Roses Are Red, Party's Over WIP, Lady 1, Lady 2, Mademoiselle

Title: Roses Are Red

Medium: oil on canvas

Size: 9 x 12

Inspiration: For Composition and Painting.  Inspired by the beautiful roses from my yard.  My favorite piece from today. 

Title: Party's Over WIP

Medium: oil on canvas

Size: 12 x 16

Inspiration: For Composition and Painting.  We are supposed to tell a narrative with our still life.  This is a deflated balloon left over from my birthday. 

Title: Lady 1

Medium: oil on canvas

Size: 11 x 14

Inspiration: For Clothed Figure Painting.  Paint the same figure from different angles.

Title: Lady 2

Medium: oil on canvas

Size: 11 x 14

Inspiration: For Clothed Figure Painting.  Paint the same figure from different angles.

Title: Mademoiselle

Medium: oil on canvas

Size: 12 x 16

Inspiration: For Head Painting.  I think she looks French so she is a Mademoiselle.  Finished see the previous step here. Reference. 

Mademoiselle

Title: Mademoiselle WIP

Medium: oil on canvas

Size: 12 x 16

Inspiration: For Head Painting.  Im am almost too embarrassed to post this.  It still needs A LOT of work but that is art right? I thought I was dont for the night, stepped back and noticed the proportions needed much work so Im trying to fix those issues.  I think she looks French so she is a Mademoiselle.  Reference. 

Telling Time

Title: Telling Time

Medium: oil on canvas

Size: 9 x 12

Inspiration: For Composition and Painting. Ambient light still life.  This inspired me to write a whole page of still life ideas.  I chose this as the best idea for this assignment.  Playing with the idea of how we tell/ manipulate time.  Calender, clock, cell phone, watch, timer. Previous step

Sunset for Jessica v3, Chillaxing, E.A.P.

Title: Sunset for Jessica

Medium: oil on canvas

Size: 24 x 36

Inspiration: I showed this to my mentor and she recommended a few changes so I did them. This is the final result.  I have to give it to her tomorrow. 

Title: Chillaxing

Medium: oil on canvas

Size: 11 x 14

Inspiration: For Clothed Figure Painting. We had three choices on pose. I chose this one. Proud of it.  See below for in progress. 

 

 

 

 

Title: E.A.P.

Medium: oil on canvas

Size: 11 x 14

Inspiration: For Head Painting.  2 value study. 

Sunset for Jessica- Better Photo

Title: Sunset for Jessica

Medium: oil on canvas

Size: 24 x 36

Inspiration: For my sister.  She did me a huge favor and asked that I paint her a painting as a thank you. Her birthday is on Sunday so Im going to give it to her then. I liked playing with the sparkle in the sky and water.  I found the reference here.  You can see the previous step here.

 

I took the previous photo at 11pm so when I woke up this morning I decided to take a better day light photo. It looks much better.  More true to life. 

Back to School- Telling Time, Sunset for Jessica

Title: Sunset for Jessica

Medium: oil on canvas

Size: 24 x 36

Inspiration: For my sister.  She did me a huge favor and asked that I paint her a painting as a thank you. Her birthday is on Sunday so Im going to give it to her then. I liked playing with the sparkle in the sky and water.  I found the reference here.  You can see the previous step here.

Title: Telling Time (~50%)

Medium: oil on canvas

Size: 9 x 12

Inspiration: For Composition and Painting. Ambient light still life.  This inspired me to write a whole page of still life ideas.  I chose this as the best idea for this assignment.  Playing with the idea of how we tell/ manipulate time.  Calender, clock, cell phone, watch, timer. The clock and cell phone will display different times. 

Sunset Study

Title: Sunset Study 

Medium: oil on canvas

Size: 11 x 14

Inspiration: I wanted to challenge myself so I chose to do a landscape and work smaller then I usually do. Done in Lynn Gertenbach's art class.  It could still use some work.  

 

School starts soon.  Im taking 3 painting classes: Clothed Figure, Head, and Composition. Oh joy!

Bixby Bridge

Title: Bixby Bridge

Medium: watercolor on paper

Size: 8 x 10

Inspiration: A wedding gift done in one day! It is of Bixby Bridge on north PCH.  The Groom proposed to the Bride on this bridge :) I hope they love it! 

Done & Done- Knossos, Master Copy

Title: Knossos

Medium: watercolor on paper

Size: approx 22 x 15

Inspiration: Final for Watercolor 1. Do a cityscape. I went through my archives and found a photo I took when my husband and I visited the Minoan Palace Knossos in Crete Greece. This is the final piece.  Many hours of work and lots of patience.  

Works in Progress below: 

Title: Master Copy- Bird of Paradise

Medium: watercolor on paper

Size: 12 x 7.5

Inspiration: For my Watercolor class. We were given a list of artists and told to chose one of their works to copy Elizabeth Kincaid's work Bird of Paradise.

My colors arnt as strong or bright as hers but I think I did a good job overall.  

Knossos Cityscape WIP

Title: Knossos

Medium: watercolor on paper

Size: approx 22 x 15

Inspiration: Final for Watercolor 1. Do a cityscape. I went through my archives and found a photo I took when my husband and I visited the Minoan Palace Knossos in Crete Greece.  I think it is coming along nicely.  I need to push my values more.

Lilies for Mother; Sunset for Sister

Title: Lilies for Mother 

Medium: oil on canvas

Size: approx 23 x 19

Inspiration: For my mom's birthday.  Her favorite flower is the day lily and her favorite color is purple. Reference found here. 

I have been working on this for a few weeks and have no posted it here for fear of my mom finding it.  I hope to create a Work in Progress for you to see how it came to be.

Title: WIP: Sunset for Sister

Medium: acrylic on canvas

Size: approx 24 x 36

Inspiration: For my sister.  She did me a huge favor and asked that I paint her a painting as a thank you.  From my imagination, no reference.  Doing this reminded me why I dont like acrylics.  They dry to darn fast.  I think I will finish this in oil. So then you could call this the underpainting.  

Goddess and Succulents

Title: Goddess

Medium: watercolor on paper

Size: 11 x 14

Inspiration: For my Watercolor 1 Summer class. Clothed figure. Reference found here.

Title: Succulent 

Medium: watercolor on paper

Size: 8 x 10

Inspiration: For my Watercolor 1 Summer class. We were to use the technique created by Burt Silverman.  Instead of using masking fluid, the paper is painted with white gouache and then the lights are lifted out.  With practice I could learn to like this technique.

Title: Split Rock at Twilight 

Medium: watercolor on paper

Size: 11 x 11

Inspiration: For my Watercolor 1 Summer class. Edited to make the ocean darker.  I think I will do one more adjustment to the shadow of the island on the right side and then be done with it. 

Split Rock at Twilight and Figure Underpainting

Title: Split Rock at Twilight 

Medium: watercolor on paper

Size: 11 x 11

Inspiration: For my Watercolor 1 Summer class. Finished.  I love it. 

Title: Clothed Figure Painting WIP

Medium: watercolor on paper

Size: 11 x 14

Inspiration: For my Watercolor 1 Summer class. Underpainting for a clothed figure painting. Its working well so far.  Done with AquaStic.  They are like crayons.  

 

  Below are some sketches done to prep for the clothed figure drawing.

 

 

Fabric

Title: Adam's Socks 

Medium: watercolor on paper

Size: 5 x 5 

Inspiration: For my Watercolor 1 Summer class.  Working on painting fabric.  This is supposed to be wool. 

Title: Ribbon

Medium: watercolor on paper

Size: 5 x 5

Inspiration: For my Watercolor 1 Summer class. More painting fabric.  This is silk/shiny fabric. 

Title: Flannel

Medium: watercolor on paper

Size: 5 x 5

Inspiration: For my Watercolor 1 Summer class. Painting patterned fabric.  I probably chose on of the hardest patterns, plaid.  I dont know why I like to challenge myself soo much.  My MIL bought me this shirt yesterday when we went shopping.  I cant want for it to cool down so I can wear it.  

Title: Split Rock at Dusk WIP

Medium: watercolor on paper

Size: 11 x 11

Inspiration: For my Watercolor 1 Summer class. The beginning of my landscape midterm.  I think the clouds are working well thus far. I'm excited to finish it. 

In other news History of Aesthetics is hurting my head.  For example: ‎"I will be, in other words, very interestedly interested not disinterestedly interested. This brings up an interesting aspect of the disinterested interest and that is it seems to be a solitary experience and not a social one." Studying Kantian Aesthetics.  Yeah...

Pouring and Clouds

Title: Flower Cup 

Medium: watercolor on paper

Size: 6 x 6

Inspiration: For my Watercolor 1 Summer class.  Doing this weird pouring technique. Mask off the areas you dont want color on and then pour color over the rest of the piece. Weird.  Takes way too long to dry between layers.  It took 5 layers.  

Title: Clouds Study

Medium: watercolor on paper

Size: 12 x 16

Inspiration: For my Watercolor 1 Summer class. Practicing clouds for my landscape midterm. Ive never really done clouds.  They are scary and hard.  Harder then painting the figure in my opinion.

Metal YEAH!

Title: White Mountain Freezer 

Medium: watercolor on paper

Size: 6 x 6

Inspiration: For my Watercolor 1 Summer class.  Learning to paint dull metal. The subject is the top to a hand crank ice cream maker.  

Title: Rusty Pipe 

Medium: watercolor on paper

Size: 6 x 6

Inspiration: For my Watercolor 1 Summer class.  Learning to paint rested metal.  Though I like the outcome Im not so sure I like using salt.  I cant control it as much as I want to. 

Title: Deadbolt 

Medium: watercolor on paper

Size: 6 x 6

Inspiration: For my Watercolor 1 Summer class.  Learning to paint polished metal. Im not happy with this one.  I think if I chose a different subject I would have been more successful. There is always next time.

Glass

Title: Wine 

Medium: watercolor on paper

Size: 9 x 12

Inspiration: For my Watercolor 1 Summer class.  Learning to paint glass. 

Title: Green Glass Shadow 

Medium: watercolor on paper

Size: 8 x 10

Inspiration: For my Watercolor 1 Summer class.  Practicing the shadows glass makes. 

 

Title: Spoon in Water

Medium: watercolor on paper

Size: 8 x 10

Inspiration: For my Watercolor 1 Summer class.  Working on the way glass distorts objects.

Silly

A silly thing I found.

1.- If I were a fruit I'd be: a cherry

2.- If I were a colour I'd be: rainbow

3.- If I were an animal I'd be: a cat
4.- If I were a domestic appliance I'd be: a 9 ball wisk
5.- If I were a book I'd be: open
6.- If I were a clothing item I'd be: a dress
7.- If I were a jewel I'd be: Peridot
8.- If I were an object I'd be: a paintbrush
9.- If I were a car I'd be: a BMW
10.- If I were an element I'd be: water
11.- If I were a tree I'd be: redwood
12.- If I were a drink I'd be: sangria
13.- If I were an ice cream flavor I'd be: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
14.- If I were a person I'd be: me!
15.- If I were a planet I'd be: Venus
16.- If I were an insect I'd be: a butterfly
17.- If I were public transport I'd be: a boat
18.- If I were a song I'd be: The Middle by Jimmy Eats World
19.- If I were a movie I'd be: a Disney movie
20.- If I were a season I'd be: Summer
21.- If I were a flower I'd be: a CA golden poppy or a Stargazer lily
22.- If I were a job I'd be: an artist
23.- If I were a cartoon I'd be: Snorks
24.- If I were a place I'd be: the beach
25.- If I were a gift I'd be: a house
26.- If I were a memory I'd be: wonderful
27.- If I were a city I'd be: Cambria
28.- If I were a sense I'd be: Sight
29.- If I were a game I'd be: Wii Fit
30.- If I were a candy I'd be: Peanut M&M's
31.- If I were a time of the day I'd be: afternoon
32.- If I were an invention I'd be: helpful
33.- If I were a body part I'd be: a smile
34.- If I were a country I'd be: the US
35.- If I were a flavor I'd be: sweet
36.- If I were a sport I'd be: hiking
37.- If I were a smell I'd be: vanilla
38.- If I were a subject I'd be: art

39.- If I were a flag I'd be: Old Glory

40.- If I were a building I'd be: a cottage

41.- If I were a month I'd be: August
42.- If I were a perfume I'd be: good smelling

43.- If I were a gummy candy I'd be: Sour Worms 

45.- If I were a toy I'd be: ball

46.- If I were a textile I'd be: silk
47.- If I were a shape I'd be: a circle
48.- If I were a answer I'd be: simple
49.- If I were a common liquorice I'd be: common
50.- If I were a word I'd be: smile

Just Peachy

Title: Peach

Medium: watercolor on paper

Size: approx 10 x 10

Inspiration: First painting for my Watercolor 1 Summer class. This is the final painting.  I chose a peach because they are in season right now and the leaves are from my nectarine tree.  I think it is an interesting almost octopus like composition.I think it turned out nicely.  It has a nice warm quality to it that I like. 

***Happy Independence Day!***

More Peacock and Grisille

Title: Peacock- Pavao (Work in Progress)
Medium: Oils on stretched Canvas
Size: 19.5x23.5
Inspiration: Peacock on a farm that Ali and I went horseback riding at. Another painting I brought to my class with  Lynn Gertenbach. 

She really helped me with the luminosity of him and she helped me work out the background. There is a bit more I want to work out but overall I like the way it is coming along.  To see the three previous step you can look here, here, and here.

 

Title: Peach Grisille 

Medium: watercolor on paper

Size: approx 10 x 10

Inspiration: First painting for my Watercolor 1 Summer class. This is the under-painting.  I chose a peach because they are in season right now and the leaves are from my nectarine tree.  I think it is an interesting almost octopus like composition.