Amethyst Blues
I realized that showing a little corner of this painting at a time would not show the full picture of the work in progress (WIP). This is a rather large painting 30″x30″ and the progress feels slow to me. Showing the whole canvas will give you a better idea of the scale and detail. So many shades of blue.
I normally loosely draw my subject and refine it as I go. Interestingly enough, I really think if I spent more time on the initial drawing it may be a bit quicker. But I am always too impatient and want to dive in. I try to adjust my approach. But, you know, after all these years, i guess it is my approach.
The humour of Mother Nature
I am sitting on my deck writing this blog post. One leg in the beautiful sun and one leg in the rain. Literally! Mother Nature is not quite sure what to serve up today. I must go look for the rainbow. I am certain there must be one. This is quite freaky, really!
I have been away much of the summer, as a result, I have not had a lot of time in the studio. Lets be honest, if the sun is out…I am out. So being away is really an excuse. I was so happy to get back at it albeit a little discombobulated. Smooth was not on my agenda for the day.
This is how I roll
Lets face it – i am a born klutz. Everything I touched I either dropped or misplaced. My particular favourite mis-adventure was my brush cleaner. It is some kind of thick oily soap. So as I was getting ready to clean my favourite Rosemary brush, my elbow hit the open bottle of the soapy stuff. Well it went flying. Upside down. Which means I had an oily, soapy trail across the floor, over the garbage can and on the counter. Not a bad word did I say.
What I will say is that it took me 20 minutes to clean it all up. I hope to heavens I got it all and no one slips on it (most likely me).
Monthly crow paintings
Awhile back I decided to start an 8″x10″ oil painting each week. Just because. I am actually thinking of taking oils with me to Santa Fe next April and I want to be practiced up . I decided that one of the painting should be a crow, another should be “Beachy People” and the other two up to whatever I feel like in the moment. With this plan, the pressure of coming up with ideas diminished somewhat.
I really like this strutting fella. He wa strutting through our lawn towards a piece of bread I tossed to him. He was both focused and watchful. Not completely sure it is finished …..