Study of Anna

sketchbook

#578

Self Portrait in Profile

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#577

Yellow Iris

6x8 acrylic on canvasboard
collection of Anna Wright

And another post Im not sure will go off right. Either way, Ill be back on, hm, Saturday. I think. With lots of sketches and such from the beach!

#576

Sushi III - All in a Row

5x7 acrylic on panel

Ok, not sure if this is gonna work or not.... more sushi :) Happy colors!

#575

White on White

6x6 acrylic on panel

Going to the beach tomorrow!!!! So, Im about to try the thing where you can theoretically do posts for the next few days and have them show up when theyre supposed to.... if you dont see me again for a while, then it didnt work and the beach doesnt have internet access. We shall see :)

#574

Green Fields

sketchbook

I need to do exercises like this more often! I dont care what anyone says, you cant get any color you want using just primaries... but I limited myself to primaries, white, and black on this one, and its a good thing, you know, forces you to really look at the relationships between the colors youre trying to mix, and to really practice your color mixing- both very valuble things. Besides, Im kind of scared of greens, and so this.... well, is entirely green, seems like :)

#573

Orange Candy

sketchbook

Just something small... having fun tinkering with orange :) More Cadmium Red Light and Hansa Yellow Opaque.

#572

Abalone and Glass

8x8 acrylic on cradled panel

collection of Lucille Rice

And it will be available on my Etsy Store.... just as soon as Im sure its done :-/ I mean, I love it as it sits right now, but what with all the iridescence and all the curves that have to be just perfect.... not ready to make that call for sure right now. The colors are wild, though, huh? Get this: Burnt Umber, Paynes Grey, Phthalo Blue, Phthalo Turquois, Dioxine Purple, Quinacridone Crimson, Iron Oxide Red, Hansa Yellow, Neutral Grey, and White. Which would be total overkill if it wasnt that crazy little shell. Oooh, and you see the rainbow in the marble? Fun :)

#571

Appletini

6x6 acrylic on panel

Nothing profound here :) Just alcohol. Or, more accurately, wishful thinking. Last time I actually had on of these, gee... Mark and I were going to Oxygen regularly, before it got all ghetto, and Addie was bartending every night. She always gave me like three cherries, though :D
#570

Eggplant II

6x6 acrylic on panel

Got some perfectly adorable eggplants at the farmers market- Kermit eggplants, mostly, all white and green. Working on painting those.... but there was one of the more familiar variety in the batch, so thats what we are trying tonight :)

#569

Orchids on Blue

6x6 acrylic on panel

Something cool and soft tonight.... You know, today Ive been married to my wonderful husband for two years, and we are officially seven months pregnant. Im not sure why orchids felt like the right thing to paint, but they did... and Im not sure why time seems to go so fast sometimes. I suppose that doesnt get any better, though, does it?
Mark is on his way home from school, now, so I guess I ought to get off the computer :) Sending happies out to all of you!
#568

Sushi II

6x6 acrylic on panel

collection of Diane Schaefer

Trying the sushi again- just as much fun this time :) The red background is a bit unusual for me, I know- Mamas idea, but I think it works wonderfully with the subject!

#567

Sushi I

6x6 acrylic on cradled hardboard panel

Isnt this just too much fun? All the pretty colors.... Had some sushi for lunch yesterday and just had to bring a bit home to model :) The cat thinks Im crazy, understandably... Putting it in my Etsy Store, if youre interested- please do check it out!

#566

Bottle Study

sketchbook

Dont worry, Im still here, and Baby is still safe and sound and inside :) We went to a birthday party yesterday that was supposed to be an afternoon affair, and somehow when we got home it was past midnight! Ah, well, time flies and all that... Catching up a bit today, of course.

#565

Waterlilies III

sketchbook

Having trouble today... and its my own durn fault. Reading The Dangerous Summer by Hemingway, and I love Hemingway, always get so artistically inspired when Im reading one of his books (this is my first time through this one), but I can never paint worth anything when Im in the middle of one of them. Weird, huh?

#564

Espresso and Lace

6x6 acrylic on panel

What kind of a crazy person decides to put a doily in a daily painting? Augh! Well, have to keep me on my toes somehow :)

#563

Fishing at Dawn

6x6 acrylic on panel

Staying with the darker painting thing, apparently.... very peaceful, though :)

#562

Beer Stein

5x7 acrylic on panel

collection of Janine ODonnell

Inspired by a recent trip to the Baltimore Museum of Art- they have a really cool silver collection :) Lots of fun trying to get this shiny enough, and after all that color yesterday I thought it would be cool to try something almost monochromatic, you know?

#561

Hurricane

6x6 acrylic on panel

collection of Linda H Grote

I seem to have decided that, since I cant have any alcohol, painting it might be the next best thing :) And silly pink umbrella drinks... well, how can that go wrong? hehehe....

#560

Tomatoes

sketchbook

You know, I think this is another first? Cant remember having painted tomatoes before... though I could be wrong about that, it seems like I would remember something so vividly red...

#559

White Orchids, Black Bowl

sketchbook

Sleepy, sleepy, sleepy! Got a whole lot done today, but pretty much none of it was art-related :( well, Im going to try to get a little more done before falling out :) Hugs to all!

#558

White Orchids

sketchbook

Love the background color.... something Ive been using more. You know straight Burt Sienna Light, neatly layered, looks like chocolate? I swear I want to lick my paintings sometimes :D Looks even better if you put just a little Alizarin Crimson on top... like a cherry glaze on chocolate cheescake or something.... or maybe im just having junk food hallucinations, huh? Seems likely.

#557

Rasberry Tea

6x6 acrylic on panel

collection of Jackie Tharp

Finally got around to doing the beautiful red-toned rasberry tea, like I was threatening ages ago... fun :) Also a new teacup. Ive got to quit collecting these things!

#556

Early Moonrise

6x6 acrylic on panel

collection of Stephanie Petruso

Just tickled with the color of the water and the shape of the waves... and its the first time Ive ever tried to put some texture in the sand, too! Have I been having a lot of firsts lately or does it just seem like that from here? And I dont suppose I can count Babys First Trip to the Beach as such until she is actually outside of me, huh? Ah, well...

#555

Tea and Spoon

5x7 acrylic on panel

collection of Hilda Guillen

I know, I know, least creative name ever. Still, it came out very pretty, and Im glad I thought to do this- teabags are loads of fun and all, but I realized I hadnt done a spoon before, not with a transparent liquid like tea, you know? Always nice to find new challenges :) Now if I could just work up the nerve for iced tea...

#554

Sunlight Rose

6x6 acrylic on panel

And once again, I have returned :) Thank you for waiting for me!!!!! The last few days... I decided to put in some of the cyanotypes I made for the Festival for the Eno ( http://www.enoriver.org/Festival/index.html ) which was a total blast by the way! It was really wonderful meeting so many people, getting so much feedback on my art... and picking up a couple new thingies to paint, too :D Got some gorgeous glasswork from Iron Mountain Glass- http://www.ironmountainglass.com/ - a gorgeous old fashioned wooden doggie for Baby from Tobacco Barn Crafts, and some irresistable silver spoon rings from... Im afraid I cant remember, drat it! I will look that up tomorrow.

Somehow those peaceful vegetation-ey sun prints just seem like the right thing for three days in the woods, you know? Even though there were parts that werent exactly peaceful- Albannach played several times over the three days of the Festival, and that was amazing! http://www.albannachmusic.com/ is their website... some truly wild music, lots of drums and a bagpipe. Couldnt help but dance :)

This painting, well, I am truly back at home again. Nothing like a rose to say welcome home, I guess...

#553

Cyanotype XXXVII

#552

Cyanotype XXII

#551

Cyanotype XIV

#550

White Tulips II

sketchbook

You know, I really, really like this composition! Pleasent sketchbook-ie surprise.... will have to try it for real :) Oh, and the next three days are going to be perfectly insane for me- I will try to update, but it might not happen! Will get all caught up either way, promise.... is it just me, or am I out of town a whole terrible lot lately?

#549

Moonlight on the Ocean II

sketchbook

Something quiet and cool and soft... and totally from myimagination. Pretty unusual for me... Geez, Im missing the beach.
#548

Appalachian Sunset VIII

18x18 acrylic on canvas

Same scene, just a few moments earlier :)

#547

Appalachian Sunset VII

24x30 acrylic on canvas

Got a lot bigger than those little studies, didnt it? I had forgotten how much paint gets used up on these big canvases, too....

#546

Nautilus and Crystal Ball

8x8 acrylic on panel

Wow, had so much fun with this one! Waaaayyy too many colors, Im surely, but they all layered and glazed together quite nicely :) My first time trying the large marble in front with something else, you know refracted through it, clearly with everything reversed.... happy!

#545

Marble Shots II

8x8 acrylic on panel

Revisiting the suspensions idea, with lots and lots of shinies... went more dramatic with this one, too. Really dont know how Id paint marbles without Phthalo Turquois :)

#544

Summerlight

18x18 acrylic on stretched canvas

Not sure if we will make it the whole way through.... my laptop has most definately taken a turn for the wonkier. Keeping my fingers crossed! Other than that... had a lot of fun with this one. And it does look better in person... my camera has issues with yellow :-/

Technology- cant live with it, cant live without it!

#543

White Tulips

6x12 acrylic on cradled panel

Im actually really wanting to keep this one to put above Babys crib... not entirely sure why, but couldnt you see it somewhere like that? *smile* But Im going to be good and take it to the Festival along with every other freaking thing in this apartment (sorry, started with the inventory list and packing things up today, and its a teensy bit overwhelming) ... after that, well, we shall see :)

#542

Evening Moon

sketchbook

So caught up in bigger pieces that I seem to just have time for these sketchbook pieces as dailies... not a bad thing. I think I came a good way with this one and the whole subtle-color-and-value thing, you know? And it feels nice to be able to finish something up really quick when youre tangled up in the bigger pieces :)

#541

Moonlight River

9x12 acrylic on cradled panel

Busy-busy-busy! And, right now, really sleepy. Not the greatest time for it, but if baby needs sleep, then baby needs sleep, right? Muahahah! Irrefutable logic based entirely on doing what I feel like doing! (it does seem that way sometimes, doesnt it? kinda crazy...)

#540

Evening Star

11x14 acrylic on panel

Pure summertime evening, here :D Used my imagination a bit, yes, trying to get those twilight colors... but the rose is one I'm grateful I found- have you ever seen one so gorgeously disheveled? Wish I could have really done it justice...

#539

Cloudy Morning

sketchbook

There! Same view, TOTALLY different atmospheric effects. Funny how the sky being a little bit green was easier than trying to figure out the exact right orange for going around the sun. I dunno. Gonna do something different tomorrow, something more familiar... maybe roses. Or those peonies Ive been leaving alone for way too long now because Im a little scared of them :) We shall see...

#538

Appalachian Sunset VI

sketchbook

Listening to Sixteen Tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford, of all things. And zooming in pretty majorly on the same sunset... maybe ought to give it a rest tomorrow :)
#537

Appalachian Sunset V

sketchbook

Still trying to get a grip on those colors-augh! Just focused on a vertical slice of the sky for this one... used phthalo blue, paynes grey, dioxine purple, and some white in the clouds. Very pretty color but not... quite... right....
#536

Moonlight Pond

6x6 acrylic on panel

Discovered that Phthalo Blue and Permanent Violet Dark make the most beautiful purples ever... needed a lot of toning down in this case, yes, and its a purple that mixes well with Burnt Umber, Jenkins Green, and Graphite (awesome!), which REALLY amazed me....

#535

Red Plums and Stripes

6x6 acrylic on panel

Doing another patterned background, like with Blood Oranges and Polka Dots... I like that. I also seem to like this red and turquoise combination- just noticed, honest :) It is a nice complementary colors thing, isnt it? Doesnt hurt that the alizarin crimson works so well with the cadmium red! I always like it when my colors get along...

#534

Gold and Glass II

6x6 acrylic on panel

Followed through with my rasberry tea idea! It might have looked more red in an opaque teacup, but you know how it is, you get a new Shiny Thing and you just have to feature it for a little while :)

#533

Appalachian Sunset IV

sketchbook

Im baaa-aaaack! It was a beautiful weekend in North Georgia, happy 50th anniversary to my wonderful grandparents, and the cabin had the most beautiful view out over the mountains at sunset.... you can tell Im a bit taken with it :) So tricky, though! Its the subtlety of the colors- if anything is off you feel it immediately, you know, and I guess the way I paint or something I tend to exagerrate colors and contrasts.... works great in most cases, not so much with a subject requiring this much delicacy. But Im getting better!

#532

Appalachian Sunset III

sketchbook

#531

Appalachian Sunset II

sketchbook

#530

Appalachian Sunset I

sketchbook

#529