Wednesday, April 24, 2024
A Place To Rest
Friday, April 19, 2024
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.
Deborah Ann Kirkeeide ©
Monday, April 15, 2024
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.
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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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Friday, January 26, 2024
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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Wednesday, January 24, 2024
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.
Deborah Ann Kirkeeide ©
Thursday, January 18, 2024
Cottage Drawing
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My Daily Paintworks Gallery is temporarily closed! I plan to open again in the spring.
Sunday, January 14, 2024
Acrylic Mini Challenge
Deborah Ann Kirkeeide ©
My Daily Paintworks Gallery is temporarily closed! I plan to open again in the spring.
Thursday, January 11, 2024
Spring Drawing Class
Getting ready for my virtual spring drawing class through Rumriver Art Center, Anoka MN which begins March 25th. I like to include a toned paper drawing with two colored pencils. Many of my students are afraid of color so this is a nice introduction. This piece was drawn on card stock since I ran out of toned paper but it worked. A trip to Dick Blick was necessary (Gee Darn), they have an amazing selection of single sheets and pads of toned paper in their stores and online. Like a kid in a candy store I couldn't just settle on one and ended up spending around $20 just on paper. Art supply stores are dangerous for me.
My classes include all drawing materials needed: sketch book, 3 graphite pencils, blending stump and two erasers plus a sheet of toned paper and two colored pencils. And you get to draw from the comfort of your home. We have chat times, share times and questions are always welcome. We work from photo references emailed to each student. No worries if you are out of state, Rumriver Art Center will mail the materials to you for a fee.
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.
https://rumriverart.com/classes/senior-classes/
Deborah Ann Kirkeeide ©
My Daily Paintworks Gallery is temporarily closed! I plan to open it again in the spring.