Tag Archive for: Impressionist

Day 14 of 30 in 30

The sun has been with me... Thank you Sun!Today I explored purples.... Purple plums... purple vine glass... purple cups... First I had no idea what purple things I was going to paint... I had a purple dumbbell and my purple Crocs out... But…

Day 13 of 30 in 30

Today's color is RED! Wow, I haven't spent this long on a painting in a long time... But this one took forever.I had more objects, yes, but I need to learn how to paint faster, go the color right the first time so I keep it fresh and fast... But…

Day 12 of 30 in 30

Wow! What an eventful day...Got started on a new series of paintings... And fixed some bugs on our software that me my my husband create and some problems on our business website, exercised, cleaned the kitchen/living area. We are taking care…

Block Studies…

I have signed up for another workshop with Susan Sarback in June. Plein Air Landscape in Napa, CA.  While I am waiting for the workshop, I plan to do small studies helping me refine my color perception. So there will be plenty of block studies…

Cactus – Pear (finished)

Cactus - Pear11" x 14"Oil on BoardFinally finished this... You should see my poor pear... It's been sitting on the little table all set up... gradually shrinking and shriveling everyday. Also getting semi-baked under the hot 500W halogen bulbs!!!…

Cactus-Pear (continued 2)

End of Stage 2.... All the masses are adjusted for Hue, Value and Chroma.Here is qick shot of the setup.Into Stage 3 now. Working with variations within the masses.

Cactus – Pear (continued 1)

So here is the next installments... Deep into the stage 2 now which is the most involved stage as here we adjust everything as we are seeing... color, value and chroma.As you can see, most of the colors have dulled way down.Be back with more…

Cactus – Pear

Hey, I started working a new Impressionist piece a couple of days ago and I have decided to a lot of pictures of my artwort from now on - in progress. I miss doing these, just have been so occupied with "stuff."Anyhow, Here is the latest one…

Impressions…

Here are some paintings I have done since the workshop. Onion10"x8"Oil on boardGarlic10"x8"Oil on boardTea-kettle14"x11"Oil on boardBlue &  Orange14"x11"Oil on boardRed Bell Pepper with Knife10"x8"Oil on board

Susasn Sarback Workshop

I haven't posted in a long time here on my blog... just have been updating my facebook page lately. But here I am. I took an amazing workshop with Susan Sarback this January. Love her work, she runs the School of Light and Color in Fair Oaks,…