Thursday, March 31, 2011
Next Workshop: 23 April
Don't be like this Krazy Koi here and miss out on a fun Saturday workshop with me in Big Spring! It will be 23 April from 9-4 pm, at 2106 Scurry at my Brushworks Studio. Email me 1971ks@att.net to sign up and send in your deposit no later than 9 April 2011.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Hearts Afire
Persimmons on a Pillow
Here's my acrylics on wrapped canvas started last week in Doug Walton's class then finished a few days ago. I think Doug wanted it to be total abstraction but I need to have some semblance of reality within a composition. From my photo of Asian persimmons given to me by Rose, Vietnamese nail technician, setting on top of a pillow cover I photographed them in many different views. Pillow covers were made in India and have pearls, braid, ribbon, lace, embroidery, silk, cotton, etc. and make excellent backgrounds using simple fruit and/or other still life items. Size is 24x20; photo was horizontal but was in such a hurry I drew the fruit with a brush in acrylic vertically. Canvas was textured using white acrylic stamping with bubble wrap, let dry, then paint applied very thin in spots, and wiped off in others.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Pancho and Lefty AFTER version
Demo Step 2 - Laying in the major shapes
Demo Step 1 Line Drawing
Demo Pancho and Lefty BEFORE
Demo at Colorado City TX
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Green Wicker Chair with Geraniums
Sunday, March 20, 2011
First Day of Spring!
Hello out there in Blogger-Land! It is the first day of spring! That is what this painting's title is. With the yellow forsythia blooming the daffs are following closely. My peony is sprouting its reddish shoots and the hydrangeas already have their buds going showing that delightful yellowgreen hue. Enjoy the day everybody! Time to drive to Odessa for the art association meeting...
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Flirty Flamingos
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Downtown Dust Storm
15x22 gouache on Arches 140 lb rough paper, Winsor Newton Designer paints. Buildings are in downtown Kerrville, Fredericksburg, and Big Spring, TX. This composite was fun to do. A lone cowboy walks towards old, closed down stores and banks while the sand swirls about him. Where is he going and what is he looking for? A woman? A saloon?
The Art Colony Blog now on Artist's Magazine Blog!
Check it out on The Artist's Magazine blog, a published letter Jane Freeman wrote to them about all of us who comprise the Colony:
http://artistsblog.artistsnetwork.com/2011/03/15/ComingTogetherJaneFreemanInHerOwnWords.aspx
http://artistsblog.artistsnetwork.com/2011/03/15/ComingTogetherJaneFreemanInHerOwnWords.aspx
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Lil Critters
15x22 watercolor on Arches 140 lb rough paper, American Journey, Daniel Smith, DaVinci paints. This painting used 3 different references; animals were from WetCanvas ref image library, and coneflowers are mine. I combined all into a woodland scene totally imaginary. Is the kid about to disturb the fox kits or are they oblivious to the goat?
You can see a work in progress (WIP) of this painting by visiting The Art Colony blog:
Saturday, March 12, 2011
At the Chisholm Trail Heritage Exhibition
Since Thursday, I was happily motoring my way upstate past Wichita Falls to Duncan, Oklahoma where Vernita Bridges Hoyt and I were in an art exhibition. Sponsored by the Chisholm Trail Heritage Center museum, she and I along with 5 other artists were featured. The town of Duncan sits right on the famous western trail where cowboys herded their steers from south Texas to Abilene, Kansas.
Artists of the Chisholm Trail each have work featured on our blog of the same name that you can visit here
Our show lasts through 30 April 2011.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Monday, March 7, 2011
Ranunculus with Garden Tools
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Chisholm Trail Exhibit Opens Today
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Bloomsday
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Tulips Demo: "Petal Pushers" finished!
The final step, the last few green leaves, another dark magenta bloom in the foreground, the cast shadows on the wall and old oil are done. It is good to be completed and plan the next one. I hope those of you learning to paint in this medium have gained some insight into how I work and the intended effect of freshness and spontaneity.
Thanks for joining in, and a special thank you to the Splash girls in Noonday and Tyler for following along.
(Shhhhhh....don't tell anyone but these flowers are fake! Yep, they are silk)
Thanks for joining in, and a special thank you to the Splash girls in Noonday and Tyler for following along.
(Shhhhhh....don't tell anyone but these flowers are fake! Yep, they are silk)
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Tulips Demo step 20
Tulips Demo step 19
Tulips Demo step 18
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