Thursday 25 February 2010
Tuesday 23 February 2010
Katie 3
Saturday 20 February 2010
Katie 2.
I have changed the material at the back left of this painting. The original was bugging me!! I am still not totally happy with the right shoulder but am not sure what the problem is..!! It looks as tho' she has a dent in her right shoulder and the shadow on the right shoulder is not right.. Anyone out there who can advise me - please do.
katie 3 Work in Progress
This is the final painting for Katie and I think it is nearly finished. I refined alot of the heavy shaddows and added more detail to the hair, face, hands and feet. I shall leave it for a couple of days to dry and finish the hair and possibly try and sculpt teh arms more as I htink they look a bit "sausage-like". I can't help but re-look at my drawings/paintings and find bits that I am not happy with! Therefore I always go back to it and try and adjust the parts that niggle me. Often I look at a work and it takes me ages to suss out what is bothering me about the work..!!! I always hope I find the problem before something is framed!!
Wednesday 17 February 2010
This is another work in progress of two of our cats when they were younger. It is to be a birthday present for my husband, (Jan 2010) but I got "stuck" so I have put it away. In this painting, I have used a palette knife for the background and much of the hair. However, to get more detail I started using a brush and will continue using brushes to finish the painting. Hopefully I will finish it and he will get it before his next birthday!! :-)
Katie 3 (work in progress)
My friend Doreen came round this afternoon and we painted for 2 hours. it was nice to have company and to chat whilst we worked. I tried to work on Katie (3) yesterday but I couldn't get into the painting. Plus the paint was still rather wet and it just wasn't working for me!! however, I got on well today and hope to finish this in about a week.
Monday 15 February 2010
Mother seal and pup
Katie - Pencil Drawing
Katie 3 (work in progress)
Today I awoke early again and I decided to continue on this painting, before hitting the computer!! I worked on the figure for around 3 hours. It's coming together I think.. slowly but surely. I thinned out the oil paint with linseed oil (sometimes I made the paint too thin) and worked the brush strokes as though I was drawing - trying to feel the contours of the arms, legs and feet. It is time consuming but it's the only way I know how to get the depth and molding within figure painting. As I look at the picture I can see there are areas where it is too dark and areas where there is not enough light. The hands need softened as they are looking rather masculine at the moment!! So far so good...
Friday 12 February 2010
For Katie
I did this oil painting as an experiment in using monochrome colours. My daughter liked it so much that she asked for it. I sent it to her and she asked for 2 more to go in her bedroom. So this is the first of 3 monochrome paintings. They are small canvases (8" x 10") and took some time waiting for the paint to dry after putting on each layer of paint to build up the colour in an attempt to get the 3D effect - particularly as the painting is small.
Work in progress
It's Valentine's Day. I woke early this morning as I was in pain with my arthritic knee so I decided this would be a good thing (to get up early) as I could play on Face Book for a while, then go and work on this painting earlier than usual. Well things didn't quite work out that as my dear husband came home very early from work and well... that was that!! Still I have had a nice day with him and we are going out for a meal tonight. So I will start again tomorrow and let you know how things progress.
I must apologise for the quality of the photographs as they were taken with my mobile telephone. I now have batteries for my husband's proper camera - which he has showed me how to work ... so here's hoping the next photos are clearer. Catch you later ...
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