A Piece Of Beach

 

Click Here For More Info:  $120, 6x6 inches, acrylic on 1/8" Ampersand Gessobord

I experimented painting this four times (see previous post) changing colors, adding a horizon line in some and using different background tones.  This ended up being my favorite.  The photo reference was cropped from a much larger photo from pixabay.com with a huge beach scene including two cruise ships in the background.  

I use professional artist acrylic paints in all my acrylic paintings for permanence and longevity.  Ampersand Gessobord has a professional quality acid-free acrylic ground on a wood museum series panel.

Deborah Ann Kirkeeide ©

Four Square Beach Scene Exercise

 

A little experiment and exercise with color and composition.  I tried using different toned backgrounds, adding a horizon line and playing with different subject colors.  The top left was my beginning point then ended up liking it best.  It seems whenever I repeat painting the same subject, the first one is always best.  The idea is to loosen up but instead the opposite happens to me .  Funny how that works.

Deborah Ann Kirkeeide ©

Conjunto

 

Click Here For More Info:  $350, 8x8 inches, acrylic on 1/8"Ampersand Gessobord

I never knew that Mariachi bands had accordion players.  There is a style of music called Conjunto that features the accordion.  Well learn something new everyday!  I found a photo of a Mariachi band on pixabay.com and cropped it to create this composition.  I love the visual interest of the accordion with all the keys, buttons and squeezebox area.  I can't imagine being able to play it.  And the happy sounds just make you want to dance.  On a fun note, my brother when young played the accordion so maybe that's why I was drawn to the photo.

I use professional artist acrylic paints in all my acrylic paintings for permanence and longevity.  Ampersand Gessobord has a professional quality acid-free acrylic ground on a wood museum series panel.

Deborah Ann Kirkeeide ©

Waiting For A Breeze

 

Click Here For More Info:  $250, 8x10 inches, acrylic on 1/8" Ampersand Gessobord

Passing through pixabay.com this photo reference caught my eye.  Those long stems created all this lovely negative space which is so fun to paint.  Crazy the things that inspire me, and you, others may pass by this same photo and not give it a second glance.  Although these dandy's make a fun painting, a single breeze however will release thousands of seeds looking for a nice watered lawn.

I use professional acrylic paints in all my acrylic paintings for permanence and longevity.  Ampersand Gessobord has a professional quality acid-free acrylic ground on a wood museum series panel.

Deborah A. Kirkeeide ©

Sometimes You Need A Duck

 

Click Here For More Info:  $300, 6x6 inches, acrylic on 1/8"Ampersand Gessobord

Looking for inspiration at a local lake beach last summer I spied this little guy.  He was far away and headed for the beach so I had to click fast before someone else blocked my view or he made it out of the water.  Fortunately the photo, though blurry, turned out great.  Sometimes the simplest things can bring a lot of joy, sometimes you just need a duck and maybe for me a bit of luck.  (Couldn't help the pun.)

I use professional artist acrylic paints in all my acrylic paintings for permanence and longevity. 

Deborah Ann Kirkeeide ©

Restructured

 

There is a story behind this piece starting with a granddaughter and her challenge.  I've been painting with my granddaughter via FaceTime once a week for the past month as she lives on the west coast probably a 1000 miles from me.  She gave us a challenge of painting something nonrepresentational for our first piece.  The painting above is my answer to the challenge and as close as I could get.  It was a fun exploration to see how color issues could be solved.  Starting with a drawing, (picture my 21 yr old granddaughter rolling her eyes) because just throwing a bunch of paint on a canvas wasn't going to work for me.  Half way through the painting it was so, yawn, boring, I began searching for some interesting solutions.  Magazines, my fall back, helped me with color choices and textures.  I would cut out samples, lay them on the painting and photo.  Eventually it led me to the finished piece. 

Sort of half way point, it needed help.

The Drawing

Deborah Ann Kirkeeide ©

  

Beach Dreaming

 

One of the drawings from the Virtual Winter drawing class I'm currently teaching.  The theme was travel and winter get aways.  We've been drawing, sail boats, palm trees, a still life of a smoothie in glass stemware with all the fun embellishments of a bar drink.  You have to order one of those when on vacation right?  It's been a fun journey with my twelve students.  I may post some student work later.

I'll be teaching a virtual spring drawing class beginning March 27th for eight weeks through Rumriver Art Center.  The bees will be buzzing, flowers blooming as we explore drawing methods and techniques such as line, shape, value, proportion and composition using a variety of pencils.  For more information here is a link to the class posting.

https://app.getoccasion.com/xp/MFCzB7PB

Deborah Ann Kirkeeide ©