Model Back and Colors revisited

FOR SALE SOLD

I decided to re-post this painting tonight, because last

night's image was photographed, and did not do it justice -

I couldn't stand the way the image looked in the end.

So, after using a quick-drying varnish this morning before

going to teach my class, I scanned it in my printer tonight,

and here is the painting the way it really looks. The true

colors, and minus the strange blue glare/glow of yesterday!

Model Back and Colors

Oil on Wallis sanded pastel paper, 7" x 12" SOLD

This painting is much more luminous and lovely than it looks

in this photograph. It is not matte, but rather quite glossy.

It might seem strange to be painting on pastel paper, but quite

a few people do it, because it is an impervious surface, and also

archival. -- To tell the truth, this actually started out as a pastel

drawing, but halfway through, I just got the urge to use oils. There

was something about the light, and the color of the drape that

she is sitting on. I felt like doing a loose, sort of bravura study

and nothing lends itself to that like oil paint!

Head of Hypnos lll, (God of Sleep)

Pastel, Pastel Pencil, and Vine Charcoal on White Paper, 7" x 12"

This is number three, because this actually is the third drawing that I have done of this

head. I have about eight photos of it from many angles, and am just sort of obsessed with

it, I guess. The drawings never look the same, and I have never yet really tried to create the

feeling of the bronze that it was originally created from. I'll have to do that next - that's really fun.

I was fairly satisfied with this, though not completely. There is some inherent ethereal

beauty in this face that makes it difficult to make it appear manly, although in the actual head

itself there are many manly elements that are particuarly evident from certain points of view.

I also find it intriguing just that they had a god of sleep to begin with, and always feel I

am creating something "unusual" to say the least, when I draw this object. I just never

tire of it. I think it is so beautiful. I'm sure I will do many more.

Ancient Roman Sculpture of a Child. ca 10 BC

SOLD

I decided to go back to working in pastels today, although I'm

alternating this with working in oils, to honor some commitments.

For some reason, I really get inspired by images of ancient sculptures.

This child was particularly moving. One doesn't see many sculptures

of many children extant - particularly one this expressive! It was

marble, but I decided, with my "artist's license", to take some liberties

with the color, so I could give it a blue background. I love blue!! Any

chance to put blue in a picture I will always take. And there are so

many hues of it! Actually, my oil palette has about eight blues on it.

They areso inspiring.

Anyway, this is my offering for today. And, as I said recently, I am

beginning, slowly, to offer these things for sale again in my eBay store.

There will be more information about each item there.

Thanks for your interest in my work.

Bearded Iris in Gouache and Watercolor

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My gouache class is going to start working on flowers in the coming week,

and I'm just trying to get together some examples in watercolor and

gouache.

The truth is, I prefer the combination of WC and gouache to just

plain gouache, which I find rather mat and dull. I like the variations

inherent in combining both mediums into one piece. Of course

there are many beautiful gouache paintings, and I have used gouache

exclusively myself, but for right now, I'm gravitating towards the

watercolor/gouache combination.

Tomorrow I need to get some real flowers to work from. I hope I can

find some interesting ones to work from. I just wish summer were not

over, and that flowers weren't so expensive! Maybe I should move to

Florida!!

Black Sweet Peas

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Ever since I lived in Blacksburg, Virginia, when my

husband was going to Architecture school, I have been

fascinated by black sweet pea flowers. They grew wild
around the house where we were living, or perhaps,

someone had planted them there. I did several monotypes
of them in oils, all of which I loved, but unfotunately, I no

longer have my favorite one.

This painting is gouache and watercolor, yet again. I'm happy

with it, although I don't feel the same sense of mastery that

I do over oils. I haven't had the years of practice yet. I'll

just keep plugging along. The color in the picture is actually

a bit more red, and while I tried to correct it, it still doesn't
come across totally as it really is. No problem. It still looks

like some black sweet peas, and that was my objective for

the day.

I just love this medium!

Thanks for visiting .

Late Afternoon in Florida in August

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I did this today while I was teaching my oil painting

studio class. I had very few students for some reason.

I teach gouache - which this is - in the morning, and

I had already gotten it going, and couldn't bear to stop.

My students were very accomodating however, and we

all had a wonderful afternoon!

Rose Tulip

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I am having a real tug of war lately between my oils and my gouache.

I have things I really have to get done in oils. Paintings that are unfinished

make me very uncomfortable.

This morning I painted all morning, but I noticed that my heart just

wasn't in it. Have I become a "gouche painter"? Who knows? But it

sure seems like it. For one thing, it's just so much easier. No solvent,

no washing the brushes when I'm done. And, there is something about

the particular mercurial characteristics of the watercolor and the

gouache that I just love.

We'll I'll just keep this up like this for a while and see how it goes.

Today I asked the angels to help me. I believe that they did.

Thanks for stopping by today.