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Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Acanthus Paintings

This piece and its mate have been in the works for several weeks. After much planning, careful steps and a mad rush of creativity it’s time for the finishing touches.

Not done yet but these minute finishing touches have taken up my entire day. Getting there!

I am absolutely loving the textures and took a couple closeup shots for you to get the feel of it.

Love these! I’m hoping to have both paintings completely finished by Saturday night.

Thursday, February 6, 2020

Here we go again. I’ve been working these two paintings together; the painting in the bottom photo is finished and now I’m doing the serious work on its mate. A little progress report so you can see how I work. FYI, it’ll be a while before I get good photos of these as they’re all golds and blacks. Where you see the light reflecting glows, so it’s hard to photograph. It should be a challenge for a photographer’s camp or something.

Always the thumbnails first. And yes, my phone is a mess. That’s because I USE it. The sticker is one of my paintings; I sell stickers on my etsy site and my Society6 site.

Background done, so it begins.

Hello, Fibonacci! You know I love you.

Here’s the finished one. They’ll be a beautiful pair.

Friday, January 31, 2020

Acanthus Leaves, Newest Painting

This pencil, pen and watercolor piece and the other two pics foreshadow the painting I just finished TODAY!!! This afternoon will be photography (and soup making) so watch my feed and I’ll post my full-blown 30”x30” painting tonight!

I am EXCITED.

I really love the watercolor; it seems fit for framing itself. The big painting is acrylic and charcoal and was a JOY to paint. I have long love acanthus leaves; they inspire me in so many ways. Looks like the start of a new series... I used @rubymountainpaintco and @hydracolour handmade paints for this; LOVE THEM.

Wait until you see the finished piece. A blurry portion is shown here in the background behind the brushes. :). TONIGHT!!

Friday, October 19, 2018

Linoleum Cutting, Acanthus Leaf

Oh, man, I love block printing with linoleum blocks! My advanced art class doesn’t know it yet but we’re about to go into full production for Christmas. Drawing it in and cutting the blocks is rewarding and peaceful and printing with them is about has hard to stop as picking berries.

I don’t know about YOU, but when I start picking berries, it’s well nigh impossible for me to stop! Same with prints. Currently all surfaces are covered can with prints over here. :)

Turkish tour

Another look at those natural color-sources. I asked about cochineal, because you couldn't just have that on a shelf, and yes, their deep reds are cochineal. It's a South American insect that is a parasite to the prickly pear. Owners deposit them into their fields, and blow them off and collect them once they're big. Then they crush their fat, bloody bodies for a nice, natural, red dye. I'm so happy to report that the rug we purchased has cochineal in it. I'm also happy to report that it's likely in your lipstick and blush, ladies, and if you drink cherry coke - it's in there, too! :)

'My' Chair

At our theatre the other night we had an orchestra meeting after I taught my sets class. After about a half hour, someone pulled me out of the meeting for a few minutes. When I came back, everyone in the room was laughing and pointing to the nice, uh, black leather chair. I had paint on the back of my shirt, and it permanently smeared all over the leather! The last time I went in the office, I noticed that someone had taped up the sign you see here. One way to lay claim to something! Well, it's not the first time, let's see, there's my driveway with many colors of paint, our carpet with Peter Pan green footprints, my car with yellow paint on the seat, my gloves, half of my clothes. It seems like everyone likes my painted clothes, kind of like already-broken-in-jeans. Maybe I should start a clothing line!