A rare day-off for Lincoln's Birthday, the big kids all gone to friends' houses, and a little sunshine on the front patio means that my littlest can have fun playing out front while mom updates things on the laptop.
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| Spring flowers have already arrived. |
Anyway, didn't I say I might just tweak the painting a little? Well, that wasn't exactly true. When it came down to it, I think I tweaked it a lot. Of course, it may not look different but, with a little close observation, one might notice differences. Frankly, I became frustrated with the 2 flowers on the right - they became rather muddled by overworking with to many colors - I even completely painted out the bottom one and started over.
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| I think it's done - but I'm still not happy with the leaf - I'll just tweak it a little... |
Light was an interesting challenge as I had a changing light source (a south-facing window) to my left which caused moving shadows and a secondary interior light overhead/right which created shadows of its own. I realized that I was giving conflicting information with cast shadows of the flower petals on both sides of the vase/creamer, but I liked the shapes and decided to keep them. And that's what was truly liberating about this project compared with the first one which was much more dependent on observation. For this one, I gave myself permission to use more artistic license and mostly responded to what was happening on the paper. Besides liking the shapes of some of the shadows, I also liked the orange from the flowers reflected on the porcelain surface - it wasn't nearly as pronounced in real life, but I liked it in the painting.
I still have dreams of one do doing a "quick" little still life that captures its essence with a minimum of strokes... (sigh)
I'm a wee bit stuck at the moment ... for the first time ever I have three drawings on the go, and am not too happy about any of them. So I'm posting this one -- a quick sketch that I completed last week. Of the three that I'm working on right now, one will probably take me weeks to finish as it's far more complicated than I'd expected (which seems to be the case with far too many of my choices), another is just too simple a doodle and I may trash it, and the last one ... well, it's plain boring. You may or may not see them here if I ever do complete them, we shall see.
I've been enjoying the spring days, walks with the dogs and, today, a visit to the nursery to buy plants (including two hanging strawberries, yum). Soon I'll have my veggie garden started up as well. Am planning to sketch as everything flourishes (assuming that something will!) and share my gardening pleasures -- successes, failures, the works. Apart from my art there's just nothing as satisfying as getting one's hands dirty with, er, dirt. Cheers.
PS: The letterhead design for Flower in Green won a Today's Best Award at Zazzle AND Top Ten Letterhead views :)
Flower in Green cards & gifts at Floating Lemons at Zazzle
I'm a wee bit stuck at the moment ... for the first time ever I have three drawings on the go, and am not too happy about any of them. So I'm posting this one -- a quick sketch that I completed last week. Of the three that I'm working on right now, one will probably take me weeks to finish as it's far more complicated than I'd expected (which seems to be the case with far too many of my choices), another is just too simple a doodle and I may trash it, and the last one ... well, it's plain boring. You may or may not see them here if I ever do complete them, we shall see.
I've been enjoying the spring days, walks with the dogs and, today, a visit to the nursery to buy plants (including two hanging strawberries, yum). Soon I'll have my veggie garden started up as well. Am planning to sketch as everything flourishes (assuming that something will!) and share my gardening pleasures -- successes, failures, the works. Apart from my art there's just nothing as satisfying as getting one's hands dirty with, er, dirt. Cheers.
PS: The letterhead design for Flower in Green won a Today's Best Award at Zazzle AND Top Ten Letterhead views :)
Flower in Green cards & gifts at Floating Lemons at Zazzle
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