ANGELS and SPHERES in JANUARY...

 i truly love painting larger than 5" x 7"...

but i can't stop myself

in doing all these "in betweens"

while inks and paint dry on the large ones.

i

have

accumulated

stacks and stacks...

 so "that's" it,

probably...

it's gotta be this

quote...

what else?

just don't know...

but i accept it

and go go go

 now this is what

Flora Bowley dubbed;

the ugly teenager,

in the realm of

gobs of layer land ;)

there are so many layers on this

20" x 24" x 2" canvas...

it's probably thickened out in the front

about 2 inches!

 

 slowly...

it is

calming

down...

recessing...

ebbing...

whew!

 here is a teeny peek of just a portion on this same canvas...

oh my...

so much covered up...

but

so much peeking through!

this is most ALWAYS

GOOD!

 and there is so much (original, intentional)

texture

that stands out

better

since covering some of it ;)

i am not positive where this is going...

but...

i am thinking

a large abstract

angel...

but even i can never be sure

till it's

DONE;)

JANUARY SKIES

A VIDEO of sorts...

A most BEATIFUL sunrise yesterday morning...

 

 

 



and then found pink on one of my easels as I cleared things today...

 

 

 



 I quickly decided to paint on a book page today

it's been awhile ;)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 I started out with a stick of charcoal

and white heavy bodied paint

 

 

 

 

 

 I challenged myself

to paint with only one brush

and two colors.

just to change things up...

 

 

 

 

 but I became so excited when I thought about

using

Paynes Gray with Quinacridone Azo Gold

mixed together ish for the dark parts of her face...

 

 

 

 

 (I've used this combo before, but it's been a long time)

I loved the soft green hue

and the depth it gave

her face ;)

 

 

 

 

 sooo...

that was the end of 2 colors

and now 3 introduced.

and I loved it all so much!

I started having fun and actually

enjoyed the struggle

I always have with faces, even though they are my favorite thing to paint!

WHAT!?

 

 

 

 

 then she really started talking to me...

ya' all know how that is if you paint portraits ;)

it gets REAL INTERESTING at times!

 

 

 

 

 i forced myself to paint lighter than i normally do

and always start out to try

but never make it in the end, ha!

 

 

 

 

 

 this was very thin fragile paper

and i learned so much in keeping it

LIGHT yet LOOSE.

SO MUCH

 

 

 

 

she began to come alive...

i felt (almost) as if i was learning anew,

all over again,

REFRESHING

JOYOUS

GRATEFUL

and more.

it's hard to explain in depth, but i bet some of you

understand ;)

 

 

 

 

 i don't know how to make videos

and i thought i would snap these

photos as i went along, for myself,

for many reasons.

and then thought, I'd share for all the sharing reasons ;)

 

 

 

 

 i introduced one other color,

a hand mixed red and white bottle i keep handy

for cheeks and such.

i also thought to keep her hair do simplistic for now ;)

 

 

 

 

 the background and bodice, i used all the colors on the pallet...

and

 

 

 

 

 she found her dress,

lying on top of some gel medium (how convenient)

so i smudged up those same pallet colors and

glued this little bit of lace down.

 

 

 

 

 then she spoke her words...

 

 

 

 

 i don't care for the black mat, but it's just lying on her.

 

 

 

 

i simply cannot believe the skies some

days.

 

XOXO

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2016

 bringing in the new year with rain...

 

 

 

 

 our four year drought is being quenched so far...

 

 

 I've been making lots of girlies and having lots of fun
with freedom paintings...



 

also continuing and trading

off with abstracts.

 

 

Hoping the New Year

is

a

great

start

for

EVERYONE

XOXO