Month: October 2015
Changes to my painting after art club gave me some pointers
Its so good to have people to give me good constructive criticism and pointers. They had me shade more in the face and change the shadow to a hay bale. Still working on it but here it is so far…
i will also be working to shade more of the dog’s head and take some bright out of the blaring white boot.
Added some oil paint
In studying artists on youtube I found that many like to use oil paints on their acrylic paintings to brighten up and give more dimension. So I researched to find that no one says you cannot do it. Of course you cannot apply acrylic on an oil painted surface but applying oil in acrylic is a very common practice. It is possible to first cover the canvas with an acrylic painting, then add oil paint to portions of the canvas, the whole entire surface or just tiny details. Here it is so far.
True love
Step by step on Titus Love … Still working on it so stay tuned
Improvements to the “Let Your Light Shine” Acrylic
Let Your Light Shine
I was asked by a friend who is also a school teacher if i I had any art that I could donate to her school’s silent auction. I first thought of my recent pastel pieces (below: see Protective Brother) but then i would have to mat and frame them which would be costly. So i discussed with her the possibility of an acrylic on canvas that would her school. The school mascot a dolphin and the motto this year “Let your light shine”. I immediately pictured a dolphin in the moonlight and ended up adding a child sitting high on a rock with a raised lantern: a feeling that she is looking for someone to return and raising the lantern to guide them. She gets a glimpse of a dolphin leaping which must have taken her mind off of the worry the tall waves had built in her mind. I considered including a sailboat being tossed about but decided instead that the picture story is of shining your light, hope, and the gift of the beautiful dolphin.
Taking a break from pastels … Acrylic horse bringing bluebonnets.
1940’s watermelon eating 3 year old in front of old car
Art supplies in cigar boxes
Comparison of pastel to prismacolor and oil pastels: Protective Brother
Icecream with a relish
Baby rolls and pink boots… The process as I do it.
I had such bad rumples from the watercolor see below. So i wet the back and pushed it tight between books and in the process got out most of the rumples but put a crease in. So i think this one is jist a practice and will be beginning another sans watercolors. I learned a whole lot!!!
Adding in color with watercolor pencils.
Below is the first sketch with blocking in a bit of color with watercolor pencils. I plan is to first paint washy watercolors and then lay on pastels.