Cups and a lemon. Because I’m Canadian and have a need to state the obvious.
Lemons
Day Seven
Another day, another four lemons.
Day Six
I tried something a little different here and enjoyed it. I think I will have to play with this some more.
“Art has always been the raft on to which we climb to save our sanity.” – Dorothea Tanning
March 20, 2017
Only a couple of things to post this week. The first is a new copy of a master lemon painting. This one is from “Fruit and a Jug on a Table” as featured on the Museum of Fine Arts Boston site.
I completed the next lesson in my Craftsy class – creating a colour wheel with Burnt Sienna, Yellow Ochre, Titanium White and Mars Black with a 50/50 mix of black and white standing in for blue. It was an interesting idea and I thought it turned out fairly well – especially as I avoided using multiple brushes by working with a palette knife instead.
I liked this format for a colour wheel so much that I decided to go on and do another one using primaries and secondaries directly from the tube based on Betty Edwards recommendations in her book Color: A Course in Mastering the Art of Mixing Colors. Colours used are Cadmium Red Medium, Cadmium Yellow Pale, Ultramarine Blue, Cadmium Orange, Cobalt Violet and Permanent Green. I added Titanium White and Mars Black for the tints and shades. I could have done some smoother gradations on this one, but it serves its purpose all the same. And no brushes to clean!
“The world is not to be put in order; the world is order, incarnate. It is for us to harmonize with this order.” -Henry Miller
November 7, 2016
Another shot at geometric shapes – this time done monochromatically. And I think I’m declaring the first of this series of 6″ X 6″ canvases complete…
“There is no learning without having to pose a question. And a question requires doubt.” – Richard Feynman
November 1, 2016
Another reclaimed canvas – this time with lemons. Again, not that pleased, but it is what it is. I played a bit more with my 6″ X 6″ canvases too. And I think those went a little better…
“To me, beauty appears when one feels deeply, and art is a by-product of an act of total attention.” – Dorothea Lange
Three images this week. The glass of my lemon vase slowly develops, open books gain some definition and I manage one of my three drawings for the week. And ‘manage’ is a term I use loosely… It’s been an odd week though – hopefully this one is better.
“No artist tolerates reality.” Friedrich Nietzsche
August 15, 2016
This painting slowly inches along while my weekly drawing challenge has become a quest to find a medium that I like using with this TerraSkin sketchpad I’m using. The paper itself is made from stone and can handle pretty much any medium, but they behave differently than on conventional paper. I would be happy if I could find something I could tolerate. Perhaps this week will be better than the last.
August 11
August 12
August 14
“Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.” ― Cesar A. Cruz
August 8, 2016
I managed to work on a few things this week – as well as three drawings.
Aug 5
Aug 7
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