A Place To Rest

 

Original 8x8 inch acrylic painting on Ampersand Gessobord.  It took me over a year to find the courage to paint this photo reference.  This is one of those places where I long to live or even be able to visit.  I can just imagine sitting by the river with my paint and aisle watching the geese with maybe a rowboat passing by.  The photo reference was found on pixabay.com and I should have taken note of the location.  My first attempt at painting this piece was not meeting my expectations.  Using my iPhone and taking a photo of the piece in progress always helps identify issues, so after reworking several areas I'm at peace.  Which is what I want this painting to reflect.

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Sunset Drive

 

Original 6x6 inch acrylic painting on watercolor paper.  Finally feeling settled after my winter trip and making time to paint again.  I did this as a little practice piece and ended up loving how it turned out so I'm posting.  Catching light continues to be a fascinating subject pushing me forward to explore more challenges.  

I will be posting this for sale in May when I open my Daily Paintworks gallery.  And thanks to pixabay for the great photo reference.

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The Yellow House

 This is a little 6x8" original acrylic painting on Ampersand gesso board that I finished recently.  I used a great photo reference from pixabay.com.  The orangish color is actually more of a pinky orange, funny how some colors don't translate very well but I love the captured light.  What a grand adventure it would be to visit this place and paint.  

In May when I get my Daily Paintworks gallery up and running, I will post this for sale.

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Pepper Radish graphite drawing

 

I'm in the middle of teaching my spring drawing class.  This was a value exercise we worked on today and there were lots of nice student drawings.  My class is a varied group, those with a lot of experience verses some with little experience so it's a challenge coming up with references that will challenge some yet have other options for those just starting on their journey.  I gave them the option to draw just the pepper or the whole still life.  This was one of my photo references that I set up in my studio which saves a bunch of time and allows me to get just what is needed.

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Cottage painting

 

Painting #2 from my Acrylic University class homework.  This was a practice painting from a black & white photo adding your own color renditions.  It was an exercise seeing values and translating them to color.  Super good exercise.  Notice it's the same subject matter in my Cottage drawing I posted below.  Photo reference from pixabay.com.  I'm deliberating on lighting the sky. ?

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Acrylic Mini Challenge #2

 

My second Acrylic mini challenge from my virtual class through Acrylic University.  The most challenging part of this painting were the rocks in the foreground.  Finally the realization was variety, they needed more variety in values.  Again the colors are much more interesting than the photo reference.

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Cottage Drawing

 

Graphite pencils on mixed media paper, photo reference from pixabay.com.  I'm continuing to work on drawings for my upcoming virtual spring drawing class.  This will be an exercise in using textures.  I always have to work through my drawing ideas to make sure they will work for class projects.  I'm looking forward to this exercise, it was super fun.

https://rumriverart.com/classes/senior-classes/

The class will probably be posted in February but here is a link.  Check out some of their other classes.  Also the link indicates these are Vitality Senior classes but anyone can register aged 12 or older.

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 My Daily Paintworks Gallery is temporarily closed!  I plan to open again in the spring.