2014

MIXED BAG INDEED!

 in my journal, with Full Circle Class
 
 
 
 a VALUE-able lesson today, over the top of that journal page...
 
 
 
 
 another little waif, while running along with the 100 Faces peoples ;)
 
 
 
collage lesson in Full Circle
misty suggested we do line drawings over the top of them...
i did a "paint" line drawing with one of my favorite brushes!
i will probably tweak her some as it's darker than this photo.
 
 
still so EXCITED to learn so much!