30x40 inches, oil on canvas. "Bluebonnets"25 Paintings!!
1/4 of the way to 100!
*confetti toss!*
Woot. :)
1/4 of the way to 100!
*confetti toss!*
Woot. :)
I found the reference photo for this at WetCanvas in the archives, the original was very blue toned from being taken in the evening but I used photoshop to turn the clock back a few hours and painted this. It reminded me of so many old abandoned houses you see along the highways, left in empty fields, here in east Texas. And I just loved the sea of Texas bluebonnets!! I just finished it like half an hour ago. It took wednesday and thursday afternoon to do the house, which I let dry over Easter weekend, and then I worked ALL day yesterday and today starting at 9am and not stopping till 5 on Friday, and finishing at 3:30 or so today.)
I like the landscape part, though I see structural flaws in the old house. I don't do houses and structures too often, so this was good practice.
I do consider this just practice, this canvas has some dried acrylic deep underneath that I couldn't completely hide with sanding and gessoing, so it was great for practice but not for hanging.
Over the Easter weekend I took some time at the camp, my grandparent's lakehouse-trailer, to do some plein air. The area they are in is called Shamrock Shores for a reason, it is really, REALLY green. I started with a focus on the woodpile, and then built out from there. Yes, those hoses do have ductape on them. Pawpaw does all that plumbing himself, that's the line the take the water from the shower away from the trailer and into the garden. (After 30 years of the water being set up this way I can say that Suave shampoo and Ivory 44 don't seem to hurt the plants.) This is a corner of the yard and then neighbor's heavily gardened yard, boatshed, and sporadic rusting pieces of chain fencing. I don't think its a terribly great piece but my grandparents really love it so I am going to varnish and frame in come December as a christmas present to them.
"Wood Pile", oil on canvasboard, 6x12 inches
I like the landscape part, though I see structural flaws in the old house. I don't do houses and structures too often, so this was good practice.
I do consider this just practice, this canvas has some dried acrylic deep underneath that I couldn't completely hide with sanding and gessoing, so it was great for practice but not for hanging.
Over the Easter weekend I took some time at the camp, my grandparent's lakehouse-trailer, to do some plein air. The area they are in is called Shamrock Shores for a reason, it is really, REALLY green. I started with a focus on the woodpile, and then built out from there. Yes, those hoses do have ductape on them. Pawpaw does all that plumbing himself, that's the line the take the water from the shower away from the trailer and into the garden. (After 30 years of the water being set up this way I can say that Suave shampoo and Ivory 44 don't seem to hurt the plants.) This is a corner of the yard and then neighbor's heavily gardened yard, boatshed, and sporadic rusting pieces of chain fencing. I don't think its a terribly great piece but my grandparents really love it so I am going to varnish and frame in come December as a christmas present to them.
"Wood Pile", oil on canvasboard, 6x12 inchesAlso, before I go, I still don't have a job but am waiting to see if someone calls me this week. *crosses fingers* I've just been filling time with painting and devouring DVDs of Simon Schama's "Power of Art" art history videos. Go Go Gadget BBC!
Lastly, I'll share a pic of my new workspace. Dad said I can't paint inside the house (new floors and whatnot) so I've commandeered the garage. The stacked rubbermaid containers serve for more workspace and getting the laptop close to me so I can see my reference image.
Lastly, I'll share a pic of my new workspace. Dad said I can't paint inside the house (new floors and whatnot) so I've commandeered the garage. The stacked rubbermaid containers serve for more workspace and getting the laptop close to me so I can see my reference image.
Me, painting at the camp this past Saturday. I grew up spending summers, Thanksgivings, spring breaks, and Easters here.
2 comments:
These look great! happy 25% ! This looks like an interesting place to paint. This should be quite a shock going from a Canadian winter to Texas summer..?.
Well I lived here for college/high school and grew up in southern Louisiana, so its more like I'm returning to my element. I have greater appreciation for the brightness of the sky and the enthusiastic greenery that is absent in Edmonton for so much of the year.
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